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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Swansea Council met on 2 October 2025. Councillors approved a new policy on licensing houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), changed the rules on councillors' questions, approved advice on the council's reserves, and changed some committee memberships. They also received annual reports from the Governance and Audit Committee and from Scrutiny.
The minute records no decisions on either item. It records two actions on the Safeguarding Board item: further information on youth projects is to be provided, and the Panel is to consider a joint scrutiny meeting with Neath Port Talbot Council in future years.
The Panel heard from Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School about its approach to highly effective teaching, and from Partneriaeth, a support service shared by three councils, about its 2024-25 work and its 2025-26 business plan. The minutes record no decisions. The Panel said it would set out its views in a letter to the Cabinet Member.
Councillors on the Scrutiny Inquiry Panel for Grants (a scrutiny panel, meaning a group of councillors who check the council's work) met on 23 September 2025 as part of their inquiry into council grants. They also heard from Swansea Council for Voluntary Service. The minutes record that the Panel asked questions, and that the detail will go into an evidence pack published at the end of the inquiry. The Panel also noted progress on its project plan. No conclusions were reached at this meeting.
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.
The Scrutiny Programme Committee met on 16 September 2025. It questioned the Cabinet Member for Community (Services) on recycling and waste collection and on fly tipping, and the Chair will write to the Cabinet Member after each session. It also approved the Scrutiny Annual Report 2024/25, the membership of new panels and working groups, and the work programme, and appointed Councillor Peter May as a non-voting co-opted Member.
The minute records discussion only, with no decision. The Panel later wrote to Cabinet Members with its views in a letter dated 3 October 2025.
The Panel considered the Council's 2024/25 year-end finances, covering the Housing Revenue Account, the capital budget and the revenue budget. Officers reported a strong position, with £16.5m less drawn from core reserves, though gains were temporary and risks remain in social care and homelessness. The minutes record no decisions; the reports recommend that Cabinet approve reserve transfers and carry-forwards, and follow-up letters seek further information.
The Adult Services Scrutiny Performance Panel heard a briefing from the Cabinet Member for Care Services and officers on how health and social care work together to discharge patients from hospital. It also had the Director of Social Services Annual Report 2024-25 before it for information. The minutes record no decisions on these items.
Swansea Council met on 4 September 2025. Members noted annual reports from the Standards Committee and the Democratic Services Committee and approved the Director of Social Services' annual report. They amended the terms of reference of the Governance & Audit Committee and the Joint Consultative Committee, granted Councillor Robert Francis-Davies leave of absence with sickness pay, and changed the membership of several Council bodies. A proposal to reduce the Governance & Audit Committee was withdrawn.
The Planning Committee met on 2 September 2025 and approved two applications to change houses into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs, homes shared by people who are not one family): one at 158 Danygraig Road, Port Tennant, and one at 16 Bryn Road, Clydach. It also accepted the appointed inspector's advice and formally dismissed an application to register land at Pennard as a town or village green, which would have protected it for local recreation.
The Scrutiny Inquiry Panel - Grants, a group of councillors that examines council work, met on 19 August 2025 as part of its inquiry into grants received by Swansea Council. It heard from the Welsh Local Government Association and considered a written submission from Welsh Government on how grants are allocated and monitored. The minutes record no decision beyond noting progress on the inquiry's project plan, and the evidence will go into a pack published at the end of the inquiry.