Meetings
Every meeting of Swansea 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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At its meeting on 2 July 2026, Swansea Council approved its refreshed Corporate Plan for 2026-28 and changed the membership of several council bodies. It also received a pupils' presentation on a Pupil Voice Manifesto and noted written answers to questions from earlier meetings. No interests were declared.
The Scrutiny Working Group on taxi services met on 1 July 2026 to be briefed by the Cabinet Member for Investment and Delivery and licensing officers on taxi and private hire licensing in Swansea. The minute records five conclusions and recommendations for the Convener's letter to the Cabinet Member, including continued pressure on Welsh Government for national taxi standards, closer work with neighbouring councils, and review of support for wheelchair accessible vehicles. The minute records no formal decision on the briefing itself.
At its first meeting of the 2026/27 year, the Panel confirmed Councillor Lyndon Jones as Convener. It received updates on Religion, Values and Ethics education, the Curriculum for Wales and key issues in education, and accepted a report on the Panel's role. The minutes record no formal decisions on the updates, which will feed into a letter to the Cabinet Member. The 2026/27 work programme was not agreed. A draft will be circulated for comment.
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.
The minute records no decision. The Panel will consider the evidence with all its other evidence before agreeing its conclusions and recommendations. The next meeting, on 29 June 2026, will hear from the Place Directorate.
The Scrutiny Performance Panel for Child and Family Services met on 18 June 2026. It appointed Cllr Mark Tribe as Convener, agreed its role, and heard a verbal update on the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) inspection of the service. It also reviewed April 2026 performance and agreed a 2026-27 work plan that adds the full CIW inspection report for the July meeting.
At its first meeting of 2026/27 on 16 June 2026, the Scrutiny Performance Panel for Service Improvement, Regeneration and Finance confirmed Cllr Chris Holley as Convener and agreed a draft work plan for the year. It received an update on city centre regeneration projects and held a closed session on Debenhams. The minutes record no decision on the regeneration update.
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.
On 2 June 2026 the Planning Committee considered an application for listed building consent to replace the ceiling in the children's library and the roof at Oystermouth Library, Mumbles. Members approved the application and referred it to Cadw, the Welsh Government body for the historic environment.
The Scrutiny Inquiry Panel on the Cost of Living heard a report from the council's Welfare Rights and Financial Inclusion Team on rising demand for its advice. The report is for information, and the minute records no decision on it. The Panel also noted its next evidence session, with Revenue and Benefits Services on 22 June.
Council agreed the 2026-27 constitutional and committee arrangements, including which posts receive extra pay, new rules for public questions, and mandatory training for councillors. The public was then excluded for a closed item that these minutes do not describe.