The Planning Committee met on 5 August 2025. It deferred a 50-home affordable housing scheme at Penyrheol for nitrogen advice, released Gowerton ward members from defending an appeal, and changed the two-stage voting process.
The Scrutiny Inquiry Panel for Grants met on 31 July 2025 to hear from the Social Services Directorate about how it manages the grants it receives. The minute records that the Panel asked questions and noted progress with the inquiry's project plan. It records no other decisions.
This was the Panel's first meeting of the council year. The minute records no decision on the Regional Transport Plan itself.
The Child and Family Services Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 22 July 2025. It confirmed Cllr Paxton Hood-Williams as Convener for 2025-26, agreed the Panel's role and agreed its draft work plan. It also considered the performance monitoring report for May 2025, but the minutes record no decision on it.
Cabinet met on 17 July 2025.
The minutes record requests for further information rather than formal decisions, including updated Castle Square layout plans, City Centre Placemaking Plan consultation figures, and a follow-up on sickness absence.
The Scrutiny Programme Committee met on 15 July 2025. It renewed the co-option of Performance Panel convenors and partner organisations, followed up the 2024 Community Growing Working Group, reviewed Scrutiny Letters, and approved the Scrutiny Work Programme for 2025/26.
The Panel met on 9 July 2025 at the start of the 2025-26 year. It also considered the annual performance return for Adult Services for 2024-25, which goes to Welsh Government. Officers said care needs are being met but that this is not sustainable if demand keeps rising.
The Scrutiny Inquiry Panel on Grants met on 7 July 2025 to hear from the Place Directorate about grants, using the UK Shared Prosperity Fund as an example. The Panel noted an updated inquiry project plan, which sets out evidence sessions up to September 2025 and then a final report to Cabinet. The minutes record no decision on the Place Directorate item, and Cllr Paxton Hood Williams declared a personal interest in it.
The Council met on 3 July 2025. It approved the draft Annual Review of Performance 2024-25 for publication, which rates the council's overall performance as Good. It also agreed steps to form a new investment company for the Wales Pension Partnership, which pools the assets of Wales's eight local government pension funds, including Swansea's.
The Planning Committee met on 1 July 2025. It approved listed building consent for stabilising a Grade II listed pig sty at Llanmadoc, subject to referral to Cadw. It refused a claim to add footpaths to the Definitive Map at Graig y Pal, Glais, and agreed a network of bridleways instead. It deferred a decision on an application to register land at Pennard as a town or village green, so it could take further legal advice, and received for information a planning inspector's approval of a solar farm at Gwenlais Farm, Pontlliw.
The Education Scrutiny Performance Panel held its first meeting of the 2025/26 year. It confirmed Councillor Lyndon Jones as Convener and accepted a report on the Panel's role. It also heard updates on Religion, Values and Ethics (RVE) education and the Curriculum for Wales, and discussed key education issues and a draft work programme. The minutes record no decisions on the updates or the work programme.
Cabinet met on 26 June 2025. It approved 12 local authority governor nominations, the Welsh Housing Quality Standard compliance policy, a public consultation on the draft Tackling Poverty Strategy 2025-2030, and the 2024-25 year-end performance report, and it committed a £2.95m capital budget to progress Block B of the Swansea Central office development. Items 13 and 14 were considered in private session, so their minutes and reports are not covered here.