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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The Council met on 28 October 2026 to consider its self-assessment report, the Local Development Plan monitoring report, a healthy living review, a motion on a national emergency briefing on climate and nature, and appointments to outside bodies. Members agreed to publish the self-assessment with amendments, approved the monitoring report for submission to the Welsh Government, supported the healthy living work, backed the motion and endorsed the appointments.
The Committee accepted three reports: the Aneurin Leisure Trust's performance, Disabled Facilities Grants figures for quarter 2 of 2026/27, and Audit Wales's review of housing adaptations. It agreed that the council's action plan satisfactorily responds to Audit Wales's recommendations. No minute has yet been published for the forward work programme item.
Cabinet met on 19 October 2026.
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Blaenau Gwent's Cabinet agreed to delegate powers to appoint a development partner to support regeneration and growth across Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen. The chosen partner is Willmott Dixon, with costs capped at £300,000 plus VAT over 12 months.
The Planning Committee granted planning permission for a residential development and associated works on land at Moorland Road, Ebbw Vale. It also accepted and noted other reports: one on appeals, consultations and nationally significant developments (DNS), and one listing applications decided between 29 August and 18 September 2026.
The committee considered the council's 2025/26 self-assessment and well-being report, the provisional capital and revenue budget outturns for 2025/26, and treasury management reports. It recommended that Council approve the self-assessment for publication. It noted an overall adverse revenue variance of £1.4m, meaning spending above budget, and recommended that Cabinet approve a budget virement.
The Scrutiny Committee, which checks the work of the Public Services Board (PSB), considered progress on the Best Start in Life priority and the PSB's 2025/26 annual report. It also reviewed actions from earlier meetings, accepted the Best Start in Life report and approved the annual report draft for the PSB's next meeting.
Councillors asked about preparing for wildfires next summer and accepted several annual reports. They approved a new social media policy and a safety guide for councillors, and agreed school governor and joint committee appointments.
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The committee considered the 2025/26 annual report of the Director of Social Services for adult services and the Gwent Regional Partnership Board Annual Report. It recommended that the full Council approve publishing the first and endorse continued regional partnership working, and it reviewed its forward work programme for the rest of 2026/27.
The Planning Committee met on 9 September 2026. It granted planning permission for three applications: a new building with four more driving range bays at Bryn Bach Country Park, a community hub at the Abertillery Workmen's Welfare Institute, and a change of use at 16 Beaufort Street, Brynmawr. It also noted appeal and enforcement updates and a list of applications determined between June and August 2026.
The committee considered three items on children's services and education. It agreed to recommend approval of the Home to School and Post 16 Transport Policy 2027/2028, and to recommend that Council approve publication of the Annual Report of the Director of Social Services for 2025/26. On managing the school estate, it agreed to recommend that the report's information be accepted, after Councillor H. Trollope proposed deferring the report.
Cabinet agreed that one Member may attend each of two events, accepted the forward work programme and the Annual Corporate Safeguarding Report 2025/26, and approved Blaenau Gwent joining a Gwent-wide social care workforce development service. The service will be hosted by Caerphilly County Borough Council, subject to further arrangements and staff consultation.
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The Council met on 15 July 2026 and considered school capacity, several council policies, planning matters and other business. It accepted an objections report and endorsed Option 1 to implement the proposal to decrease capacity at Abertillery Learning Community's primary phase in September 2027, and it approved policies including the Resource and Waste Strategy and the Fees and Charges Policy.
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The Children, Young People and Families Scrutiny Committee met on 14 July 2026 to consider two reports on safeguarding (the work to protect children from harm) and the committee's forward work programme for 2026-2027. The committee agreed to recommend that the information in the two safeguarding reports be accepted, and it accepted the work programme report. The minutes do not record the reports' contents or the reasons given for the recommendations.
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It agreed to recommend the capital programme and the performance report to full Council, and added a six-month Contact Centre update to its work programme.
This scrutiny committee, which examines and challenges council work, met on 7 July 2026. It considered its work programme, progress on external audit recommendations, a tracker of earlier scrutiny recommendations and the draft Resource and Waste Strategy 2026-31. It agreed new start times for future meetings and recommended the strategy to Council for approval.
Cabinet met on 6 July 2026 to consider two reports. It agreed its forward work programme for 2026-27, which is the list of topics it plans to consider over the year. It also noted a report on grants to organisations, and the minute records no decision on the grants themselves.