Decision record
930 substantive Cornwall Council decisions
Every decision recorded in Cornwall Council committee minutes — what was decided, which committee decided it, and the exact words from the minutes the outcome rests on — with routine procedural motions set aside.
930 substantive decisions · 35 committees · page 24 of 47.
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- Recommendation to Cabinet on Citizens Assembly approach and budget suggestionsBudget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Carried
The council will ask the Cabinet to try a Citizens Assembly for next year’s budget, consider the other ideas raised at the meeting, and have a list of realistic savings ready before the Cabinet meets on 11 February.
- Minutes of previous Council meeting approvedCornwall Council··Resolved
The council approved the minutes from the November 25 meeting, including an added note about how to prosecute noise‑abatement notices.
- Allocation of seats approvedCornwall Council··Resolved
The council has approved the seat allocation detailed in Appendix 1.
- Designation of Section 151 OfficerCornwall Council··Resolved
Annabel Scholes will serve as the council’s Section 151 Officer starting on March 9, 2026.
- Amendment to Council Procedure Rules for motionsCornwall Council··Resolved
The council has changed its rules so that more proposals can be discussed at meetings, setting a 6 p.m. finish time and allowing up to three hours for debating motions.
- Change of terminology from Chairman to ChairCornwall Council··Resolved
The council will replace the word “Chairman” with “Chair” to promote equality and diversity, and each new chair will state how they prefer to be addressed at the start of meetings.
- Motion supporting trial by jury rightsCornwall Council··Resolved
The council voted to oppose government plans to limit jury trials and will have its leader write to the Home Secretary and other officials to express support for jury trials.
- Motion on business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure sectorCornwall Council··Referred to Cabinet
The council is sending a proposal to the Cabinet to look at how the Autumn Budget 2025 will affect business rates for Cornwall’s shops, hotels, restaurants and other leisure businesses.
- Cornwall's Good Food Cycle endorsement and integrationCornwall and Isles of Scilly Leadership Board··Not recorded
The council approved the Good Food Cycle as Cornwall’s new food strategy and will incorporate its ideas into upcoming work such as the Cornwall Local Plan.
- Adopt minutes of 13 Nov 2025 meeting with amendmentCornwall Harbours Board··Carried
The council approved the 13 Nov 2025 meeting minutes, changing the word “worked” to “works,” and will have the chairman sign them.
- Note Maritime Activity reportCornwall Harbours Board··Noted
Council noted the Maritime Activity report for September‑December 2025.
- Approve Harbour performance against budget and reserve movementsCornwall Harbours Board··Approved
The council approved the Harbour Board’s budget performance and the related changes to its reserves.
- Approve minutes of Community Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee and add discussion pointCommunity Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Resolved
The council approved the November 13, 2025 meeting minutes of the Community Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee, to be signed by the chairman, and added a new discussion item about waste recycling data to Minute CW20.
- Recommend submission of Fire and Rescue Service Community Risk Management Plan 2026‑2030 to CabinetCommunity Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Resolved
The council recommends that the Fire and Rescue Service’s 2026‑2030 Community Risk Management Plan be submitted to the Cabinet for approval.
- Approve 2026/27 refresh of Safer Cornwall Partnership Plan 2025‑2028Community Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Resolved
The council approved the 2026‑27 update of the Safer Cornwall Partnership Plan, as set out in Appendix 1, for the Safer Cornwall Strategic Board to sign off.
- Recommend PSPO for seasonal dog restrictions on beachesCommunity Wellbeing Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Resolved
The council will recommend a new order that limits when dogs can be on certain beaches, with seasonal dates and times for Blue Flag, Seaside Award and other sites.
- Approval of minutes of 19 November 2025 meetingTogether for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee··Approved
The committee agreed that the minutes from the 19 November 2025 Together for Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting were accurate and should be signed by the Chair.
- Resolution to review External Auditor’s Annual Report 2024/25Audit Committee··Approved
The council will review the 2024/25 external auditor’s report, consider management’s responses, and ask for any needed clarification.
- Resolution to consider External Auditor’s Annual Report and seek clarificationsAudit Committee··Approved
The council reviewed the external auditor’s annual report, asked officers for any needed clarification, and gave comments as appropriate.
- Approval of proposed changes to Financial Governance FrameworkAudit Committee··Approved
The council should approve the suggested changes to the Financial Governance Framework as described in Appendix 1.
Plain-English summaries and outcome labels are Cornwall Political Watch's own AI extractions from the published minutes, not Cornwall Council wording. Where a “From the minutes” quote is shown, it is verbatim from the minutes the outcome was extracted from.