Constitution and Democratic Services Committee
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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.
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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.
The Education, Youth and Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee meets on 22 October 2026 to consider four items. The items are the forward work programme, the Youth Justice Plan 2026-2029, the role of school governors and the training available to them, and the 2027/28 budget at its second stage. No minutes have been published yet, so this summary records what is proposed, not what was decided.
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The committee will consider a call-in of the Cabinet's decision of 6 October 2026 on proposals to merge Catholic schools in Flintshire into a new 3-18 school. A call-in lets scrutiny members review a decision before it takes effect. No minutes have been published yet, so no outcome is recorded.
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.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
No decisions are recorded yet, because the minutes of this meeting have not been published.
No minutes have been published yet for this meeting on 7 October 2026, so no decisions are recorded here. The committee was due to consider its forward work programme, the Flintshire Thriving Together framework and a monthly homelessness update. The report on Flintshire Thriving Together proposes endorsing a county-wide framework to tackle poverty and inequality.
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The committee was due to consider reports on planning, housing, food safety, dog control, winter maintenance, active travel and public toilets. No minutes have been published yet, so no decisions are recorded here; each item below says what its report recommends.
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.
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The Committee will consider Estyn's inspection report on the Council's education and youth services, a report on school reserves, and the joint archive project with Denbighshire. It will also consider the Corporate Risk Register, the Annual Performance Report 2025/26 and its forward work programme. No decisions are recorded because the minutes have not yet been published.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
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 Education, Youth and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee is asked to consider two proposals from the Council's school modernisation programme. One would close Saltney Ferry and Saltney Wood Memorial primary schools and open a single 3-11 school. The other would close St Anthony's Catholic Primary School and merge three other Catholic schools into one 3-18 school. No minute has been published, so this summary sets out what is proposed, not what was decided.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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.
On 10 September 2026 the committee considered budget, performance and risk reports. It had no specific matters to pass to Cabinet on the 2027/28 budget plan, and it referred its comments on the 2026/27 month 4 budget monitoring reports to Cabinet. It supported the Annual Performance Report 2025/26 only on the Chair's casting vote, supported the Corporate Self-Assessment, and acknowledged the Corporate Risk Register.
The committee met on 9 September 2026 and considered reports on housing, homelessness and council performance. It supported the Annual Performance Report for 2025/26, noted the Corporate Risk Register for the first quarter, and noted the outcome of an Audit Wales review of temporary accommodation. It also noted a monthly homelessness update and authorised the Facilitator to vary the Forward Work Programme between meetings.
The Planning Committee of Flintshire County Council was due to consider two planning applications on 9 September 2026. The minutes have not yet been published, so no decisions are recorded. One application is to turn a house in Flint into a home for up to four people who are not all from one family, and the other is to convert redundant barns at Tyddyn y Gwynt Farm, Rhydymwyn, into a nine-bedroom holiday let; officers recommend approval of both.
The committee will consider reports on the North Wales Growth Deal, Investment Zone grants, public rights of way, the local toilet strategy, the annual performance report and corporate risks. No minutes have been published, so no decisions are recorded yet. Each report makes a recommendation that the committee may accept, amend or reject.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
On 3 September 2026 the Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee is due to consider three reports: its forward work programme and action tracking, the Care Inspectorate Wales Improvement Check of Adult Services with its draft action plan, and the annual report on social services complaints and compliments for 2025-26. No minute of this meeting has been published, so no decisions are recorded here. The recommendations shown are what the reports propose.