Agenda and decisions

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any declaration of Personal Interest.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chair for consideration.

The Chair shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting held on 7 of November, 2025 and 28 of November, 2025 be signed as a true record.

Dewi A. Morgan, Head of Finance (CJC’s Statutory Finance Officer) and Sian Pugh, Assistant Head of Finance to present report.

North Wales Corporate Joint Committee

·       To approve the budget for 2026/27 as presented in Appendix 1.

·       To approve the levy on the constituent authorities as noted in Appendix 1

Growth Deal

·       To approve the Growth Deal revenue budget for 2026/27 as presented in Appendix 2.

·       To approve the funding contributions to include the partner contributions, local authorities’ supplementary contributions and partner interest contributions. 

·       To approve the Growth Deal’s capital budget for 2026/27 as presented in Appendix 3.

Dewi A. Morgan, Head of Finance (CJC’s Statutory Finance Officer) and Sian Pugh, Assistant Head of Finance to present report.

To note and accept the revenue end of December 2025 review for the CJC (Appendix 1).

To note and accept the revenue end of December 2025 review for the Economic Well-being Sub-committee (Growth Deal), including the reserves position (Appendix 2 and 3). 

To note and accept the Growth Deal’s revised capital expenditure profile (Appendix 4).

To note and accept the revenue end of December 2025 review for the RSP (Appendix 5).

The Chair of the Strategic Transport sub-committee to present report.

To approve the following changes to the Terms of Reference of the Strategic Transport Sub-committee:

·       That the requirement to produce a quarterly progress report is replaced with bi-annual reporting.

·       That the sub-committee have the delegated power to consider and make
recommendations to the CJC on regional transport funding and scheme commitments.

To note the feedback from the sub-committee’s self-assessment questionnaire.

Adam Graham, Senior Transport Officer to present report.

To note and accept the report.

Andy Roberts, Regional Strategic Planning Officer to present report.  

To formally approve the submission of the SDP Delivery Agreement to Welsh Government for approval in accordance with Regulation 11(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Strategic Development Plan) (Wales) Regulations 2021. 

To provide delegated authority to the Chief Executive of Ambition North Wales in consultation with the Chair of the Strategic Planning Sub-committee to make any minor editorial or formatting amendments to the Delivery Agreement to prepare it for formal submission to Welsh Government.

Alwen Williams, Chief Executive and Iain Taylor, AMION Consulting to present report.  

·       To approve the Terms of Reference attached to this report as Appendix 1.

·       To submit an Expression of Readiness for a North Wales Local Innovation Partnership Fund proposal.