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Cabinet approved its Forward Work Programme. It also approved an extended and varied Dog Control Public Space Protection Order, approved a six-week consultation on revised guidance for a Local List of buildings and structures of local importance, and endorsed the direction of travel for the Play Sufficiency Action Plan.
Cabinet met on 6 October 2026. It approved closing Ysgol Betws y Coed and Ysgol Ysbyty Ifan from 31 August 2027 after considering objections, and agreed home to school transport for pupils of each school until they finish primary school. It approved a generative AI policy and a revised Maternity and New Child Policy, and deferred a proposal to consult on changing the language category of Ysgol Babanod Llanfairfechan.
Cabinet approved a protocol that lets members of the public ask questions at Cabinet meetings, and approved the Director of Social Care's Annual Report for 2025-2026. It also approved the timetable for setting the 2027/2028 budget, noted the potential funding gap for that year, and agreed that the Work Welsh evaluation report be sent to its funding body.
Cabinet received the council's final 2025/26 money figures and first-quarter 2026/27 budget and capital reports, noting the year-end result and forecast pressures. It approved £163,000 from general balances to keep the TRAC young people's support service running until March 2027, a £2,597,871 Local Growth Fund grant for Eirias Redevelopment Phase 1, and a new Probation Period Policy.
Cabinet met on 7 July 2026 and considered a mix of performance, planning and finance reports. It recommended that Council accept the Panel Performance Assessment and approve the Performance Self-Assessment, and it approved the Corporate Risk Register, planning consultations and a change to staff mileage rates. It did not support a request to pause the Conwy West Family Centre project.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet met on 12 May 2026 and approved a new Paternity and Parental Support Policy for council staff, and the draft Annual Governance Statement for 2025 to 2026. It also received feedback from a councillor on the Eryri National Park Authority. The removal of a Local Education Authority school governor was considered in a private session, and the minutes provided do not record its outcome.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The Cabinet met on 24 March 2026. It was due to consider the construction contract award for the Old Colwyn coastal defence and active travel scheme, phase 3. The public and press were excluded for that item because its report was marked confidential. Councillor Dilwyn Roberts declared a personal interest in the item and left the meeting during its discussion. The material available does not record a decision on the item.
Cabinet gave the Leader delegated authority to appoint the chair and board of the Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board for the Tudno and Mostyn wards in Llandudno. It formally approved the amalgamation of Ysgol T Gwynn Jones and Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn in Old Colwyn, and a revised School Partnership Agreement for 2026 to 2029. Two contract and project reports were considered in private, and the public minute gives no outcome for them.
The Cabinet met on 24 February 2026 to consider budget, finance and library reports. It agreed to recommend a 2026/27 budget to Council, including a 6.09% Council Tax rise for Council services, and approved a new Fees and Charges Policy. It also approved a £3.334m addition to the capital programme, noted the 2025/26 revenue position, and noted the Welsh Public Library Standards assessment.
Cabinet noted a revised annual letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, which corrected one compliance figure. It also approved for publication two annual reports on equality and the workforce: the Employment Monitoring Report 2024-25 and the Inclusive Conwy Plan Annual Report 2024-25.
Cabinet considered the Council's capital programme and budget options for 2026/27, and recommended a £22.408m capital programme to Council. It approved the draft Housing and Homelessness Strategy for public consultation, and agreed how to deliver the £1.5 million Pride in Place Impact Fund. It also agreed to lower the quorum for the National Joint Committee for adoption and fostering services to 40%.
Cabinet met on 13 January 2026. It approved a new Disposal Policy, which sets out how the council sells surplus land and buildings, and a new Asset Management Framework for 2026 to 2031. It also agreed to recommend that Council adopt the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2026/27 without changes.
Cabinet chose the neighbourhood that will receive up to £20 million over ten years from the UK Government's Pride in Place Programme. It approved Tudno 1, Tudno 2 and Mostyn 2 in Llandudno, which the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) shows as the most deprived areas, rather than the Colwyn Bay areas that scrutiny had asked for. Cabinet also agreed that the decision should be exempt from call-in, a process that lets councillors ask for a decision to be reviewed, so the submission could meet the 9 January 2026 deadline.
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On 9 December 2025 the Cabinet approved the closure of the New Core Financials System, changes to the Corporate Risk Register, the Performance Self-Assessment for April to September 2025 and the Information Governance Annual Report 2024/25. It also noted the outline budget position for 2026/27, which shows a shortfall of £20.6 million before any extra Welsh Government funding.
