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Every council meeting in Wales, in plain words

Wales has 22 councils. Between them they hold hundreds of meetings a month, and decide on schools, bins, housing, roads, planning and council tax. Their papers are public but hard to follow. Local Record reads them every day and tells you, in English and Welsh, what was decided and why.

Councils on Local Record

Select a covered council to see its meetings, councillors and decisions.

So far: 2,230 meetings, 3,703 recorded decisions and 959 councillors across 17 councils.

What you can do here

Read what was decided, and why

Meetings of the full Council, the Cabinet, scrutiny and planning committees are explained in a few plain sentences: what the councillors decided, the reasons given, and links to the reports behind it.

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Know your councillors

Enter a postcode to find your ward and the councillors who represent it. See which committees they sit on, how often they turn up, and the interests they have declared.

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Search every council at once

One search covers the agendas, minutes and decisions of every council on Local Record. Find out where else a school closure, a 20mph scheme or a new development has come up.

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Follow what matters to you

Every council, committee, topic and search has its own feed, and every council has a calendar of its meetings. Add them to a feed reader or your calendar. No account needed.

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How a summary is made

Councils don't publish a word-for-word record of their meetings. Their minutes are the official account of what was decided, so Local Record only says what was decided once the minutes are out.

  1. 1

    The agenda is published

    About a week before the meeting, the council publishes the agenda and the reports councillors will discuss.

  2. 2

    The meeting happens

    Councillors debate and vote. Local Record records who attended.

  3. 3

    The minutes come out

    Usually a few weeks later, the council publishes the minutes: the official record of what was decided.

  4. 4

    Local Record explains it

    AI reads the minutes and reports and writes a short account in English and Welsh. Every point links to the document it came from.

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