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Cabinet is due to consider 13 items at its meeting on 13 October 2026, including the Local Development Plan annual monitoring report, the Month 5 budget monitoring position and four business rate write-offs. No minute has been published yet, so this summary records what the reports propose, not what Cabinet decided.
Cabinet will consider two school reorganisation proposals at its meeting on 6 October 2026: one for Catholic schools in Flintshire and one for primary schools in Saltney. Both follow a statutory consultation, and both reports ask Cabinet to note the results and consider moving to a statutory notice with a 28-day objection period. No minutes have been published yet, so no decisions are recorded.
The Cabinet agenda for 15 September 2026 covers the 2027/28 budget outlook, the 2025/26 year-end reports, in-year budget monitoring and a range of other reports. The minutes of this meeting have not been published, so no decisions are recorded here. The items below show what each report proposes.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet met on 13 May 2026. It considered internal audit reports into two notices of motion about school admissions and staff social media, and welcomed the finding that there was no evidence to support the allegations. It also approved starting formal consultation on two school reorganisations: closing four Catholic schools to open a new 3-18 school, and closing two Saltney primary schools to open a new 3-11 school. Final decisions will come only after the consultation and the further statutory steps.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
At its meeting on 10 March 2026, Cabinet considered two proposals to reorganise schools in Flintshire: the reorganisation of Catholic schools and a plan to merge two primary schools in Saltney. Cabinet deferred both reports, so no final decision was made on either.
Cabinet met on 24 February 2026 to agree final budget proposals for Flintshire County Council for 2026/27, including a 5.46% Council Tax rise, and to recommend them to the full Council later that day. It also recommended to the Council a treasury management strategy and a minimum revenue provision (MRP) policy for 2026/27. These are recommendations, and the full Council makes the final decisions.
At its meeting on 23 February 2026, the Cabinet considered reports on equality, participation, public toilets, car parking and budgets. It adopted the Children and Young People's Participation Strategy 2026-2028 and supported plans to upgrade three public toilets before a possible transfer to town and community councils. It also noted the Month 9 revenue and capital budget reports and endorsed the pay policy statement for County Council to consider.
Cabinet met on 20 January 2026 and considered eleven substantive items. It approved a refreshed Welsh Language Promotion Strategy and Welsh in the Workplace Policy, agreed to lower the quorum of the National Adoption Service joint committee, and approved draft Place Making Plans for Connah's Quay and Queensferry. It also noted the Month 8 budget report, which projects a council overspend, and approved moving £3.150m to council housing void works.
Cabinet met on 16 December 2025 to consider reports on the provisional local government settlement and the budget still to be set, a new finance system, suicide prevention, the council's finances and performance, and a range of service changes.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet considered a range of reports on finance, performance and governance. It approved the Corporate Self-Assessment and the Annual Performance Report for 2024/25, and it agreed the approach to the 2026/27 budget, which the council says faces a serious and major challenge. It also noted a projected overspend of £6.452m for 2025/26 and approved a revised policy on council tax discounts.
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Cabinet considered reports on audit, procurement, childcare, housing, energy and safeguarding. It agreed amended Contract Procedure Rules for full Council, extended Flying Start childcare, endorsed the Housing Support Grant spend plan and approved new communal heating charges from 4 August 2025. It deferred the business rates avoidance consultation to 15 July 2025.
Cabinet considered 14 items at its meeting on 13 May 2025, covering housing, planning, waste, care and leisure. It approved the draft Buckley Place Making Plan, revised fees for legal work, and the write-off of £309,508 in debts owed by companies in the Bellfield Group, which went into administration. It also approved the Council's response to an Audit Wales report on brownfield land and endorsed its management response to an Audit Wales review of planning services.
Cabinet agreed to start statutory consultation on closing four Catholic schools in Flintshire and opening one new 3-18 all-through school. It also endorsed a draft flood risk strategy for public consultation, approved changes to the disabled adaptations policy, and noted the budget monitoring, homelessness, pay gap, risk register and Flintshire Coast Park reports.
Cabinet noted and approved the Local Housing Market Assessment, which shows an annual shortfall of 432 affordable homes, and endorsed the revised Climate Change Strategy for 2025-30. It also approved a new Measured Term Contract for minor building works, supported a revised approach to Streetscene performance, and noted and approved the Month 10 revenue budget monitoring report. The minutes also record decisions on the transfer of the North Wales Growth Deal, Place Making Plans for Holywell and Shotton, school admission arrangements, a charter for families bereaved by public tragedy, and the governance of council trading companies.
Cabinet considered the Council's budget for 2025/26 and recommended a balanced budget and a 9.5% Council Tax rise to full Council (all councillors). It also recommended the Treasury Management Strategy and the Minimum Revenue Provision policy for approval by full Council.
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The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Flintshire's Cabinet met on 19 November 2024 and considered housing, budget and capital reports. It approved a 2.7% minimum rent increase for council homes, a council tax base of 66,458 band D properties, and a direct award to D2 PropCo for homeless accommodation. It recommended the capital programme and capital strategy to full Council and approved 28 April 2025 as the start date for three-weekly residual waste collections.
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 published minute of this Cabinet meeting covers procedural matters only. No declarations of interest were made, and the Cabinet resolved to exclude the press and public from the rest of the meeting. The minute does not list the items considered after that point, so no decisions on substantive business are recorded here.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.