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Cabinet approved nine nominations for school governor vacancies and agreed to let trained council officers use Community Protection Warnings, Community Protection Notices and Closure Orders to tackle anti-social behaviour. It decided to change the purpose for which the council holds land at Mynydd Garnllwyd Road, so it can be considered as the site for a new Ysgol Calon Lân, after eight objections to the public notice. It also approved a revised design plan and a lower pre-construction budget for Gowerton School, and committed £2,962,397 of extra Welsh Government money to school repairs.
Cabinet met on 16 September 2026. It approved a new three-year Public Spaces Protection Order for Swansea city centre, the beachfront and Dyfatty, approved four local authority governor appointments, and agreed socially responsible procurement objectives. It also noted a forecast service overspend of £13.7 million for 2026/27 and the quarter 1 performance report. Parts of the meeting were held in private, and the minutes provided do not record what was decided in them.
On 16 July 2026 the Cabinet made decisions on eleven items. It approved nominations for five local authority governor vacancies, adopted a volunteering policy, and agreed the final 2025-26 revenue and capital spending figures and how to carry forward unspent money. It also agreed a notice of intent to move land for a new special school, endorsed a regional drug and alcohol strategy, and agreed in principle to sell the Council's freehold of the Swansea.com stadium to Swansea City AFC.
Cabinet met on 25 June 2026 and considered four substantive items. It agreed an action plan responding to a scrutiny inquiry on council grants, noted the Quarter 4 performance report for 2025-26, approved extra highway capital funding and match funding for a flood scheme, and noted new Welsh Government camping rules in Gower, agreeing to monitor their effect for up to two years.
Cabinet considered an update on St Helen's Stadium in Swansea and how to redevelop it as a community stadium and home ground for the Ospreys rugby team. Cabinet approved committing the full £5.1m budget, granting the Ospreys a 50-year lease, and transferring the clubhouse freehold to the council, subject to a further subsidy control assessment (a check that public money does not unfairly favour one business). The decision was exempt from call-in, a process that lets councillors ask for a decision to be reviewed before it takes effect.
At its meeting on 4 June 2026, Cabinet approved a Food in Schools Statement and a memorandum of understanding between schools and the catering service, and five local authority governor nominations. It also added two Welsh Government grants of £1,481,198 each to the 2026/27 capital programme, approved a draft Active Travel Network Map for public consultation, agreed to apply for Bishop's Wood to join the National Forest for Wales, and noted the Leisure Partnerships Annual Report 2024/25. Items 15 and 16 were considered in closed session, and the minutes provided record no decisions on them.
At its meeting on 16 April 2026, Swansea Cabinet approved reading and numeracy self-evaluation frameworks, a corporate approach to workforce planning, a future proofing strategy for council services, and a Culture Strategy for 2026-2031. It also approved five local authority governor nominations, a Regional Transport Fund grant package worth £6.8 million for 2026/27, and a council tax contribution for foster carers. Cabinet noted the Welsh Public Library Standards annual report and adopted a temporary food and drink business rates relief scheme.
Cabinet met on 25 March 2026 and considered an urgent report on St Helens Stadium in Swansea. It agreed to a community-focused redevelopment built around an artificial grass pitch, with the Ospreys using the site for the 2026/27 season, subject to due diligence checks and financial conditions. The minute records nine resolutions, including capital funding for community works and a stop on further spending until the Ospreys' financial sustainability is assured.
On 19 February 2026, Cabinet recommended the 2026/27 revenue budget, capital programme, Housing Revenue Account budgets and Medium Term Financial Plan to full Council. It approved a 6% rise in most social services charges, 14% rises in standard-rate care home fees, and a public consultation on a new Direct Payments Policy. It also approved funding for phase 2 of the digital transformation programme and adopted a flexible retirement policy and a recruitment policy.
Swansea Council's Cabinet met in special session on 17 February 2026. The minutes record that no interests were declared. Cabinet then resolved to exclude the public from part of the meeting. The report linked this to item 5 and said the item involves exempt information under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, such as personal data, financial or business affairs, and labour relations matters.
Cabinet met on 22 January 2026 and took decisions on seven substantive items. Its main decision was a ten-part plan for future recycling services, including free garden waste bags and reusable recycling containers, and it paused the public consultation on a new waste strategy. It also approved five school governor nominations, a biodiversity duty report and action plan, an application to join the Biophilic Cities Network, a lower quorum for a joint adoption and fostering committee, two external funding bids, and nine updated HR policies.
Cabinet agreed the Council's draft budget proposals for 2026/27 to 2029/30 as the basis for public and staff consultation, and agreed how that consultation will run. The meeting also approved the minutes of 11 December 2025 with one amendment and heard a statement from the Leader on how the Old Carriageway, Clyne bridleway will be upgraded.
Swansea Council's Cabinet met on 19 November 2025 and considered a number of reports, including an artificial grass position statement, a climate adaptation strategy for the city, and retrospective approval for a grant bid for woodland work. The Cabinet agreed to support the artificial grass position statement, endorsed the Resilient Swansea climate adaptation strategy for formal adoption, and granted retrospective approval for the National Forest for Wales grant application. Minutes for this meeting were published with the agenda; the minutes provided cover the declarations of interest and the items listed below.
Cabinet agreed to publish a formal notice on a proposal to combine Blaenymaes and Portmead primary schools, with the combination date moved from 2027 to 2030. It will decide the outcome on 11 December 2025. It also approved the mid-term review of the regional economic plan, the first stage plan for the St Thomas Waterfront housing scheme, two school governor nominations, and the quarter 1 budget and performance reports.
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