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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Cabinet met on 12 January 2026. It agreed draft 2026/27 budget proposals for public consultation, including a 4.9% council tax rise, and noted the November 2025 revenue and capital monitoring reports. It also appointed Mr Al Robinson as a director of its property services company, NCC Commercial Services Limited (trading as Cyson Cymru), and approved a revised anti-fraud policy.
At its meeting on 7 January 2026, the Performance Scrutiny Committee - Partnerships considered two updates: progress on the Gwent regional strategy on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV) in Newport, and the Safer Newport Community Safety Partnership mid-year report for 2025/26. The Committee asked for better reporting on data sharing and training, and for Members to be told about public surveys. It also noted that the 18 February 2026 meeting had been cancelled, and that the next meeting will be on 11 March 2026.
Cabinet met on 17 December 2025 to consider capital spending, the half-year treasury report, the corporate risk register, the Gwent Regional Partnership Board annual report, and the business plan for Cyson Cymru, the company that takes over council property services from Newport Norse. The main decisions recorded were approval of new capital projects and moving £12.705m of budget into later years, approval of the company's shareholder agreement and business plan, and acceptance of the Regional Partnership Board report.
Committee members questioned the Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years and officers, then made comments and recommendations on risk reporting, support for persistently absent pupils and complaints.
The Performance Scrutiny Committee - Place and Corporate considered the 2025/26 mid-year reviews of four Place service areas: Infrastructure, Housing and Communities, Regeneration and Economic Development, and Environment and Public Protection. It made requests and recommendations to officers on topics including parking near schools, notice of roadworks, rough sleeping, bin replacement and staff check-in meetings.
The Planning Committee met on 3 December 2025 to take decisions on a schedule of planning applications and to note recent planning appeal decisions. For application 25/0841, a change from a family home to a shared house at 7 Conway Road, Beechwood, officers recommend granting permission with conditions. The minute does not record the individual decisions, and the decision schedule is not in the papers provided. Three planning appeals were dismissed.