Agenda Meeting of the Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council, Tuesday 25th November 2025

Meeting of the Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council, Tuesday 25th November 2025

 

Dear Member of Cowbridge with Llanblethian Town Council,

You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Town Council on Tuesday 25th November 2025 at 6:30pm at the Cowbridge Town Hall Council Chamber and remotely by Microsoft Teams. If you are unable to attend, please inform Town Hall Officers prior to the meeting of the reason for your non- attendance.

Yours faithfully,

Natasha Alexander

Chief Officer

 

Members of the press and public are welcome to attend the meeting in person or remotely. For joining instructions, please e-mail co@cowbridge-tc.gov.uk.

Please note the meeting will be recorded and deleted following approval of the meeting minutes. The press and public have no statutory right to take photographs or to use any means which would enable any person not present at a meeting to see or hear the meeting. Permission to record meetings in this way requires specific approval of the Council.

AGENDA

 

156/2025 APOLOGIES

 

To NOTE any apologies of absence from members.

157/2025 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

 

To RECEIVE any declarations of interest, including the reason (members are reminded of the provisions of paragraph 11 of the Members Code of Conduct, specifically paragraph 11.1).

158/2025 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

 

An opportunity to ASK councillors questions regarding items on the agenda (24 hours’ notice required).

159/2025 MINUTES

 

To REVIEW and APPROVE the draft minutes from the previous meeting, 28th October 2025.

160/2025 MATTERS ARISING

 

Members are reminded that matters raised under this item can be DISCUSSED, however, RESOLUTIONS CANNOT BE MADE without a specific agenda item and supporting documentation.

161/2025 PROGRESS UPDATE

 

To REVIEW and CONSIDER progress update of actions arising following Full Council Meeting  28th October 2025.

162/2025 STANDARDS COMMITTEE OBSERVATION UPDATE

 

To receive an UPDATE on the Standards Committee Observation in the last Full Council Meeting.

163/2025 COMMUNITY POLICE MATTERS

     To RECEIVE and CONSIDER the monthly report for October 2025.

     The Police have confirmed that residents can report crimes to the non-emergency number 101

     or online to: https://www.police.uk/pu/contact-the-police/report-a-crime-incident/

164/2025 COMMUNITY LIAISON COMMITTEE

To REVIEW and CONSIDER any matters arising from the Community Liaison Committee and   the Western Vale Community Group Meeting.

165/2025 ONE VOICE WALES

  1. To REVIEW and CONSIDER the presentation slides of One Voice Wales’ Vale of Glamorgan

          Council Working Together presentation.

  1. B) To REVIEW the Member Brief following the last One Voice Wales Meeting and to provide

          feedback to be put forward at the next meeting.

  1. C) To NOMINATE a Councillor to attend One Voice Wales’ Annual Meeting on 21st January 2026.

         To also nominate a reserve Councillor.

166/2025 COMMITTEES

 

To DISCUSS and receive any RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL from the Committee meetings of 18th November 2025:

  1. Leisure & Amenities

  1. Town Hall

  1. Finance & Governance

167/2025 WORKING GROUPS

 

    To REVIEW updates and receive any RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL from the

    following Working Groups:

 

  1. Community Events (May Day & Christmas).

  1. Placemaking Implementation (incorporating s.106 monies spend) Task & Finish Group.

  1. Town Hall Refurbishment.

168/2025 FINANCIAL REPORTS

 

To REVIEW and APPROVE the financial reports for October 2025.

169/2025 BUDGET SETTING

     To CONSIDER and DISCUSS budget setting.

170/2025 TOWN HALL REFURBISHMENT AND EOI

 

     To review the Architect’s brief to CONSIDER and DISCUSS.

 

171/2025 WALLS

 

     To receive an UPDATE on the following:

  1. Limes Cemetery Wall

  1. Holy Cross Wall

  1. Limes Court Wall

172/2025 PUDDLEGATE 2

 

     To receive an UPDATE on issues regarding puddle in Birds Lane.

