Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for a Fairer Powys
The minute records a decision to approve the purchase of six properties in Newtown, Welshpool and Ystradgynlais.
The minute records a decision to approve the purchase of six properties in Newtown, Welshpool and Ystradgynlais.
The minute records this one decision and gives no further detail.
The decision gives the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services authority to accept the highest offer at or above a minimum value. The report stays confidential until a sale is complete.
They gave an officer authority to accept the highest offer at or above a minimum value. The report stays confidential until a sale is completed.
The minute records three decisions: the Head of Planning and Regulatory Services may accept the highest offer at or above a minimum value, a new report will be circulated for approval if a price cut is needed, and the report stays confidential until a sale is complete.
Cabinet agreed to delay the opening of Ysgol Bro Epynt, a new Welsh-medium all-age school in Builth Wells, by one year to September 2028. It approved the Local Development Plan annual monitoring report for sending to the Welsh Government. It also agreed next steps on financial planning, where the projected 2027/28 budget gap has risen to £10.0 million, and noted reports on treasury management, information governance and strategic risks.
The meeting decided to accept an offer for the Pavilion in Llandrindod Wells. It also decided that the report stays confidential until a sale is completed.
This was a question-and-answer session with Cabinet portfolio holders. One item was recorded: Councillor Jeremy Brignell-Thorp asked about grit bins on the new Community Gritting Routes. The Cabinet Member replied in writing. The minute records no decision.
The meeting dealt with one question, from Councillor Karl Lewis to Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys. He asked how the Council could better support farmers with footpath changes and rights of way. The minute records her written answer. It records no decision.
Councillor Karl Lewis asked a follow-up written question about the winter gritting classification of the B4518 between Tylwch and Llanidloes. Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, replied that there is no single trigger temperature for treating community routes, that no impact assessment was done for individual roads, and that the 2026/27 winter will be monitored. The minute records no decision.