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Cabinet confirmed three local authority governor nominations for primary schools and approved an amendment to the Welsh version of the Whistleblowing Policy. It also approved the Self-Assessment Report 2025/26, kept the four Corporate Well-being Objectives unchanged, and authorised the purchase of a housing-related property for temporary accommodation. Cabinet also noted reports on deprivation, rural poverty and safeguarding, and agreed that the Chair write to a Welsh Government Minister about the formula used for the WIMD index.
Cabinet met on 6 October 2026 and approved new strategies and policies on cyber security, information management, retirement, adverse conditions, festive lighting and complaints. It also approved higher allowances for foster carers, and endorsed the Medium Term Financial Strategy for Council to consider on 22 October 2026. Several annual reports and scrutiny feedback were noted.
Cabinet considered public spaces protection orders (PSPOs), which let councils restrict certain behaviour in named public places, along with several other reports. It agreed to recommend that Council renew the alcohol orders for Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Lampeter, and to recommend ending the Borth Beach dog order when it expires. Cabinet also approved coroner pay rates, a parking order on Maes Arthur, Aberystwyth, the Strategic Equality Plan annual report and officer work to develop a vocational education centre at the Lampeter campus.
It also approved the adoption of two new roads at Llanfarian, the Welsh Language Standards report and a no-waiting order in Cardigan, and noted scrutiny feedback and the 2025/26 finance reports.
Cabinet met on 2 June 2026 and approved a revised Whistleblowing Policy, a revised School Service Health and Safety Policy and the purchase of a new council asset. It also confirmed a council representative on a school governing body. Cabinet noted scrutiny feedback, which is the review of council work by committees of councillors, and several monitoring reports.
The Cabinet met on 19 May 2026 and took decisions on a range of items. It agreed to invite the Eisteddfod yr Urdd to Ceredigion in 2029 with a budget of £500,000, approved a revised Safe Recruitment Policy, a new Volunteering Policy and a revised Code of Conduct for Local Government Employees, and approved the sale of the former Canolfan Meugan site in Cardigan.
Cabinet met on 3 March 2026 and approved a new Engagement and Participation Policy, a revised Corporate Enforcement Policy, the School Admission Policy for 2027/28, and care home fees for older people for 2026/27. It delegated authority to award the main build contract for the Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth extension, subject to Welsh Government funding. Cabinet also noted several finance, treasury, harbour safety and information risk reports.
Cabinet recommended a 2026/27 budget to Full Council, with a 4.75% council tax rise for the county council's part of the bill, and approved fees and charges from April 2026. It also recommended a treasury strategy and minimum revenue provision policy, agreed how Mid Wales will run the Local Growth Fund with Powys, and confirmed a school governor nomination. Cabinet noted the budget engagement results and the half-year complaints report.
Cabinet noted scrutiny feedback on the Community Housing Scheme and a safeguarding report. It referred the draft 2026/27 budget to scrutiny committees, and approved road adoptions, a school governor nomination and a lower quorum for a national joint committee.
The Cabinet approved policies on disciplinary matters, probation, elective home education, children missing education, school attendance and penalty notices, the Whistleblowing Policy, coroner pay, a public consultation on the draft Engagement and Participation Policy and a public consultation on a drone policy, endorsed the Fair Work Charter, and agreed to adopt two roads and nominate people to open three completed projects. Several items were noted for information only.
Cabinet approved the Council's Self-Assessment Report for 2024/25 and kept its four well-being objectives unchanged for another year. It also approved a revised RIPA Social Media Policy, which sets rules for covert online investigation, and endorsed the Teifi Nutrient Management Plan to tackle phosphate pollution in the River Teifi. Cabinet also confirmed three council nominations to school governing bodies, noted the two petitions received, and noted reports on social care, safeguarding and carers' support.
Cabinet met on 7 October 2025 and made decisions on household waste sites, the sale of two former schools, the Medium Term Financial Strategy, counter fraud rules, coroner pay and a Sport Wales grant. It also noted reports on looked after children and on complaints and Freedom of Information requests.
