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Resolved that the Minutes of the Pension Fund Committee meeting held on 24 June 2026 be signed and approved as a correct record,
Decided: The committee approved the draft City and County of Swansea Pension Fund Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2025/26, subject to audit. The draft is set out in Appendix A to the report. Audit means an independent check of the accounts.
Resolved that the Minutes of the meeting(s) listed below be approved and signed as a correct record: 1) Cabinet held on 16 July 2026.
Resolved that: 1) The following nominations recommended by the Director of Education in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Education & Learning be approved: St Josephs Cathedral Caitlin Littlejohns Ynystawe Primary Laura Tams YGG Bryniago Mark Biscoe YGG Tan Y Lan Meleri Cole
Decided: Cabinet approved the review findings and a new three-year Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for the city centre, beachfront and Dyfatty, with the revised boundary and Order. It approved extending the existing PSPO that restricts access to the service lane at the bottom of St Helen's Road. It authorised the Director of Place, with the relevant Cabinet Members and the Chief Legal Officer, to designate officers with enforcement powers.
Decided: Cabinet noted the variations and the severe spending restrictions now in place, and approved the virements and use of the contingency fund, subject to further advice from the Section 151 Officer (the council's chief finance officer). It reinforced the need for directors to keep service spending down. It noted the indicative position, which depends on the final pay award, and approved reprofiling of capital budgets and grant-funded budgets in Appendix E. It delegated power to the Section 151 Officer to decide deviations from spending restrictions.
Decided: Cabinet approved the proposed Socially Responsible Procurement Objectives. It also approved the implementation strategy and the process for reporting on them.
Decided: Cabinet noted the Council's performance in delivering its well-being objectives in Quarter 1 of 2026/27. It endorsed using this information to inform decisions on resource allocation and corrective action where needed.
RESOLVED: That the minutes of the Planning Committee held on 12 August, 2026 be approved and signed as a correct record.
Decided: Members were minded to grant conditional planning permission, subject to satisfactory comments from the Ecologist. The minute says the application will go back to the next meeting for further consideration, because this view was contrary to the officers' recommendation.
Decided: Members were minded to grant conditional planning permission. The Development Control Manager is to decide the application under delegated powers. The Principal Planning Officer reported that the Sustainable Drainage Systems approval body was satisfied that the surface water drainage strategy could be supported for planning purposes, and detailed drainage proposals will be considered in the separate approval process.
Decided: Members were minded to defer determination of the application. The Development and Building Control Manager had reported an inaccuracy in how a previous planning consent was carried out. On the advice of the Monitoring Officer (the council's senior legal officer), the Manager recommended deferral so that a corrected proposal can be submitted.