Meetings
Every meeting of Newport City Council's committees. Meetings of the full Council, the Cabinet, scrutiny and planning committees get a plain-language summary once their minutes are published.
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On 20 July 2026 the Performance Scrutiny Committee - Place and Corporate considered the end of year reviews for 2025-26 for three corporate service areas: Law and Standards, People, Policy and Transformation, and Finance. Each review reports how the service did against its plan for the year. The Committee made recommendations and requests to officers and Cabinet Members, including on the review of the Council's Constitution (its rulebook), the People Plan, and debt recovery for Adult Social Care. The minutes record these recommendations and requests, not decisions.
Cancelled
On 14 July 2026 the Performance Scrutiny Committee - People considered the 2025-26 end of year reviews for Adult Services and for Prevention and Inclusion. The Committee asked for further information on several points and made recommendations, including on young carers and school governors. The minute records no other decisions, and Councillor T Watkins declared an interest in the Prevention and Inclusion review.
At its meeting on 8 July 2026, Cabinet (the group of senior councillors who make most day-to-day decisions) approved the Welsh Language Annual Monitoring Report 2025-26 for Full Council, approved the Safer Newport community safety annual report for publication, and adopted the Newport Library Strategy 2026-29. It also agreed the Work Programme, and the Leader announced £820,000 of one-off spending.
On 6 July 2026 the Performance Scrutiny Committee - Place and Corporate considered the 2025/26 end of year reviews for four service areas: Housing and Communities, Infrastructure, Environment and Public Protection, and Regeneration and Economic Development. Scrutiny means councillors checking how well the council performs. The minute records the Committee's comments, requests and recommendations, including on temporary accommodation for homeless households, communication about street works, and how some performance ratings (RAG, meaning red, amber or green) should be assigned.
The committee's agenda covered planning applications and a report on recent planning appeals. The minute records that decisions were to be recorded as shown on the planning applications schedule, and it authorises officers to draft changes to conditions. The schedule for this meeting was not in the papers provided, so individual outcomes are not given here. Councillors also noted four appeal decisions, two of which allowed appeals against council refusals.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee (Partnerships) looked at the Safer Newport Community Safety Partnership Annual Report 2025/26. Scrutiny means the Committee checking the work of the council and its partners. The Committee thanked partners and made recommendations on public perception of crime, rural areas, future reporting of drug-related offence data, and support for the Women's Charter.
The Committee considered a report on young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) in Newport. The report says the city performs better than the Welsh average at Year 11 and Year 12, and the minute records that the Committee was pleased with the improvement and content with the report, while raising concerns about funding and about young people at risk if entry requirements rise. The Committee also received a routine update on actions, its work programme and outcomes of earlier recommendations.
The Cabinet considered the council's 2025/26 revenue and capital outturn, treasury management, the Cyson Cymru property company, the corporate risk register, the South East Wales Investment Zone and a petition about the Old Green Roundabout. It noted the financial and risk reports, approved slippage of capital budgets into 2026/27, approved entering a memorandum of understanding on the Investment Zone, and resolved to refer the petition to the Welsh Government.
The meeting considered the draft Newport Library Strategy 2026-2029 and the Committee's work programme and action tracking. On the strategy, the Committee recommended a Fairness and Equalities Impact Assessment (a check on how a decision affects different groups) before it goes to Cabinet, which is the council's senior group of councillors that makes most decisions. It also recommended enough funding for statutory duties and asked for data on library distances. The Committee asked for an extra meeting on 4 October 2026 to receive updates on the Placemaking Plan.
The Committee considered three items: the draft Welsh Language Annual Monitoring Report 2025-26, the draft Scrutiny Annual Report 2025-26, and the Scrutiny Adviser's reports on outstanding actions and the forward work programme. On the Welsh Language report and the Scrutiny Annual Report, the Committee made comments and recommendations and said it was content with both reports. On the Scrutiny Adviser's reports, the minute records requests that Heads of Service attend if actions remain unanswered and that the public get clearer information about them.
The Planning Committee met on 3 June 2026. It recorded its decisions on the planning applications schedule, as shown in an appendix, and noted two planning appeal decisions in Newport. The individual application outcomes are not in the papers provided, because the appendix supplied is dated 6 May 2026.