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The Panel heard updates on nature recovery and on water quality, management and pollution control, and considered its work plan. The minutes record no decisions. Officers were asked to explore a future report on common land and to provide further information on three water matters.
The Panel met on 28 July 2026 to start the 2026-27 municipal year. It confirmed Councillor Mary Jones as Convener, agreed its role and work plan, and received updates on Net Zero 2030 and Climate Change 2050.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 24 March 2026 to hear two updates: progress on the Council's Section 6 biodiversity duty action plan, and the annual air quality report. The minutes record no decisions, but they list three actions for the Council to provide in writing after the meeting.
The Panel was briefed on the closure of the Sustainable Transport Strategy and the plan for a new Swansea Local Transport Plan. It also received the annual update on Local Flood Risk Management. The minutes record no decisions on either item.
The minutes record no formal decisions on either item, only the Panel's questions and three follow-up actions on bathing water, event waste and the Drought Liaison Group. Councillors were asked to consider the water report and to recognise the Retrofit Framework and the risks identified with it.
The minute records discussion only, with no decision. The Panel later wrote to Cabinet Members with its views in a letter dated 3 October 2025.
This was the Panel's first meeting of the council year. The minute records no decision on the Regional Transport Plan itself.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 13 May 2025 to review the Council's progress towards Net Zero 2030 and Net Zero 2050, and its Section 6 duty to protect biodiversity. The minutes record no formal decisions on either report. The Panel agreed that pre-meetings are useful and that items on climate change projects will be added to its 2025-26 work plan.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 18 March 2025 to consider three reports: the Council's Asset Management Strategy for decarbonising its buildings, an annual update on Local Flood Risk Management, and an annual update on Air Quality Management. The minutes record no decisions by the Panel itself. They record the Panel's questions and the answers given, and several written responses were requested.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel heard updates on public electric vehicle (EV) charging and on the Local Area Energy Plan, a plan for cutting carbon emissions in Swansea's energy systems to reach net zero by 2050. The minutes record questions and discussion but no decisions. The Panel later asked the Cabinet Member for written answers on three points.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 19 November 2024 to hear briefings on the new Waste Strategy for 2025-30 and on water quality, management and pollution control. The waste consultation was delayed until early 2025 so that collections could be made more reliable first, with adoption due by mid-2025. On water, the minute records no decision, only requests for further information.
The Panel received an update on how the planning system deals with biodiversity and enforcement, following a request made in October 2023. The minute records no decision, but it sets two actions: an update on publicising how to report planning breaches, and officer advice on whether enforcement through the planning process can be strengthened.
The Scrutiny Performance Panel for Climate Change and Nature met on 16 July 2024, the first meeting of the new council year. The Panel agreed its role and a draft work plan for 2024-25, adding an item on decarbonising the council's assets.
The Panel met on 14 May 2024 to review the council's work on climate change and nature. It discussed a Net Zero climate update and a nature and biodiversity update, and reviewed its own year. The Panel agreed to recommend that schools be encouraged to have a 'green' governor, and Cabinet Members supported this.
On 19 March 2024 the Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel (a group of councillors who question and check the council's work) received an annual update on local flood risk management and a briefing on air quality. The minutes record no formal decisions, only follow-up actions, including sharing a rainfall data link and arranging training on sustainable drainage (SuDS) for the Planning Committee.
The Panel received a briefing from the Cabinet Member for Service Transformation, Councillor Andrea Lewis, and officers on public electric vehicle (EV) charging in Swansea. Members asked about lamp-post charging, supermarkets, community buildings and overnight charging. The minute records no formal decision, but the Cabinet Member agreed to write to supermarkets and consider contacting community groups, and officers agreed to look at overnight slow charging.
The Panel received a briefing on environmental tourism from the Cabinet Member for Investment, Regeneration, Events and Tourism and the Tourism and Marketing Manager. The minute records no vote; it lists three actions for officers to provide information on active travel links, the Wales Coastal Path and a ski-style cycle map. Following the meeting, the Panel wrote to Cabinet Members, and their responses dated 3 January 2024 are included in the papers.
The Panel met on 3 October 2023 to be briefed on water quality and pollution control, and on how the planning system protects nature and biodiversity. The minutes record no decisions. The Panel asked questions and agreed one action: the Cabinet Member will liaise with the Communications Team about publicising how the public can report problems.
The Scrutiny Performance Panel for Climate Change and Nature met on 4 July 2023. A scrutiny panel reviews the council's work and holds it to account. The Panel appointed Cllr Sara Keeton as its Convener (chair) and agreed its work plan for 2023-24, which sets out topics for meetings from October 2023 to May 2024.
On 2 May 2023 the Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel, a group of councillors who check the council's work, heard an update on Swansea Council's net zero 2030 target and its move to a greener vehicle fleet. Councillors also reviewed progress in 2022-23 on nature recovery and climate change, and reflected on the Panel's year. The minutes record no decisions on the main reports, only three actions: an update on climate change for 2024, a planning item, and updates on battery disposal and SUDS.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 8 March 2023 to hear updates on nature conservation projects, air quality and local flood risk. The minutes record no formal decisions. They list actions such as sharing documents and information, and they show the Panel asking questions about funding for temporary nature posts, air quality around schools and flooding linked to new development.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 10 January 2023 to consider weed management and the use of glyphosate, the Council's net zero plans, its green vehicle fleet and public electric vehicle charging points. The only decision the minutes record is to add further discussion of green vehicle adoption to the Panel's 2 May 2023 meeting. Minutes for two letters to Cabinet Members from the meeting have not yet been published.
The Climate Change and Nature Scrutiny Performance Panel met on 9 November 2022. It received a briefing on water quality and water management, an overview of climate change and nature work in Swansea, and a report on the Panel's own role. The minutes record one decision: the Panel agreed its work programme for 2022-23.
It also reflected on its own work over the year and asked for enforcement of green infrastructure in planning to be considered early in the new year.
The Panel agreed to write to the Cabinet Member with its views and recommendations. The minute does not record what those views are.