Bob Bowdler - Councillor for East Sussex

Councillor Bob Bowdler

Conservative Lead Member for Children and Families

Email: cllr.bob.bowdler@eastsussex.gov.uk

Council: East Sussex

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability (Other councillor) Full Council (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Lead Member for Children and Families Governance Committee (Committee Member) Corporate Parenting Panel (Committee Member) Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health Lead Member for Economy Lead Member for Transport and Environment (Other councillor) Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development (Other councillor) Planning Committee Place Scrutiny Committee People Scrutiny Committee

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

81 meetings · Page 1 of 17

Full Council Committee Member

Full Council - Tuesday, 10th February, 2026 10.00 am

February 10, 2026
Corporate Parenting Panel Committee Member

Corporate Parenting Panel - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 10.00 am

January 29, 2026
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 10.00 am

January 27, 2026
Governance Committee Committee Member

Governance Committee - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 10.30 am

January 27, 2026, 10:30 am
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 16th December, 2025 10.00 am

December 16, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

93 decisions · Page 17 of 19

Admission arrangements for East Sussex schools 2026-27 (permission to consult)

From: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability - Monday, 7th October, 2024 3.00 pm - October 07, 2024

...to approve the statutory consultation for admission arrangements for 2026-27 for schools for which East Sussex County Council is the admission authority, including proposed changes to published admission numbers and co-ordinated schemes of admissions.

Recommendations Approved

Household Support Fund 2024

From: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability - Monday, 7th October, 2024 3.00 pm - October 07, 2024

...to approve the proposed plan for using the Household Support Fund to support households with children in East Sussex from October 2024 to March 2025, and to delegate the plan's implementation to the Director of Children's Services.

Recommendations Approved

Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR): Update on planning for 2025/26

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 26th September, 2024 10.00 am - September 26, 2024

To consider an update on the reconciling policy, performance and resources (RPPR) process for 2025/26 and the next steps.

Recommendations Approved

East Sussex Economic Prosperity Strategy 2024 - 2050

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 26th September, 2024 10.00 am - September 26, 2024

Cabinet  is recommended to review and endorse the new East Sussex Economic Prosperity Strategy, developed in partnership with Team East Sussex (TES), the public/private de facto growth board for the county.  Cabinet is asked to recommend to Full Council that the Strategy be approved. It fulfils the responsibility of strategic economic planning placed upon East Sussex County Council following transfer of Local Enterprise Partnership functions to locally democratic institutions.

Recommendations Approved

Annual progress report on becoming a carbon neutral Council

From: Cabinet - Thursday, 26th September, 2024 10.00 am - September 26, 2024

The County Council provides a report annually on its progress towards the target of achieving carbon neutrality from its activities as soon as possible and in any event by 2050.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 81

Average per Month: 3.2

Decisions Recorded: 93