173/2025 HEALTH & SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE

     To receive an UPDATE.

174/2025 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT

 

To CONSIDER any issues arisen from Internal and External Audits.

175/2025 FIVE YEAR STRATEGY AND MARKETING STRATEGY

To UPDATE on the setting up of a Strategy and Marketing Working Group.

176/2025 SURGERIES, POP-UPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

     To DISCUSS any ongoing issues.

177/2025 WARM SPACES

 

     To UPDATE on Warm Spaces.

178/2025 LIVED EXPERIENCE ON WEATHER IMPACTS

      Presentation slides on a Climate Change Risk Assessment and the Lived Experience

      on Weather Impacts and a short survey for REVIEW.

179/2025 FUTURE GENERATIONS REPORT AND THE AUDIT WALES REPORT

     The Vale of Glamorgan’s Future Generations Report and the Audit Wales Report –

     No time to lose: Lessons from our work under the Wellbeing of Future Generations

     Act, for REVIEW.

180/2025 WALES REGIONAL ENERGY STRATEGIC PLANS (RESP)

     Information regarding the National Energy System Operator (NESO) and the Regional

     Energy Strategic Plans (RESP) consultation methodology for REVIEW and

     CONSULTATION.

181/2025 ACTIVE TRAVEL NETWORK MAP CONSULTATION

     The Vale of Glamorgan is updating its Active Travel Network Map (ATNM) regarding

     existing routes and future routes. A Consultation is ongoing for REPRESENTATIONS to

     be made.

182/2025 CONSULTATION ON CHANGES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

 

     The Welsh Government is consulting on changes to local government elections rules in Wales.

     These are set out in the Local Elections (Principal Areas) (Wales) Rules 2021 (“the Principal

     Areas Rules”) for county and county borough councils, and the Local Elections (Communities)

     (Wales) Rules 2021 (“the Communities Rules”) for town and community councils.

183/2025 FIRE CONSULTATION

     The South Wales Fire & Rescue Service have published an Annual Improvement Plan and invite

     CONSULTATION on views about their work and how they do it.

184/2025 GOVERNOR AT COWBRIDGE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

     To CONSIDER school governor position.

 

185/2025 POPLAR PARK ART WORK

 

     REVIEW of the proposed art work to be installed in Poplar Park by the Vale of Glamorgan

     Council.

186/2025 CHRISTMAS WIRES AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

 

     Chief Officer to provide an UPDATE.

187/2025 WELSH LANGUAGE POLICY

     To DISCUSS development of a Welsh Language Policy.

188/2025 PLANNING MATTERS

 

Note: Councillors are reminded of the importance of not disclosing personal information relating to an applicant, resident or property owner.

  1. To CONSIDER Planning Applications notified by the Vale of Glamorgan Council (listed under Open Applications on the Planning spreadsheet) and agree responses.

  1. To NOTE Planning Applications Approved and Refused by the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

  1. Other Planning matters.

  1. Planning Committee

To CONSIDER setting up a Planning Committee.

189/2025 VALE COUNCILLOR REPORT

  To REVIEW and CONSIDER the report by the Vale of Glamorgan Councillor.

190/2025 MAYOR’S REPORT

 

To REVIEW and CONSIDER the Mayor’s report.

191/2025 CHIEF OFFICER’S REPORT

 

To REVIEW and CONSIDER the Chief Officer’s report.

192/2025 MEMBER REPORTS

 

To REVIEW and CONSIDER any reports from members.

193/2025 EVAN JENKINS

     For the Evan Jenkins Representative to raise any issues for the Full Council to discuss.

194/2025 TRAINING

To provide an UPDATE and REVIEW any training needs of the Council.

195/2025 CORRESPONDENCE

To REVIEW any correspondence to the Council.

196/2025 DOCUMENTS FOR SEALING

 

     To NOTE any sealed documents.

197/2025 DATE OF NEXT MEETING

     6:30pm on Tuesday 23rd December 2025.

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