The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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The minutes have not been published, so no decision is recorded here. The report asks for approval to start a formal consultation lasting 42 days.
The Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Waste and Recycling was due to consider a report on creating new allotments in Newport. The report asks for five of eight consulted sites to go forward for further assessment, subject to legal, technical, ecological and financial checks and available funding. No minute has been published, so no decision is recorded.
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Councillors asked the Leader whether Newport's transport interests were well represented by the Burns Commission, and whether the Leader and the council's chief executive agree on proposed changes, including the Old Green Roundabout. The Leader said the Commission had a wide mix of expertise and that congestion on the M4 corridor will be reviewed over the next eighteen months. The minute records no decisions.
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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
Councillor Batrouni responded by referring to the Cabinet report of 15 September 2026. The minute records the questions and answers but no decision by this meeting.
At its formal questions session, the council considered a written question from Councillor Mogford about changes to the board of Newport Transport Limited, the company that runs the city's buses. Councillor Batrouni replied for the Leader, pointing to a Cabinet report of 15 September 2026 that proposes replacing five directors. The minute records no decision on the question.
At its meeting on 14 October 2026, Newport City Council's Cabinet was due to consider five reports. No minutes had been published when this summary was prepared, so no decisions are recorded here. The reports propose noting social value results, agreeing two annual reports for Full Council, moving out of the Civic Centre, and offering two hours' free parking in city centre car parks over Christmas.
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The committee was asked to take decisions on planning applications and to note recent planning appeals. The minutes record that decisions be recorded as shown on the planning applications schedule, and that the Planning and Development Manager may draft any amendments or extra conditions. The meeting also noted the results of six appeals: four were dismissed and two were allowed.
Councillors on the Performance Scrutiny Committee, which checks the council's partnership work, reviewed the 2025-26 update on the Shared Resource Service (SRS), a technology partnership Newport shares with other councils, and the Gwent Regional Partnership Board's annual report. They asked for workforce diversity figures, a focus on language barriers in digital services, and a funding update on the Regional Integration Fund. The Committee was content with the SRS report.
The Cabinet Member for Housing and Planning will consider proposed changes to Newport's guidance on houses in multiple occupation (HMOs, homes shared by unrelated people). The changes would add tests to limit 'sandwiching' and 'immediate concentrations' of HMOs, and the report asks for approval to consult the public for six weeks. No minute has been published, so no decision is recorded.
The meeting heard a question from Councillor M Howells about city centre footfall, meaning how many people visit the town centre. Councillor Clarke gave figures showing footfall down compared with the same months a year earlier, for April to July 2026, with the fall smaller than the national figures. The minute records no decision.
At this formal question session, Councillor Morris asked whether residents can be assured that alleged contamination by PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls, industrial chemicals) at the former Monsanto site and Glebelands is not a health risk. The Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Waste and Recycling, Councillor Forsey, replied that the Council is not aware of any current health risk. No decision was recorded.
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At this meeting, Councillor Sterry asked the Cabinet Member for Communities and Sport whether Newport could introduce a targeted rule on balaclavas and face coverings in public spaces, similar to one Nottingham has approved. Councillor Hughes replied that the Council can change a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO, a local rule for a public area) if the legal tests are met, that any change would need evidence and consultation, and that the city centre PSPO is due for review. No decision was recorded.
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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
At this formal council question session, Councillor Mogford questioned the quality of recent road repairs on Old Roman Road in Langstone ward. Councillor Howells, the Cabinet Member for Assets and Infrastructure, replied that the defects were being addressed with the contractor and offered a site visit. The minute records questions and answers only, with no decision.
At a formal questions session, Councillor Sterry asked the Cabinet Member for Assets and Infrastructure and Climate Change, Waste and Recycling whether litter bins are provided at new or upgraded bus stops in Lliswerry. Councillor Howells replied that bin provision is considered case by case, balancing need against servicing and safe maintenance. The minute records no decision.
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