Sarah Coward

2026/27 Revenue Budget Proposals

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 15th January, 2026 9.30 am - January 15, 2026

...agreed to consult on a 3.5% council tax increase for the 2026/27 financial year, with a three-week consultation period ending on Friday 6th February 2026.

Recommendations Approved

Quoracy of the National Joint Committee for the National Adoption Service for Wales and Foster Wales

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 3.00 pm - December 16, 2025

...to reduce the quorum of the National Joint Committee for the National Adoption Service for Wales and Foster Wales to 40%, with representation from at least three regional areas, and to authorize the signing of the Deed of Variation to enable this change.

Recommendations Approved

Associate Board Member of Swansea Bay University Health Board

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 3.00 pm - December 16, 2025

...Councillor Alun Llewelyn was appointed as the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Associate Member of Swansea Bay University Health Board.

Recommendations Approved

NPT Biodiversity Duty Implementation Report (BDIR) 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 3.00 pm - December 16, 2025

...to note the contents of the Neath Port Talbot Biodiversity Duty Implementation Report (BDIR) 2025 and the requirement to submit it to Welsh Government.

Recommendations Approved

Proposed release of two Restrictive Covenants and the disposal of a small area of land at the former Four Winds Hotel (Exempt under Paragraph 14)

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 3.00 pm - December 16, 2025

Recommendations Approved