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They cover a Voice of the Child Strategy, an equality plan report, workforce and health and safety reports, a planning monitoring report, and two capital budget reports. No minutes have been published yet, so this summary sets out what the reports propose, not what was decided.
On 15 September 2026 the Cabinet considered eight substantive items. It adopted a new Compact setting out how the council works with the third sector, approved a suicide prevention action plan, and noted a North Wales anchor charter. It also authorised a lease of the former Ysgol Cwm y Glo site to Menter Fachwen, adopted a new Education Transport Policy from September 2027, and finally confirmed the closure of Ysgol Nebo and Ysgol Baladeulyn from 31 December 2026.
The Cabinet adopted a revised Climate and Nature Emergency Plan, a Waste and Recycling Strategy and a revised Safeguarding Policy. It committed £6,317,640 of Local Growth Fund money to ten projects and agreed to use surplus second homes and empty homes premium income on housing. It also agreed to lower the quorum for the National Fostering Service joint committee.
The Cabinet met on 9 June 2026 and considered two items. It gave final confirmation to the closure of Ysgol Y Garreg, a small primary school in Llanfrothen, from 31 August 2026, with pupils moving to Ysgol Cefn Coch. It also adopted a Model Education Language Policy for schools to consider.
The Cabinet met on 19 May 2026 and approved publishing statutory notices on proposals to close Ysgol Nebo and Ysgol Baladeulyn, which will be followed by a 28-day objection period. It also agreed to commission further investigations into safeguarding, allocated council tax premium income, and approved the 2025/26 final accounts and capital programme review.
Cancelled
At its meeting on 10 March 2026, the Cabinet approved and adopted a revised Response Plan on the Our Bravery Brought Justice report. It also approved 19 one-off bids worth £2,870,280 for 2026/27 and an economic development strategy for Gwynedd, which will go to the Full Council. Other decisions covered the Council Plan review, who can approve spending from the climate plan fund, and the funding that replaces the Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Gwynedd Cabinet met on 10 February 2026 and agreed to start a statutory objection period on closing Ysgol Y Garreg, approved the Schools Strategy 2026-2036, and recommended a 2026/27 budget and Council Tax rise to the full Council. It also agreed to proceed with two parking savings plans and a new parking order, and to support a Trawsfynydd Science Park bid. The minutes for the later items were only partly published, so some decisions may be incomplete here.
The Cabinet approved a consultation on a draft Education Transport Policy and adopted a new Procurement Strategy for 2026 to 2031. It also adopted a revised staff Whistleblowing Policy, approved extra support for Cwmni Byw'n Iach, moved funds to cover a projected £6.5 million departmental overspend, changed the capital programme and noted progress on savings.
The Cabinet met on 16 December 2025 and considered ten items. It agreed to set up a Nutrient Management Board for the Afon Gwyrfai and approved £1.5 million to make the Corbett Arms in Tywyn safe.
The Cabinet met on 11 November 2025 and considered 12 substantive items. It approved the annual performance report, which goes to Full Council, and agreed to object to the proposed Glyndŵr National Park. It also adopted new policies on adult care charges and Council Tax reductions, and agreed to hold a ballot on a Caernarfon business improvement district.
The Cabinet accepted seven reports on 14 October 2025. They covered the local toilets strategy, two proposals to consult on closing village schools, a change to the additional learning needs service, a planning monitoring report, the climate plan and parking at Dinas Dinlle car park.
The Cabinet considered reports on energy, business, equality and finance on 16 September 2025. It accepted the reports on the Local Area Energy Plan, the Bangor BID ballot, the equality annual report and the Medium Term Financial Plan. It also approved its forward work programme.
At its meeting on 8 July 2025, Gwynedd Council's Cabinet, the senior councillors who run the council, considered several reports. It approved the Customer Care Plan, which sets response times, and the annual report on complaints. It accepted the other reports: on the Response Plan for crimes by a former headteacher, on the Ffordd Gwynedd work culture, and on the safeguarding panel.
