Full Parish Council Ordinary Meeting

Apologies for Absence

To receive apologies for absence and note apologies not received.

Declarations of Interest

1. Pecuniary Interests: To receive Declarations of Pecuniary Interests as declared on the Register of Interests.
2. Non-registerable Interests: To receive Declarations of Non-registerable Interests.
3. Dispensations: The Clerk will consider and report on any requests for dispensation in line with the Council’s Code of Conduct.
4. Gifts & Hospitality: To declare any gifts or hospitality in line with the Council’s Code of Conduct

Public Participation^[1]

To hear from members of the public who wish to make representations, answer questions, and give evidence in respect of the business on the agenda. A question shall not require a response at the meeting nor start a debate on the question. The chairman of the meeting may direct that a written or oral response be given.

Cornwall Councillor Reports^[2]

To receive and note verbal or written reports from Cornwall Cllr Elaine Kist and Cornwall Cllr Steve Trevelyan and ask questions on the content.

Full Council Meeting Minutes

To receive and resolve to adopt the minutes of the meeting held on Wednesday 4^th March 2026 to allow the presiding Chairman to duly sign.

Committee Meetings Minutes

To receive the minutes of the following committee meetings and approve any recommendations therein:

Planning & Licencing – 18^th March 2026

Finance & Policy – 25^th March 2026

Clerk’s Report

To receive a report from the Clerk on any matters arising from previous minutes, meetings attended by officers and future dates for the diary. For information only.

Parish Councillor’s Reports

To include an update on any meetings attended by Members as representatives of the Parish Council and future dates for the diary. For information only.

Working Parties

To receive an update from the following working parties and to resolve any action required:

Asset of Community Value Working Party

Century of Change Publication Working Party

Brannel Room Community Hub Working Party

To receive advice from the Clerk and Simon Mansell of the membership of the Brannel Room Community Hub Working Party and to resolve action required.

Financial Matters

To approve expenditure payments.

To appoint a Councillor to oversee the authorisation of the electronic payments.

To note income.

To note account balances.

To note the latest bank reconciliation.

Quarterly Reconciliation Check

To receive a verbal report from Cllr Debby Hussey and to resolve any action required.

To appoint a member not on the Finance & Policy committee to carry out the year end reconciliation check and report back at a future meeting.

Consultations

To receive details of, and appoint members to respond to, any consultations received up to the time of the meeting:

• Trelavour Lithium Project – Statutory Consultation under Section 42 of the Planning Act 2008 (Deadline 13^th April 2026)
• Cornwall Cultural Strategy 2026/2036 (Deadline 24^th April 2026)

To receive and approve responses to previous consultations.

Standing Orders

To review Standing Orders ahead of the new municipal year.

Meeting Dates

To resolve to move the Full Council meeting scheduled for 3^rd June to 10^th June 2026.

Confidential Matter(s)

To resolve that under the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, the public and representatives of the press and broadcast media be excluded from the meeting, and that the live streaming and any recording cease, during the consideration of the following item(s) of business as publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest because of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted –

 

Commercially sensitive legal advice on the draft Terms of Reference for the devolution/transfer of assets from Cornwall Council.

 

 

[1]  Standing Order 3f: Total time allowed will be 15 minutes (limit of 5 minutes per person) which may be varied at the discretion of the Chairman.

[2] Standing Order 3l: Total time allowed will be 15 minutes which may be varied at the discretion of the Chairman. The reports are for information purposes only.