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

Five years ago, Audit Wales flagged the culture within cyngor Gwynedd as 'destructive'.   https://www.wao.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/ffordd_gwynedd.pdf At the recent extraordinary meeting of the full council, councillors Nia Jeffreys and Olaf Cai Larsen spoke of staff feeling safe to challenge.  Irony indeed - speaking to a full council meeting where councillors had been 'advised' not to challenge... The webcast of the meeting can be found here -  https://gwynedd

An extraordinary meeting of cyngor Gwynedd's full council was held on the 5th February, 2026. Gwynedd councillors were shut down even before the meeting began when the monitoring officer, Iwan Evans, messaged them to 'advise' what could and could not be asked. Was Evans protecting the legal officer who advised senior officers in 2019? From the Jan Pickles review -  LA1 Head C&FS requested a meeting on a ‘Mater Diogelu Brys- Cyfrinachol’ (UrgentSafeguarding matter - Confidenti

A few years ago, Cyngor Gwynedd council sold off all their housing stock. Now they are buying properties back on the open market under 'Buy To Let' So which senior officers are allowed to purchase property and for what purpose? The Review of the Delegation Scheme, authored by Iwan Evans, Gwynedd's monitoring officer can be found in the agenda pack for the Council meeting held on the 2nd October, 2025 here -   https://democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru//documents/g5504/Public%20rep

Cyngor Gwynedd council held a Planning Committee meeting on the 2nd October, 2023. It began with an announcement from the chair, Edgar...

Cyngor Gwynedd held a full council meeting on the 6th July, 2023. The chair welcomed all and asked for everyone's full attention as the ...