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The meeting will consider how committee seats are shared between political groups, which must reflect each group's share of councillors. This follows a by-election win for Josh Swash, who has joined the Flintshire Peoples' Voice group, and the passing of Cllr Carberry, who was in the Labour group. The report also proposes that Reform UK fill the vacant chair of the Education and Youth Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The meeting will consider a notice of motion, a formal proposal put to the full Council, from Cllr Helen Brown. The motion asks the Council to withdraw from the Nation of Sanctuary programme and to write to the Home Secretary about asylum accommodation. No minute has been published yet, so no decision is recorded.
This meeting of Flintshire County Council was due to consider reports on its constitution, committee chair terms, political balance, the 2025/26 treasury and performance reports, a Welsh name for Northop Hall, the Flintshire Standard, three notices of motion and member questions. No minute of the meeting has been published, so no decisions are recorded here; the reports set out what the Council could decide.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Flintshire County Council met on 8 June 2026. Members approved final recommendations on town and community council boundaries and electoral arrangements, with one change, and sent them to the Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. They also passed a motion declaring a health care emergency in North Wales, and deferred a review of the Council's Constitution.
At its Annual Meeting on 12 May 2026, Flintshire County Council re-elected Councillor Mel Buckley as Chair and elected Councillor Steve Copple as Vice-Chair. Councillor Dave Hughes was elected Leader and named his Cabinet, and the Council appointed its committees, their seat allocations and their chairs. It also approved the schedule of meetings for 2026/27 and paid tribute to the late Councillor Hilary McGuill.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Flintshire County Council met on 27 January 2026. It approved the 2026/27 budget for council housing, including a 4.3% rent rise, and a revised timetable for reviewing town and community council boundaries. It also agreed several notices of motion, including one calling for an urgent investigation into admissions at St Anthony's, and noted a commitment to publish the cost of a proposed 3-to-18 school.
At its meeting on 18 December 2025, Flintshire County Council carried a motion opposing compulsory digital IDs and lost a motion on school visits and proposed Catholic school closures. It also agreed to ask Welsh Government to reward councils for strong business rates collection, reappointed a member to the Standards Committee, and deferred four questions.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Flintshire County Council adopted its new Council Plan for 2025-2030, and approved its 2024/25 annual performance report and treasury management report. It also noted the arrangements for an external performance assessment in November 2025. Members decided on all but one of the seven notices of motion, deferring the WASPI one.
Flintshire County Council considered a notice of motion on the proposed closure of public toilets. Members rejected a closure motion and then agreed to reinstate the public convenience budget pending a full public consultation, and to block any closure until Cabinet has considered a scrutiny report.
At its meeting on 2 July 2025, the Council renamed the auditorium after Lord Barry Jones and noted the regional armed forces covenant report. It agreed to join a regional scrutiny committee for the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee, adopted new procurement rules, and approved the community review terms and a revised political balance. It also referred a proposed finance panel to another committee, and the motion on the Ash Lane development was lost.
Flintshire County Council's Annual Meeting on 20 May 2025 elected a new Chair, Vice-Chair and Leader, and appointed the Cabinet. It set up the council's committees and their chairs for 2025/26, dropped the Climate Change Committee, created a Committee Work Co-ordinating Group with public meetings, and approved the schedule of meetings for 2025/26.
The meeting opened with two presentations. Members across the Chamber congratulated both groups, and the minute records no decisions.
Members agreed to note a consultation on the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru's electoral review and to give feedback on it. They also reallocated committee seats after a change in group membership, approved an updated Code of Corporate Governance, appointed a lay member to the Governance and Audit Committee, and approved two notices of motion.
Flintshire County Council met on 18 March 2025 to consider a requisition notice on meeting length, three notices of motion and member questions. Councillors agreed that meetings should keep set start and finish times, that each agenda item should get an agreed time for discussion, and that meetings should normally start at 10.30 a.m. The council carried a motion on a new National Park for North East Wales and a motion to refer concerns about overdevelopment to the Planning Strategy Group, but it lost a motion to cut the number of cabinet members.
The Council set its 2025/26 budget and a 9.5% rise in Council Tax. It also approved the Treasury Management Strategy and the policy for setting aside money to repay debt. Three notices of motion and the member questions were deferred to a later meeting.
Flintshire County Council approved the Housing Revenue Account budget and 30-year business plan for 2025/26, including a 2.7% rent rise. It also approved the Treasury Management mid-year report, the Governance and Audit Committee annual report, the Pay Policy Statement for 2025/26, and three Notices of Motion on the Crown Estate, the Aggregates Levy and home schooling.
Flintshire County Council met on 4 December 2024. It approved the 2025/26 to 2027/28 capital programme, a Capital Strategy, the 2023/24 treasury report and the annual performance report. It also changed the rules on appointing the Leader, passed an amended motion on school transport and reallocated committee seats.
Flintshire County Council considered two formal motions put forward by councillors: one on the future of Aura's leisure and library services, and one on three-weekly bin collections. Members did not support either motion. The Aura motion followed a dispute over a grant funding agreement that the council had offered Aura, which Aura had not agreed.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.