Sam Pearce-Kearney - Cllr for Wiltshire

Cllr Sam Pearce-Kearney

 Liberal Democrats  Portfolio Holder for Safeguarding and Young People

Email: sam.pearce-kearney@wiltshire.gov.uk

Council: Wiltshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Officer Appointments Committee Council (Committee Member) Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel Staffing Policy Committee (Committee Member) Eastern Area Planning Committee (Committee Member) Calne Area Board (Vice-Chairman) Standards Committee (Committee Member) Standards Assessment Sub-Committee (Committee Member) Children's Select Committee Strategic Planning Committee (Guest Part I) Finance and Procurement Seelct Committee (Committee Member) Electoral Review Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee (Guest Part I)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

75 meetings · Page 6 of 15

Eastern Area Planning Committee CANCELLED

Eastern Area Planning Committee - Thursday 5 June 2025 3.00 pm

June 05, 2025
Calne Area Board

Extraordinary - On the rising of Full Council, not before 11am, Calne Area Board - Tuesday 20 May 2025 11.00 am

The Calne Area Board met to elect a chair and vice-chair, and to appoint a representative to the Local Highway and Footway Improvement Group (LHFIG). Councillor Ashley O'Neill was elected as Chairman, Councillor Sam Pearce-Kearney as Vice-Chairman, and Councillor Ashley O'Neill was also appointed as the Area Board’s lead representative on the LHFIG.

May 20, 2025
Council

Council - Tuesday 20 May 2025 10.30 am

The annual meeting of Wiltshire Council saw Councillor Laura Mayes elected as the new chairman, and Councillor Ruth Hopkinson elected as vice-chairman. Councillor Ian Thorne was appointed leader of the council for 2025-2029, and he announced his cabinet. Councillors also voted to delegate decisions on committee appointments to a later meeting, and to authorise work to establish a new financial scrutiny committee.

May 20, 2025
Eastern Area Planning Committee

Eastern Area Planning Committee - Thursday 17 April 2025 3.00 pm

The Eastern Area Planning Committee scheduled a meeting to address planning appeals, updates, and consider planning applications, including one for The Wheatsheaf Inn in Chilton Foliat. The meeting also included opportunities for public participation.

April 17, 2025
Standards Committee

Standards Committee - Wednesday 9 April 2025 1.00 pm

The Standards Committee of Wiltshire Council scheduled a meeting to discuss code of conduct complaints, motions referred from Full Council, and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for elected members. The agenda included a review of the current position on code of conduct complaints, consideration of two motions regarding council procedure, and an update on the council’s DBS policy for elected members.

April 09, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

3 decisions

Exclusion of the Press and Public

From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025

...to exclude the press and public from the meeting to avoid disclosing exempt financial or business information, as it was deemed that withholding the information was in the greater public interest.

Recommendations Approved

West Wiltshire Nursing Home Provision

From: Extraordinary, Cabinet - Wednesday 15 October 2025 11.30 am - October 15, 2025

...to approve the recommendations outlined in a Part II report concerning nursing home provision in West Wiltshire.

Recommendations Approved

Approval for extension of contract with MiPermit

From: Standards Assessment Sub-Committee - Thursday 7 August 2025 1.30 pm - August 07, 2025

...to formally extend the contract with MiPermit for 24 months, authorizing Procurement and Legal Services to sign the contract on behalf of the Council.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 75

Average per Month: 3.3

Decisions Recorded: 3