On 25 November 2025 Cabinet considered a timetable for the Replacement Local Development Plan, two budget monitoring reports and a call-in of its October decision on the Conwy Civic Hall. Cabinet approved the revised timetable and a £6.956m addition to the capital programme, and it noted a projected revenue shortfall of £3.107m. After the call-in, Cabinet confirmed its October decision to offer the Civic Hall on the open market.
Cabinet met on 11 November 2025 and made several decisions on schools and planning. It approved next steps for a new depot and a masterplan at Plas yn Dre, Llanrwst, and approved issuing a statutory notice to merge two Old Colwyn schools. It also agreed to consult on possible closures at Ysgol Ysbyty Ifan and Ysgol Betws-y-Coed, and adopted a new strategy for modernising schools.
Cabinet met on 28 October 2025 and approved seven reports covering care services, staff policies, play, and the Council's performance and risk frameworks. Decisions included closing the Bron y Nant respite project, continuing a regional pooled budget for older people's care home places, and introducing paid miscarriage bereavement leave for staff. Cabinet also noted the minutes of the Conwy Harbour Advisory Committee.
Cabinet approved the Director of Social Care's Annual Report for 2024-2025 and the 2024/25 corporate and social services complaints and compliments reports. It also approved the scope and members of a Panel Performance Assessment, an external peer review of the council's performance, due in December 2025. Cabinet resolved that Council should keep the current Council Tax premiums on second and long-term empty homes for 2026/27 and 2027/28, and Council meets on 23 October 2025 to decide.
Cabinet approved a Corporate Resilience Strategy for 2025 to 2030, which aims to protect services while the council faces a funding gap. It also approved the timetable for setting the 2026/27 budget, subject to a public consultation, and noted the scale of the possible funding gap.
At its meeting on 12 August 2025 the Cabinet received the final financial outturn for 2024/25 and the first-quarter budget and capital reports for 2025/26.
Cabinet met on 8 July 2025. It approved draft plans to move Llandudno Library and the Tourist Information Centre into Venue Cymru, after considering responses to the public consultation. It also agreed to recommend that Council approve a Replacement Local Development Plan for consultation and a Performance Self-Assessment, and approved changes to the council's programme and project management framework.
Cabinet approved a new Neonatal Care Leave Policy for council staff. Councillors Ifor Lloyd and Nia Owen declared a personal interest in the item on the Eryri National Park Authority, and Councillor Ifor Lloyd reported on the park's work over the past six months. Members also approved the Cabinet Forward Work Programme, which lists the Cabinet's upcoming business.
Cabinet met on 13 May 2025 and agreed commercial mooring fees for Conwy Harbour, at 50% of recreational fees in 2025, rising to 100% from 2026. It also approved an update on the council's Resilience Action Plan, the Welsh Language Standards annual report, the Destination Conwy plan, a digital preservation policy, a consultation on merging two Old Colwyn schools, a £205,205 bridging loan for Ysgol Eirias, a draft waste strategy for consultation, and a trial disposal policy for council land.
Cabinet met on 8 April 2025 and agreed to pause plans for a federation between Ysgol Llanddoged and Ysgol Ysbyty Ifan, two small schools, while officers explore other options. It adopted a new Conwy Corporate Events and Filming Strategy for 2025 to 2030, approved the Equal Pay Audit for 2018 to 2023, and approved a public consultation on a draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. It also endorsed progress on a regional transport plan, noted progress on the People Strategy, and agreed the recommendations of the Conwy Harbour Advisory Committee.
Cabinet considered three items at its meeting on 11 March 2025 and made a decision on each. It adopted a charter on how public bodies should treat families bereaved by public tragedies, approved the transfer of the North Wales Growth Deal to a regional body, and approved projects for the transition year of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Conwy's Cabinet, the councillors who run the council day to day, considered a revised 2025/26 budget after the Welsh Government's final funding settlement. It agreed to ask the full Council, which includes all councillors, to approve the budget, which lowers the proposed Council Tax rise from 9.4% to 8.95%.
Cabinet approved £2.683m of changes to the capital programme and agreed to recommend the 2025/26 budget to full Council. It also approved statutory notices for two school amalgamations and agreed to end the GwE school improvement agreement, and it noted the revenue position, which shows a projected £1.225m overspend.