The Cabinet met on 10 June 2025. It agreed to start the legal process to make paid parking at Dinas Dinlle car park permanent, to take a draft Waste and Recycling Strategy to public consultation, and to adopt supplementary planning guidance on second homes and holiday lets. It also committed £7.9 million of Shared Prosperity Fund money to 14 schemes and approved funding for a new payroll and human resources system.
At its meeting on 13 May 2025, the Cabinet agreed to expand Flying Start to the rest of Penygroes, to extend the Housing Action Plan to 2028/29, and to accept the 2024/25 final accounts and capital year-end review. It also agreed in principle to invite the Urdd to hold its National Eisteddfod in Gwynedd in 2028.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cabinet agreed a new multi-site model for pupil referral provision, a funding package of up to £7.9 million from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and a support package for Maethu Cymru Gwynedd foster carers. It also adopted the Welsh Government's Corporate Parenting Charter, accepted two performance reports, and agreed to keep defending a legal challenge to an Article 4 Direction.
The Cabinet approved one-off bids worth £2,057,260 for 2025/26 and agreed to lease the former Abersoch school site to Menter Rabar for less than market rent. It also set a timetable for an external performance assessment of the council in March 2026 and approved the council's response to the North Wales Regional Transport Plan consultation. Performance reports from four Cabinet members were noted.
The Cabinet approved the 2023/24 report on the Climate and Nature Emergency Plan, decided to move the whole Ysgol Felinwnda catchment area to Ysgol Bontnewydd, and started formal talks on the future of Ysgol Nebo and Ysgol Baladeulyn. It also approved savings and cuts worth £519,000, agreed to recommend a 2025/26 budget of £355,243,800 with an 8.66% council tax rise to the full Council, and agreed to transfer the North Wales Growth Deal to a regional body.
At its meeting on 21 January 2025, the Cabinet agreed to end day care in Y Ganolfan, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Encil y Coed, Cricieth, and accepted a projected £8.3 million overspend across Council departments with steps to address it. It approved a response plan for the Ysgol Friars case, called on the Welsh Government to hold a public inquiry, and agreed to end the GwE school improvement partnership on 31 May 2025. It also approved changes to the capital programme and a savings deletion, and accepted two performance reports.
Cabinet accepted a new plan to support the well-being of Cyngor Gwynedd staff over the next few years. It also noted a six-monthly report on complaints and service improvement covering April to September 2024.
The Cabinet received four performance reports from Cabinet Members on housing, economy and community, corporate services, and adult social care, and accepted and noted each one. It also recommended to the full Council that Gwynedd keep its Council Tax premiums on second homes and long-term empty homes at their current levels for 2025/26.
Cancelled
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The Cabinet met on 17 September 2024 to consider its 2023/24 performance report, a plan for an external Panel Performance Assessment, and a report on education. The minutes record that the Cabinet approved the performance report and recommended it to Full Council, and that it accepted the education report and approved the forward work programme. The minute of the Panel item records no decision.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The Cabinet met on 16 July 2024 and discussed the Lloyd George Museum Charitable Trust, a charity the Council is trustee of. The minute records only that the report was discussed, so no decision is recorded. The minutes attached to the papers are from a different meeting, held in 2020, and are not used here.
The Cabinet agreed to recommend that the Council adopt a 10-year Asset Management Plan for 2024-2034, which sets out how capital money will be spent on buildings, roads and other assets. It accepted the annual report of the Strategic Safeguarding Panel and the performance reports of the Cabinet Members for Adults and for Children, and approved the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy for adoption. Members also agreed that the Chief Executive will review how to fund building maintenance and school modernisation in a year's time.
The Cabinet met on 14 May 2024 and accepted the 2023/24 final accounts, which show an overspend of around £9 million across council departments. It also accepted the capital programme report and approved the Medium Term Financial Plan, which forecasts a shortfall of £17.4 million over three years between expected income and spending. It approved a £454,580 budget transfer for Small Group Homes for children in care, and parts of items 7 and 9 were discussed in private.