Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
This was a question-and-answer session with Cabinet portfolio holders. One item was recorded: Councillor Jeremy Brignell-Thorp asked about grit bins on the new Community Gritting Routes. The Cabinet Member replied in writing. The minute records no decision.
Councillor Karl Lewis asked the Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, Councillor Jackie Charlton, how the Council can support farmers, including through Public Path Orders for paths in Llandinam with Dolfor. The written response said the Council will work with landowners and consider each application on its merits, but the minute records no decision.
Community routes are gritted only in longer or severe winter weather, not for single frosts. The minute records a written response but no decision.
The meeting dealt with one question from Councillor Bev Baynham to Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys. It asked about school transport for Powys pupils who attend secondary schools in England. The Council gave a response with figures for each area. The minute records no decision.
The meeting was a session of questions to Cabinet members. Councillor Bev Baynham asked Councillor James Gibson-Watt, Cabinet Member for a Learning Powys, for pupil numbers in the John Beddoes area and across Powys. He gave the figures. The minute records no decision.
At this Questions at Any Time session, County Councillor Karl Lewis asked for a full breakdown of people supported in Powys under nine resettlement, asylum and migration schemes, and asked why no full public baseline has been published. The Cabinet Member gave figures for most schemes and said some data is not collected or not held. No decision was recorded, as this was a question and answer item.
The Cabinet Member answered a question from County Councillor Karl Lewis about winter gritting on the B4518 through Tylwch and Llanidloes. The answer explained that the road is on a Community route, which is only activated in significant, prolonged or severe weather. The minutes record no decision.
Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The reply pointed to public Home Office data showing five people seeking asylum in Powys, and said the council does not track people once they are granted asylum or indefinite leave to remain.
At this Questions at Any Time session, County Councillor Gareth Ratcliffe asked the Cabinet about the Tour of Britain Women finish in Hay-on-Wye, including parking, car park income and communication with residents.
At this meeting of Powys County Council, County Councillor Gwynfor Thomas asked the Cabinet Member for Customers, Digital and Community Services, County Councillor Raiff Devlin, about delays in replies to residents and members on Revenue Services enquiries. In a written answer, the Cabinet Member said the service does not record average response times, that about 1,443 enquiries were awaiting a reply on average from April to August 2026, and that 11 complaints about delays were received in the last 12 months, four of them upheld. No decision was recorded.
The meeting heard a question from County Councillor Pete Lewington about asylum seekers housed in Powys. The Deputy Leader, Matthew Dorrance, said there is one family of four in the county, that numbers have not risen, and that the Home Office has yet to reply to the Council's expression of interest. The minute records no decision.
At this Questions at Any Time session, Councillor Pete Lewington asked the Cabinet Member (a councillor who leads a service area), Councillor Jackie Charlton, about wildfires and how the council manages long grass. The Cabinet Member said public safety is the main concern and that the council has no separate wildfire grass policy. No decision was recorded, but officers will review grass-cutting practice after this summer's fires.
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At this Questions at Any Time session, Councillor Pete Lewington asked the Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, Councillor Jackie Charlton, about delays in installing signs to reverse 20mph zones. The Cabinet Member said the works are now expected to finish by the end of September 2026, and that a new check on orders is now in place.
At this Questions at Any Time session, Councillor Karl Lewis asked what financial help families would get with new school uniforms after the closure of Llandinam CP School. The Cabinet Member for Learning Powys replied that families can contact their new school and apply for the School Essentials Grant. The minute records no decision on the item.
Councillor Pete Lewington asked when the reversal of certain 20mph zones back to 30mph, including on Milford Road, would be carried out. Councillor Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, replied in writing that the work has been delayed and that the signs are now due to be installed over the summer.
Councillor Karl Lewis asked the Cabinet about missed waste and recycling collections since Powys introduced new collection routes. Councillor Richard Church said reported misses have fallen, but the Council does not hold data on unreported misses or extra costs, and no decision was recorded.
At this Questions at Any Time session, County Councillor Karl Lewis asked about rents for council farm tenants, including a suggestion to raise them with inflation and reinvest any extra income in the farm estate. The Leader, County Councillor Jake Berriman, said he supports exploring reinvestment, but the council must also fund schools and social care, and the matter has been passed to the Budget Advisory Group.
At a Questions at Any Time session, County Councillor Graham Breeze asked the Cabinet Member for a Learning Powys, Councillor James Gibson-Watt, about rising spending on supply teacher agencies in Powys schools. The Cabinet Member said the council does not hold complete, verified data on this spending, and he explained why schools use supply teachers and what action and benchmarking are under way. The minute records no decision.
The Cabinet Member replied that the Council Tax framework allows no such refunds and said the proposal would not be in taxpayers' best interests. The minute records no formal decision.
At a Questions at Any Time session, where councillors put written questions to Cabinet members, Councillor Beverley Baynham asked about the future of Powys leisure centres. Councillor Raiff Devlin, the Cabinet Member, replied in writing. No decision was recorded; the leisure review report goes to scrutiny on 17 June and to Cabinet on 14 July.
The minute gives the Cabinet Member's written replies, and no decision was recorded.
This meeting of questions to Cabinet portfolio holders included one question from County Councillor Beverley Baynham on whether Powys County Council plans to introduce a tourism levy. The written response from the Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Transformation, County Councillor David Thomas, says no decision has been made and that a survey of stakeholders is planned for the summer. No decision is recorded in the minutes.
Councillors put questions to Cabinet portfolio holders. The main item was a question from Councillor Aled Davies about the new waste and recycling collection routes, which have caused missed rounds in some areas. The Cabinet member who replied said officers would drive improvements, and the minute records no decision.
Councillor Karl Lewis questioned the Cabinet on how the River Wye Charter would reduce sewage and pollution in the river, and on its costs. The Cabinet Member said the Charter creates no new legal powers and relies on existing regulators, and no verified cost breakdown was given.
The meeting held Questions at Any Time to Cabinet portfolio holders. Councillor Karl Lewis asked whether the new refuse collection routes in Mochdre were wasteful and whether they would be reviewed. The Cabinet Member, Councillor Richard Church, replied that the routes reflect the mix of vehicles and collection days needed across the county, and no decision was recorded.
The Cabinet Member said the 2028-29 effect of the old formula had not been modelled and gave full-year losses of £54k for a 55-pupil school and £33k for an 85-pupil school, based on 2026/27 numbers.
At this Questions at Any Time session, a councillor asked the Cabinet Member for Learning why he had said the council overfunds primary schools and underfunds secondary schools. The Cabinet Member replied that his view rested on small school top-ups in the primary sector and on stronger primary school reserves. No decision was recorded.