SULLY AND LAVERNOCK COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING NOTE FULL COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 16th March 2026

Councillors who attended the meeting

Item 1

Bowring (Chair), Judd, Hall, Lynn, Cannon, N

Parry, G Parry

Apologies for Absence

Item 2

Councillors Payne

No communication from James, Gilligan or

Mahoney

Declarations of Interest Councillor Judd - Jubilee Playgroup/Sully School

Minor Authority Representative

Governor/Saving Sully and Lavernock Group,

Trustee Sully Library

Decisions taken at the meeting.

(See below agenda items and the relevant

resolution)

Agenda item 3 The community council agreed that the

minutes of the previous meeting of the Full

Council on the 12 th January 2026 were an

accurate reflection of that meeting.

Agenda item 4 The community council agreed the payment

schedule as prepared by the Proper Officer and

explanations were given where appropriate

Agenda item 5 To receive a report from the representatives

of external bodies

Sully Primary School

Councillor Judd advised that there is a meeting

next week. She advised that the budget

forecast had been received but did not make

for good reading. She would update further

following the next meeting.

Chemical Advisory Board

Councillor James was not inattaendance so

there was no update.

There had been a meeting of the Community

Liaison Panel on the 22 nd January and the One

Voice Wales meeting was the 12 th January with

Councillors Nicky and Graham Parry in

attendance at both. They had provided

updates for both which had been previously

circulated to councillors.

Councillors Mahoney & Gilligan

There had been no reports or information

relevant to the community received from either

councillor.

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Section 6 Obligations

The Proper Officer had circulated the minutes

of the last meeting of the Vale Nature

Partnership to Councillors.

Agenda item 6 There were no members of the public present

at the meeting. Therefore the Chair moved to

the next item of business on the agenda

Agenda item 7 The Proper Officer had circulated a number of

updates to Councillors prior to the meeting.

This was in lieu of the cancelled February

meeting. The only item the Proper Officer

advised the council of was that there had been

a number of building condition inspections in

respect of the CAT that the Council were

considering. The Proper Officer was awaiting

the results of those before completing the next

stage of the process.

Agenda item 8 Councillor Lynn advised that he was seeking

further funds in respect of the next

stage/requirement of the survey process at the

proposed allotment site. He requested a

further £7000.00 be allocated. There was a

debate and further proposals and counter

proposals but the Council will look to gauge the

level of interest, by means of some sort of

community survey before any further spend is

considered.

Agenda Item 9 The Community Council agreed the Financial

Risk Assessment that had been circulated by

the Proper Officer.

Agenda item 10 The Council agreed to await the contents of the

condition reports before continuing with the

next stage of the CAT process.

Agenda Item 11 The Community Council agreed to appoint Mr

Paul Egan to audit the councils accounts for

2025-2026.

Agenda Item 12 The Community Council agreed to the

continued membership of One Voice Wales.

Agenda Item 13 The Proper Officer had previously circulated an

update, but the Community Council asked that

he arrange a meeting with Lucy Butler at

regular intervals in order to keep them

informed.

Agenda Item 14 The proposed date of the next meeting of the

Community Council is a Full Council Meeting on

the 13 th April 2026

Part 2 The Chair moved to Part 2 of the meeting

where due to the confidential nature of the

items to be discussed, would normally issue a

declaration and exclude the public. However,

there were no members of the public present

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to exclude.

Agenda Item 1 There were a number of items discussed which

were of a confidential nature. Due to a staffing

matter discussed the Chair was asked to leave

the meeting whilst the Proper Officer updated

the remaining Councillors.