Cabinet members of cyngor Gwynedd council have made the decision to close two more local schools in the county. 'With a heavy heart... 'Ysgol Nebo and Ysgol Baladeulyn (Nantlle) will close at the end of the year... The cabinet meeting was held on the 19th May, 2026 and the webcast of the meeting can be found here - https://gwynedd.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/1091820 Cabinet members also voted to allocate more money for Commissioning Investigations re the Nei

Paul Rowlinson, Gwynedd's cabinet member for Housing, spoke in favour of social housing at a full council meeting held on the 14th May, 2026. Rowlinson was answering a question from councillor, Rhys Tudur, who sits on the planning committee which has opposed social housing applications. The planning committee is also responsible for decisions that have been lost on appeal costing the public purse thousands of pounds. Gwynedd has a housing crisis with 4,107 individuals current

The planning committee of cyngor Gwynedd met on Monday, 27th April 2026. Applications included - C25/0403/09/CR Corbett Arms Hotel Corbett Square, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9DG Part demolition of the listed building was passed by the committee despite objections from historical groups. There was also confusion in the department's report with comments from the community council being wrongly attributed to a different council. A question to the cost of the scaffolding could not be a

Where is the accountability..? Is there to be a public inquiry..? Something is very wrong within Gwynedd council...

Something is very wrong within Gwynedd council....

Does cyngor Gwynedd's response to FOI requests show a lack of knowledge of law? Browsing through FOI's received via the Whatdotheyknow website it appears so... https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/gwynedd_council First on the list at this time is a FOI from a requestor who gives an initial and surname. Elain Roberts (ar ran Tîm Rhyddid Gwybodaeth // on behlaf (sic) of the Freedom of Information team) responds with - Requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) must i

In April, 2019, after a whistleblower raised concerns re Neil Foden, the head of children and families SS sent an email to Gwynedd's LADO requesting a meeting -' Mater Diogelu Brys- Cyfrinachol’ (Urgent Safeguarding matter – Confidential) But with a senior officer of cyngor Gwynedd's legal team present, the safeguarding meeting became one of a 'professional issue' only. Who made the decision to ignore the safety of children - and why? Is the answer to be found in the Canolfa

Neil Foden, the paedophile headteacher, who was in charge of Ysgol Friars, Bangor and Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle in Penygroes was arrested in September, 2023 and jailed in 2024. Many people in Gwynedd, including some councillors are of the belief that Foden was a one off. Abuse of children, especially of those in care in north Wales has been going on for decades. The North Wales Child Abuse scandal... Where children were abused in 'care' homes across Gwynedd, Clywd and Wrexham.

The full council of cyngor Gwynedd met on the 5th March, 2026. The agenda pack for the meeting can be found here - https://democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru//documents/g5675/Public%20reports%20pack%2005th-Mar-2026%2013.30%20The%20Council.pdf?T=10 Council tax increase... The Plaid Cymru council passed - A budget of £379,701,110 should be set for 2026/27, to be funded by £264,009,390 of Government Grant and £115,691,720 of Council Tax income (which is an increase of 4.75% baseline