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This Executive Board meeting was due to consider five items: a commissioning and procurement strategy, the Social Services annual report, a proposal to consult on cutting school places at two primary schools, a review of council seats on committees and working groups, and the appointment of a councillor to an outside body. No minutes of this meeting have been published, so no decisions are recorded here.
At its meeting on 15 September 2026, the Executive Board made decisions on nine items, covering the council's annual performance report, a longer lease for Brymbo Sports and Social Complex, and the Local Development Plan delivery agreement. It also agreed to take a proposed special school for pupils with additional learning needs in Gwersyllt to statutory notice, renewed a dog control order across the county, and approved a new health and safety policy and a revised probation policy. The Board also continued its support for Wrexham's bid to be UK City of Culture 2029, and noted the council's response to a scrutiny recommendation on employee engagement.
Cancelled
The Executive Board met on 7 July 2026. It agreed to market the former Lodge Community Centre for sale by auction, after considering 60 objections. It also approved the Welsh Language Annual Report, noted the 2025/26 capital and treasury outturns and the first-quarter budget forecast, and agreed coach parking charges at Wrexham Museum.
The Executive Board met on 9 June 2026. It supported the council's 2025/26 budget outturn, authorised a sale of the former Groves School site to Coleg Cambria, and backed a plan for random drug and alcohol testing of staff, with a final policy to follow in September. It also noted changes to Lead Member responsibilities and filled seats on committees and working groups.
The Executive Board met on 12 May 2026 and made decisions on six substantive items. It agreed to proceed with closing Froncysyllte Community Primary School from 31 August 2026, or sooner if pupil numbers fall to zero, after receiving one objection. It approved arrangements for the Local Growth Fund and agreed that officers should consult on a new special school in Gwersyllt.
The Executive Board met on 14 April 2026 and considered several items. It noted progress on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Communities for Learning school building programme, and noted feedback on a proposal to cut the number of pupil places at two primary schools, agreeing to move on to statutory notices. It also approved the council's annual report on the Social Partnership Duty, and agreed that the Leader would raise concerns about poor post deliveries with Royal Mail.
At its meeting on 10 March 2026, the Executive Board noted the council's 2025/26 revenue budget forecast, which projects a pressure of £2.9m. It also approved the quarter 3 capital programme and treasury management review. A Member asked how much the WRECSAM sculpture cost the council, but the minute does not record the answer.
The Executive Board met on 10 February 2026 and agreed to recommend the 2026/27 revenue budget and a Band D Council Tax of £1,835.55 to full Council. It approved a Public Spaces Protection Order for Wrexham city centre, a revised recruitment policy and staff code of conduct, and a regional delivery plan for the Connect to Work employment programme. It also appointed Councillor Anthony Wedlake to a partnership seat.
The Executive Board met on 20 January 2026 and agreed to share the £1.5m Pride in Place Impact Fund among town and community councils. It also authorised a 15-year lease of the Shopmobility service at Wrexham Bus Station, agreed to sell Lodge Community Centre at auction, and changed the school budget formula for 2026-27. The Board also began the statutory process to close Froncysyllte Community Primary School and set council house rent rises of 4.3%.
At its meeting on 5 December 2025, the Executive Board objected to the proposed new National Park covering part of the county. It also agreed to lower the quorum for the National Joint Committee for adoption and fostering services, approved a new grants scheme for small manufacturing firms, and approved a counter fraud strategy for 2025-28.
The Executive Board met on 11 November 2025. It agreed to consult on reducing the admission numbers at Ysgol Maes y Mynydd and Penygelli CP, and to go ahead with a new special school provision for pupils with additional learning needs, mainly autism, at Plas Madoc. It noted the Quarter 2 budget and capital updates, recommended the treasury review to full Council, and supported a grant of £60,000 a year for two years to Wrexham Foodbank.
The Executive Board supported the draft Wrexham Plan for Neighbourhoods, which must reach UK Government by 28 November 2025, and approved the governance and budget arrangements for the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone. It also noted an update on the Mayor's visit to Märkischer Kreis in Germany.
The Executive Board met on 16 September 2025 and approved the council's 2024/25 performance report, a revised managing attendance policy and the Social Services Director's Report for publication. It agreed in principle to start the Connect to Work employment programme with North Wales councils, and to a Welsh Guards memorial in Wrexham subject to planning permission. It also approved a consultation on closing Froncysyllte Community Primary School, with a report on the feedback due in January 2026.
Cancelled
The Executive Board considered reports on the revenue budget, capital programme, treasury management and the Welsh language, a twinning visit, and several school proposals. It noted the Quarter 1 revenue forecast and the treasury report, approved the capital programme outturn and the Welsh Language Annual Monitoring Report, and supported a Members' delegation to Germany. It also agreed to proceed with new specialist provision in Plas Madoc, lower admission numbers at three primary schools, and a change of status at Ysgol Cae'r Gwenyn.
The Executive Board met on 10 June 2025 and reaffirmed its 13 May decision on the Hybrid Working Policy, after a Scrutiny Committee reviewed it following a call-in (a request by councillors for a second look at a decision). It also approved the 2024/25 revenue outturn, which is the final spending figures for the year, and agreed to transfer Nant Mill to a community trust. Other decisions covered a nominal-rent lease for a football club at Homestead Lane and the membership of council groups.
The Board approved a hybrid working policy that requires staff to be in the office or on site on average 80% of the time from 1 September 2025. It also agreed to ask full Council to consider the Freedom award for Phil Parkinson, and approved new Change Programme objectives and Shared Prosperity Fund applications to progress.
The Executive Board approved a grant of £30,433 a year to the Stiwt Arts Trust until 2028. It also noted consultation feedback and approved statutory notices on reducing admission numbers at three primary schools and changing Ysgol Cae'r Gwenyn into a special school. A further report will go to the July 2025 meeting on the school proposals, after the objection period.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
Cancelled
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.
The minutes are published. No summary has been written yet.