Overview and Scrutiny

Services Committee

The role of the Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee is to review and scrutinise public facing services delivered by the Council, with the exception of those within the remit of the Schools and Learning and Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committees. The Committee will scrutinise the quality and performance of these services.

The remit and scope of the Committee in relation to Council services, and divisions within these services, is as follows:

• Infrastructure
• Environment and Civil Contingencies
• Housing
• Building Maintenance
• Planning
• Property
• Public Protection
• Economic Development and Regeneration
• Cultural Services
• Leisure Services
• Revenues and Benefits

The Committee has 13 members and will meet at least five times per year. Details of Committee members and future meetings, along with the Committee Work Programme can be found via the links below. 

Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee Forward Work Programme

Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee

 

15 November 2024

• Item: Petition regarding Broadway
• Purpose: To debate the petition received

• Item: Petition regarding Porthgain
• Purpose: To debate the petition received

• Item: Petition regarding Square and Compass
• Purpose: To debate the petition received

• Item: Homelessness and Housing Support
• Purpose: Item requested by the Partnership Panel to review the impact of evictions on homelessness.

• Item: Incidents of vandalism on the Authority’s properties – with focus on the Northgate System
• Purpose: A bi-annual update to the Councils SAMG and Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee to scrutinise the effect of vandalism on the Authorities properties and the associated costs and implications.

• Item: Update on the Disabled Resident Parking Bays Pilot Scheme
• Purpose: To provide an update and feedback of the rollout of the scheme to date.

• Item: Performance update on PCC Bus company and school transport acquisition
• Purpose: To scrutinise the business case and ongoing performance following the purchase – to provide an annual update – last reviewed March 2023, deferred from March at Officer request

• Item: Service Performance Data 
• Purpose: To provide the Committee with Service Performance Data including Disabled Facilities Grants – last reviewed June 2023

• Item: Visit Pembrokeshire
• Purpose: Annual Update Report

• Item: Withyhedge Landfill Site – Update (if required)
• Purpose: An update following on the current situation following the NRW enforcement deadline (if required).

 

January 2025

• Item: Outline Draft County Council Budget 2025-26 and Outline Draft Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) 2025-26 to 2028-29
• Purpose: To scrutinise proposals for the Council’s budget and Council Tax levels for 2025-26

• Item: Leisure and library Services 
• Purpose: A report to present the usage per site including leisure centres and libraries

• Item: Property Service
• Purpose: Monitoring Report on implementation of Audit Wales review recommendations/action plan – 3 month review from June 2023 – deferred from 14 November 2023.

• Item: Forward Work Programme and Risk Register Review 
• Purpose: To provide a review of the last 12 months and to inform the FWP for the next 12 months

• Item: Delivery of the Planning Service
• Purpose: Update report on the Planning department including time scales, jobs completed, Covid effects, enforcement, planning applications 

• Item: Planning Service update regarding phosphates issues
• Purpose: Update report – last reviewed June 2023

• Item: Public and Highways Maintenance
• Purpose: Report on a wider review of highway maintenance.

 

March 2025

• Item: Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership 
• Purpose: To scrutinise the work of the Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership – to provide an annual update – last reviewed March 2023

• Item: Havens Head and Lower Priory Flooding – Site Visit 
• Purpose: To provide an updates as available on the progress of works and findings of the site visit

• Item: Haverfordwest Airport
• Purpose: To provide updates as available on the situation and services at Haverfordwest Airport. 

• Item: Housing Development Programme
• Purpose: To provide a detailed overview of the Housing Development Programme.

• Item: Strategic Asset Management Group (SAMG) 
• Purpose: To receive a six month update.