Andrew Long -  for Cornwall

Andrew Long

 Mebyon Kernow  Deputy Group Leader - Mebyon Kernow Group

Email: cllr.andrew.long@cornwall.gov.uk

Council: Cornwall

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Member) Cornwall Council (Committee Member) Corporate Finance and Performance Overview and Scrutiny Committee Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee (Committee Member, Co-Chair) East Sub-Area Planning Committee (Committee Member) Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Substitutes) Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Constitution and Governance Committee Economic Growth and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee Cabinet

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

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East Sub-Area Planning Committee CANCELLED Committee Member

East Sub-Area Planning Committee - Monday, 29th September, 2025 10.00 am

September 29, 2025
Strategic Planning Committee Committee Member

Strategic Planning Committee - Thursday, 25th September, 2025 10.00 am

The Strategic Planning Committee of Cornwall Council is scheduled to meet on Thursday 25 September 2025. The meeting will include discussion of a planning application for a geothermal power plant at Land Adjacent Wind Turbine Station Road, Camelford, and a report on recent appeal decisions. There may also be discussion of any other business that Councillor ..., Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee considers to be of urgency.

September 25, 2025
Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee Substitutes

Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 22nd September, 2025 10.00 am

The Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Cornwall Council met on 22 September 2025 to discuss the framework for developing the council's financial strategy. The committee was scheduled to review a Cabinet report on the financial strategy and consider its own work programme. The aim of this work is to support the council in setting a balanced budget for the coming year.

September 22, 2025
Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee Committee Member

Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee - Friday, 19th September, 2025 10.00 am

The Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee were scheduled to meet on 19 September 2025 to discuss the Chief Officer's quarterly report, the statement of accounts and audit findings for 2024/25, and the budget monitoring for 2025/26. The meeting was to be held in the Warspite Room at Plymouth City Council.

September 19, 2025
Cornwall Council Committee Member

Cornwall Council - Tuesday, 16th September, 2025 10.30 am

Here is a summary of the items scheduled for discussion at the Cornwall Council meeting on 16 September 2025, according to the agenda and associated reports. It is important to note that this summary is based solely on the meeting agenda and associated documents, and I do not have any information on what was actually discussed or decided during the meeting.

September 16, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Framework for Developing the Financial Strategy

From: Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 22nd September, 2025 10.00 am - September 22, 2025

...to inform Cabinet's development of the Financial Strategy, the Committee recommended considering a credible risk management process, removing the principle to protect core budgets, preparing a balanced budget for Year 1 only, scrutinising the Council Business Plan, reviewing services for zero-based budgeting, requiring portfolio holder sign-off on information, consulting the Committee chairs on the scope of an external commission, requesting a report on pay inflation and interest rate forecasts, and providing detailed service budget information, while also approving a work programme that includes a detailed timeline, a workshop on assumptions, consideration of key lines of enquiry, provision of saving efficiencies deliverables, and individual workshops with portfolio holders and strategic directors.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of Interest

From: Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 22nd September, 2025 10.00 am - September 22, 2025

...to approve the recommendations, noting that there were no declarations of interest.

Recommendations Approved

Questions to the Committee Chairman from members of the public

From: Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Monday, 22nd September, 2025 10.00 am - September 22, 2025

...to approve the recommendations, as there were no questions from the public to the Committee Chairman.

Recommendations Approved

Keep Cornwall Clean!: Proposer: Cllr Mustoe; Seconder: Cllr Donnithorne

From: Cornwall Council - Tuesday, 16th September, 2025 10.30 am - September 16, 2025

...to continue working with Clean Cornwall and volunteer groups to refresh and promote a Duchy-wide litter strategy for cleaner public spaces.

Recommendations Approved

Provision of Mobile Phones or a Second Sim Card to Elected Members: Proposer: Cllr P Mitchell; Seconder: Cllr Ewert

From: Cornwall Council - Tuesday, 16th September, 2025 10.30 am - September 16, 2025

...to allow for further consideration and analysis, the motion regarding the provision of mobile phones or second SIM cards to elected members was referred to the Constitution and Governance Committee for review and inclusion in their work programme.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 54

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 125