Cabinet approved changes to library opening hours, a parking ban on part of Lewis Terrace in New Quay, council nominations to four school governing bodies, and the Strategic Equality Plan monitoring report. It approved in principle the sale of the former Beulah primary school and land, subject to a community play area being kept. It noted reports on the completed purchase of Llettytwppa Farm in Lampeter, the first quarter budget and capital reports, treasury management, engagement, and gender pay, and it received three petitions.
At its meeting on 1 July 2025 the Cabinet approved the revised Multi-Year Capital Programme, approved in principle the sale of three former primary schools, authorised the purchase of an asset and awarded the Aberystwyth Museum roof contract.
Cabinet met on 3 June 2025 and made decisions on ten items, covering roads, planning guidance, policies, reports and property. The main decisions were to adopt conservation area planning guidance for eight towns, to approve an updated data protection policy and the annual Welsh Language Standards report, and to agree a school admissions policy for 2026/27. Cabinet also agreed to sell five properties in Aberystwyth and to buy a new asset, with the financial details kept in exempt reports that the public cannot see.
Cabinet agreed a new 2025-2030 plan for managing the county's roads, approved a road adoption at Cross Inn, New Quay, and set aside up to £1.5m for events over three years. It also approved new HR and school policies, a play action plan and the Council's response to an independent performance assessment. Several reports were noted for information only.
The Cabinet approved a £128,750 Sport Wales grant for the Calon Tysul leisure centre and recommended revised gambling and taxi licensing policies to the full Council. It set care home fees for 2025/26, awarded the council's insurance contract and noted reports on finance, transport and housing support.
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Cabinet met on 21 January 2025. It considered two draft options for the 2025/26 budget, with different Council Tax rises, and agreed changes to parking charges on Aberystwyth Promenade and in off-street car parks across Ceredigion. It also approved changes to the Whistleblowing Policy, a new procurement method for the Cylch Caron scheme, and the completion of the Nant Seilo estate road.
Cabinet approved and adopted two new policies: an updated Information Security Policy and the Council's first Policy on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). It also approved the 2023/24 Self-Assessment Report and agreed to recommend to Council that draft conservation area appraisals and management plans be released for public consultation.
Cabinet met on 3 December 2024 and noted reports on finance, safeguarding and children's services. It approved a new Welsh Language Strategy, a Direct Payments Policy, the end of the Innovate social work team contract, and the Council Tax base for 2025/26. It also amended an earlier decision on reorganising four schools, so that the consultation now counts as informal.
Cabinet approved starting a joint planning arrangement for post-16 education from September 2026, and approved further study of a single Centre of Excellence. It decided to recommend to Full Council new licensing fees and delegated powers for special procedures such as tattooing and body piercing, confirmed two school governor nominations and nominated people to open three recent projects. It also noted reports on complaints, information requests and information security, and noted a petition on early morning lane swimming at Lampeter Swimming Pool.
It endorsed the Medium Term Financial Strategy for Full Council, adopted a charter for families bereaved by public tragedy, and noted several monitoring reports. Ten reports were considered in all, and the decisions are listed below.
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The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
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Ceredigion County Council's Cabinet met on 14 May 2024. It endorsed the Local Area Energy Plan, approved a traffic order for Aberystwyth seafront, approved the school building programme submitted to Welsh Government, approved the school admissions policy for 2025/26, and set care home fees for older people for 2024/25. It also noted several reports and two petitions.
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Cabinet met on 20 February 2024 to recommend the 2024/25 budget to Full Council and to approve a new harbour management policy. It also awarded a residual waste treatment contract, approved statutory notices on language medium changes at four primary schools, and approved a school name and a new risk management framework.
The Cabinet considered the draft 2024/25 revenue budget, the multi-year capital programme, the sale of four surplus council assets, and the re-commissioning of Housing Support Grant services at its meeting on 23 January 2024. On the budget, Cabinet noted a draft budget requirement of £192.470m and a possible Council Tax rise of £4.15 a week for a Band D home, and recommended the capital programme for approval. Cabinet approved in principle the sale of three former school sites, deferred a fourth, and approved in principle a Housing Support Grant emergency accommodation contract with delegated sign-off.