Altarnun Parish Council June 2025 Meeting Report

In a relatively short June meeting, heard our re-elected Cornwall Councillor Adrian Parsons reporting on the structure of Cornwall Council after the local council elections held 1.5.2025.  A coalition between the Liberal Democrat and Independent councillors will form the administration for the next council term under the leadership of Cllr Leigh Frost (Lib Dem) and Cllr Adam Paynter (Ind) will be deputy leader.

The structure of the majority of the council's various committees is in place, with the two largest parties in the council chamber - Reform UK and Liberal Democrats - taking the majority of the seats.

In what is now his third consecutive term of office, Adrian is to serve as chair on the East sub-area planning and as a member of the strategic planning and licencing committees.

Also, he advised that an online meeting regarding the A30 (Kennards House – Five Lanes) improvements was to be hosted by Cornwall Council and National Highways on the 10th June 2025 and threw down an invitation for a member of APC to have a seat at the meeting to assure local representation. Cllr Matthew Halls accepted.  

 

In the relatively short space of time since the Annual Council Meeting held in mid May, very little other business had crossed the desk. However, the meeting did resolve that Daniel Wendon and Wesley Smith, who had missed out submitting their nomination papers at the May elections due to the time constraints that were put in place, to be co-opted to fill their vacant seats.

 

The next parish council meeting will be held on Wednesday 2nd July which will start at 7.30pm in Altarnun Village Hall. Once again it would be good to see as many parishioners as possible come along. Please remember the clerk can be contacted on 07841780397 or via the councils web site: altarnunpc.co.uk.