Steve Murphy - Councillor for East Sussex

Councillor Steve Murphy

Liberal Democrats

Email: cllr.Steve.Murphy@eastsussex.gov.uk

Council: East Sussex

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) (Committee Member) Full Council (Committee Member) Place Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Cabinet (Committee Member) Lead Member for Economy (Other councillor) Lead Member for Transport and Environment (Other councillor) Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Committee Member) Planning Committee (Other councillor) Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health People Scrutiny Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

63 meetings · Page 1 of 13

Full Council Committee Member

Full Council - Tuesday, 2nd December, 2025 10.00 am

December 02, 2025
Place Scrutiny Committee Committee Member

Place Scrutiny Committee - Thursday, 27th November, 2025 10.30 am

November 27, 2025
Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) Committee Member

Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) - Tuesday, 18th November, 2025 2.00 pm

November 18, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Tuesday, 11th November, 2025 10.00 am

November 11, 2025
Lead Member for Transport and Environment Other councillor

Lead Member for Transport and Environment - Monday, 10th November, 2025 10.00 am

November 10, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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Transport for the South East's (TfSE) - Transport Strategy Refresh 2025

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th March, 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

To advise members of the key content of the draft consultation – TFSE Transport Strategy 2025 – 2050 and the ESCC draft response to the consultation.

Recommendations Approved

Council Monitoring: Quarter 3

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th March, 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

To consider the Council Monitoring report for the third quarter of the financial year 2024/25 as part of the Council's Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) budget monitoring process.  

Recommendations Approved

Exceat Bridge replacement options

From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 4th March, 2025 10.00 am - March 04, 2025

...to discontinue proposals for an offline two-lane replacement bridge and instead proceed with replacing Exceat Bridge in its existing location with a single-lane bridge, subject to confirmation from the South Downs National Park Authority that this falls within permitted development, and to delegate authority to the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport to withdraw associated orders.

Recommendations approved

South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Funded Capital Programme Financial Statement - Confirmed Spend for 2023/24 and Forecast for 2024/25

From: Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 26, 2025

Consideration of the final spend for 2023/24 for the Local Growth Fund, Getting Building Fund and Growing Places programmes and the amount of funds re-profiled into the East Sussex County Council Capital Programme and consideration of the confirmed scheme spend profiles for the Local Growth Fund, Getting Building Fund and Growing Places programmes for the 2024/25 financial year.

Recommendations Approved

East Sussex Local Growth Assurance Framework

From: Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 26, 2025

To approve the new East Sussex Local Growth Assurance Framework. This has been produced as a result of  the closure of the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) and is intended to provide local scrutiny, checks, balances and accountability to the public and to the UK Government.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 63

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 67