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The Committee reviewed progress on school building projects and the year-end schools budget results for 2025/26. The Committee will receive a budget update in November 2026.
The committee considered housing repairs, a 12-month review of the Allocations Policy, and its work programme. It asked for more information on planned maintenance, recharge fee recovery, over-50s applicants on the waiting list, and apprenticeships, and it asked for further legal advice on the over-50s rule. It also agreed to schedule two new topics, the Repairs Policy and the Temporary Accommodation Strategy, for October 2026.
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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 Planning Committee noted an update on phosphorus limits in the Lower Dee and granted permission for three planning applications. It deferred one application, for Central Garage in Acrefair, to get more information on noise. The meeting was held on 6 July 2026.
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The Committee considered the council's final 2025/26 budget result, known as the outturn, its annual workforce monitoring report and its work programme. It supported the final revenue position and moved £165,761 into the Budget Mitigation reserve, a fund set aside for budget pressures. It asked the Chair to write to Welsh Government about funding for additional learning needs (ALN), and it expressed concern about rising sickness absence and lower staff engagement.
The committee appointed Councillor Frank Hemmings as its Chair for the coming year. It agreed its work programme and discussed the council's Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP), a ten-year plan for Welsh-medium education. Members agreed to support a review of the plan's targets, and the Chair is to write to the Education Minister about it.
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The Safeguarding, Communities and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, which also carries out the council's crime and disorder scrutiny, met on 18 June 2026. It agreed its work programme, received the 2025/26 social care budget outturn (the final year-end spending figures), which showed a pressure of about £3.6 million, and heard an update on removing profit from children's care. The committee agreed to thank staff and to receive further reports on both budget and profit-removal matters.
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Members agreed changes to the committee's work programme, including moving the Allocations Policy report to July. They also heard an update on the Hafod landfill site, thanked those involved and asked for a further report in December 2026.
The committee considered an update on plans to move the Cunliffe day service, which supports adults with complex disabilities, to Acton Resource Centre. It noted a revised plan to extend the Acton centre so that community groups keep space there, and it supports continued engagement with members, groups, families, carers and staff.
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The committee met on 10 June 2026 to agree changes to its work programme and to hear an update on the Thrive social value software adopted by the Business and Investment Team. On the work programme, members agreed to move the Anti-Poverty Strategy to pre-decision scrutiny in October, to hold a placemaking workshop in July, and to schedule several reports for September. Members noted the Thrive update, supported its use, and agreed to hold a workshop on it.
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 Committee considered an update from its Task and Finish Group on the future of the former Groves building in Wrexham, which has been empty for years. It endorsed the group's work, supported a proposed disposal (sale or transfer) of the site, and asked the Executive Board to consider four issues before its meeting on 9 June 2026.
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The Committee considered one planning application, from Mr Alex Loven, to turn five parcels of farmland near Francis Lane, Ridley Wood, into ecological mitigation areas and to build earth banks called bunds. It granted permission in line with the Officers' recommendation. The Committee also noted a quarterly performance report for the planning service and a list of delegated decisions.
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It also agreed the draft calendar of meetings for 2026/27.
The minutes record no other decisions, and the meeting was adjourned until 20 May 2026.
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