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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Council approved the 2025/26 Statement of Accounts, the Treasury Management report and an interim Section 151 Officer, the senior officer in charge of the council's finances. It approved the Annual Wellbeing Report after rejecting a Liberal Democrat call to refer it back to Cabinet, and passed a composite motion on illegal tobacco and vape sales on high streets. It also declared Cardiff a Human Rights City and agreed the principles for closing a projected £45.0 million budget gap for 2027/28.
Council agreed to appoint Chris Lee as Chief Executive, subject to pre-employment checks, and approved four annual reports. It also agreed changes to the Constitution, the allocation of committee seats after the Splott by-election, and two new independent members and one reappointment to the Governance & Audit Committee. Council also noted the two-month suspension of Cllr Imran Latif after a Standards & Ethics hearing.
Council approved the Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2025-26 with a revised Welsh language policy and telephone guidance, all by 65 votes to none. It also adopted a revised Statement of Licensing Policy from 8 July 2026 and filled committee, outside body and school governor vacancies. It heard Cabinet statements and 20 oral questions, which led to no decisions.
It then appointed the Cabinet, set up committees and their seats, and approved a revised Members' Code of Conduct and the 2026-27 Members' pay schedule.
Cardiff Council met on 26 March 2026. Councillors approved the Pay Policy Statement for 2026/27 and agreed to introduce a Visitor Levy for Cardiff, with preparation work towards April 2027. They also carried an amended motion on the University Hospital of Wales and a motion endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Cardiff Council met on 5 March 2026 to consider its Corporate Plan for 2026 to 2029 and its budget for 2026/27. Council approved both. It also reallocated committee seats after a change in the council's political make-up and received four petitions.
Full Council met on 29 January 2026 and noted the Democratic Services Committee annual report, approved new local authority school governors and debated two motions. The city centre motion was amended to support renewing the Business Improvement District and to refer a possible city centre Public Space Protection Order to the Community Safety Partnership. The fireworks motion, as proposed, asks the Welsh Government to work with the UK Government on tighter firework laws.
Full Council agreed to consult on a proposed visitor levy, starting on 1 December 2025, with a final decision due in March. It also carried a motion on Welsh funding after a Labour amendment changed it, and approved changes to the Local Resolution Protocol for complaints about councillors. Other items covered the Replacement Local Development Plan, a Transport and Works Act Order for Cardiff CrossRail, and appointments to school governing bodies and the Standards and Ethics Committee.
Council met on 23 October 2025. Public questions, oral questions and Cabinet statements were received, but the minutes record no decisions on them.
On 25 September 2025 Cardiff Council approved its Annual Well-being Report and two new senior director posts, and noted reports on the budget timetable, treasury management and scrutiny. It rejected a motion on asylum seekers and hotels in Cardiff and an amendment to the well-being report. It carried a motion opposing moves to remove professional rugby from Cardiff.
At its meeting on 17 July 2025, Cardiff Council agreed to apply for a legal order to build the CrossRail Phase 1A tram-train scheme. It also approved forming a company to run investments for the Wales Pension Partnership, and passed a motion, amended by the Labour group, asking pension bodies to review investments linked to the conflict in Gaza, with four councillors voting against. The meeting also heard 19 oral questions and made two committee appointments.
The full Council met on 26 June 2025. It approved the Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2024/25 and rejected a Liberal Democrat amendment on a fourth Welsh-medium high school. It also carried a motion marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, as amended to recognise diverse communities and immigrants, and made committee and school governor appointments.
Council agreed to withdraw the Cardiff Undertaking, confirmed the Cabinet portfolios, set up its committees and appointed members, agreed the councillors' remuneration schedule and approved the meeting programme for the year.
Cardiff Council met on 27 March 2025. Councillors approved a Pay Policy Statement for 2025/26, adopted a new gambling licensing policy, and elected a Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor for 2025/26. They also agreed amended motions on the Crown Estate and bus services, changed councillor pay arrangements, and filled some committee and school governor vacancies.
Cardiff Council's full Council met on 6 March 2025. Members approved the Corporate Plan for 2025-28, with minor changes to be delegated to the Chief Executive, and set the 2025-26 budget with a 4.95% council tax rise. Opposition amendments on both items were defeated. Council also received nominations and approved appointments to outside bodies for 2025/26.
