Roger Tarrant -  for Cornwall

Roger Tarrant

 Reform UK  Deputy Group Leader - Reform UK

Email: cllr.roger.tarrant@cornwall.gov.uk

Council: Cornwall

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Strategic Planning Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Cornwall Councillor) West Sub-Area Planning Committee (Cornwall Councillor, Committee Member) Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Chairman) Cornwall Council (Committee Member) Sustainable Growth and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee from 1/7/25) (Committee Member) Audit Committee (Substitutes)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

24 meetings · Page 1 of 5

Strategic Planning Committee Committee Member

Strategic Planning Committee - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 10.00 am

December 18, 2025
Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee Chairman

Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Wednesday, 26th November, 2025 10.00 am

The Budget Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee of Cornwall Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 26 November 2025, to discuss the draft council priorities plan and budget development. The meeting will also include an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions of the Committee Chairman.

November 26, 2025
Cornwall Council Committee Member

Cornwall Council - Tuesday, 25th November, 2025 10.30 am

The Cornwall Council was scheduled to meet on Tuesday 25 November 2025. The agenda included questions from the public, motions, allocation of seats, a review of members' allowances, recommendations from various committees, and questions from members to members of the cabinet.

November 25, 2025
Cabinet Cornwall Councillor

Cabinet - Wednesday, 12th November, 2025 10.00 am

The Cornwall Council Cabinet met to discuss the Council Performance Report for Quarter 2 of 2025/26, the Draft Council Priorities Plan 2026-30, and several strategies and commissioning plans. The cabinet approved the draft Council Priorities 2026-2030 for public consultation, and also approved the Home Based Prevention and Intermediate Care Business Case, and to commence a procurement process for Sexual and Reproductive Health Services. They also formally adopted the 'Our Customer Philosophy 2025-2030' and the 'CornwALL Connected Digital Inclusion Strategy 2025-2030'.

November 12, 2025
Sustainable Growth and Development Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee from 1/7/25) Committee Member

Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 10.00 am

The Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the Newquay Airport development strategy, review the Cormac Small Highways Scheme, and conduct a mid-year review of the committee's work programme. The committee acknowledged the progress on the Newquay Airport Development Strategy and recommended a highways-specific value for money review of the council's Highways Service, including delivery by Cormac. They also endorsed the continuation of the 20mph roll out across Cornwall at a prior meeting on 7 October 2025[^1].

November 11, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Review of 20mph Roll Out

From: Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 7th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 07, 2025

...the committee noted the progress of the 20mph roll-out and endorsed its continuation across Cornwall.

Recommendations Approved

Resetting Cornwall Council's Climate and Nature Recovery Ambitions

From: Sustainable Growth and Place Overview and Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 7th October, 2025 10.00 am - October 07, 2025

... the Cabinet of Cornwall endorsed guiding principles, recognized the Council's leadership role, adopted revised climate and nature targets, called on officers to align delivery with business planning, acknowledged the Council's contributory role, and urged Westminster for necessary powers and funding.

Recommendations approved

Counter Fraud Risk Update

From: Audit Committee - Friday, 26th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 26, 2025

...to take assurance from the work of the Counter Fraud and Internal Audit team that risks and exposures to fraud were being reasonably managed through a comprehensive framework of prevention, detection and deterrence activities, and to sharpen fraud KPIs, compile historical fraud data, develop assurance mapping, and share outputs informally.

Recommendations Approved

Internal Audit & Counter Fraud Performance and the rolling Internal Audit Plan

From: Audit Committee - Friday, 26th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 26, 2025

...to take assurance from the work of the Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Teams, the progress made by management in implementing Agreed Management Actions, and to approve the Internal Audit Plan from October 2025 and approach to programming, while also requesting clarifications on specific actions.

Recommendations Approved

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - Annual Update

From: Audit Committee - Friday, 26th September, 2025 10.00 am - September 26, 2025

...to take assurance from the report that the use of powers granted to the Council under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) was conducted in accordance with the statue and guidance from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 24

Average per Month: 3.0

Decisions Recorded: 104