Cardiff Council met on 30 January 2025. It approved the draft Replacement Local Development Plan for public consultation, along with a revised timetable for preparing the plan. Councillors also carried a motion on building safety after the Grenfell Tragedy, and lost a motion opposing the rise in employer National Insurance.
Councillors agreed an amended motion on the Israel-Gaza conflict and an amended motion calling on Welsh Government to resolve the delayed Cardiff Parkway railway station, and they filled committee and school governor vacancies and adopted a councillor learning strategy. Public and oral questions were also put to cabinet members, but the minutes record no decisions on them.
Cardiff Council met on 28 November 2024.
Cardiff Council met on 24 October 2024. Councillors endorsed the 8th Cardiff Local Development Plan Annual Monitoring Report for submission to the Welsh Government, approved the Local Authority Social Services Annual Report for 2023/24, and noted the Standards & Ethics Annual Report. A motion on the Israel-Gaza conflict was deferred to the November meeting.
Cardiff Council met on 26 September 2024 and opened with tributes to the Lord Mayor, Jane Henshaw. Members approved the Annual Well-being Report 2023/24, noted treasury management activity, and agreed changes to committee seats, councillors' pay, school governors and an independent member of the Standards and Ethics Committee. They also agreed to settle a long-running landfill tax dispute with HMRC and rejected a call for an independent enquiry into it.
Full Council met on 18 July 2024. It agreed a timetable for preparing the 2025/26 budget, noted the Scrutiny Annual Report for 2023/24, and rejected a motion to scrap plans to remove two hours of free car parking in Llandaff, Canton and Whitchurch. It also passed a motion on food security and healthy school meals after an amendment was rejected, and approved the appointment of Mr Alan Davies as a non-executive director of Cardiff Bus.
Council approved the Welsh Language Standards Annual Report 2023-24 and a related policy, and approved publication of the city centre Cumulative Impact Assessment for licensed premises, to take effect on 1 August 2024. It noted two annual reports and filled vacancies on committees, outside bodies and school governing bodies.
This was the Annual Council meeting of Cardiff Council for 2024-25. The Leader confirmed his Cabinet, and the council agreed its committees, committee seats, chairs, outside body appointments, councillor pay arrangements and meeting dates for the year. Councillors also made a declaration of interest on the pay item, as all councillors present had a personal interest in it.
The Council met on 28 March 2024. It approved its Pay Policy Statement for 2024/25 after rejecting an amendment from Cllr Berman on management restructuring. It also approved the audited Statement of Accounts for 2022/23 and designated Debbie Marles as Monitoring Officer, and it set up a Trusts Advisory Committee.
Cardiff Council met on 7 March 2024. The Lord Mayor first led tributes to Cllr Abdul Sattar, who had died suddenly. Council approved the Corporate Plan for 2024 to 2027 and the 2024/25 budget, which raises Council Tax by 6.0%. It also agreed higher Council Tax charges on long-term empty homes and filled committee and outside body vacancies. Opposition amendments on the Corporate Plan and budget were rejected.
Cardiff Council met on 25 January 2024. Councillors debated three notices of motion on council budgets and school funding and voted on each. The motion on school budgets passed in an amended form, the motion on the Council's budget passed, and the motion on the Council's funding from Welsh Government and non-domestic rates was lost.
Cardiff Council met on 30 November 2023. Councillors noted the mid-year treasury management report and approved the Social Services Annual Report for 2022/23. They also agreed changes to two polling districts and 13 polling places, revised the councillors' learning strategy on mandatory training, and appointed local authority school governors, while the Standards & Ethics Committee annual report was noted and the Governance & Audit Committee annual report was deferred to January 2024.
On 26 October 2023 Cardiff Council approved the audited 2022/23 accounts for the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund, endorsed the seventh Local Development Plan annual monitoring report for submission to the Welsh Government, and appointed interim officers to cover the roles of the departing Director of Governance and Legal Services. It also noted the Treasury Management Annual Report, re-appointed three independent members of the Standards and Ethics Committee and filled a committee vacancy. Most of the meeting was taken up with questions to Cabinet Members, which the minutes record without any decisions.
It asked Cardiff Council to lift the 20 mph default speed limit on roads that had a 30 mph limit before 2022. A Liberal Democrat amendment, which would have asked for a review first, was defeated by 9 votes to 51, and the motion itself was then defeated by 11 votes to 47.