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Cornwall: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Cornwall Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South West. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000052.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Cornwall for 2026–27: £2,086.36 of a £2,590.93 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Madron Daniel Church of England School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
Madron Daniel CofE (VA) School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Torpoint Nursery and Infant School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger; proposed date 31 August 2027

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 reason not recorded, 1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)

Penpol School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 September 2025
Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change — open, 31 August 2026
Penpol School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 October 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Cornwall reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Cornwall: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£372.6 million
Highways and transport services	£32.4 million
Children's social care	£155.4 million
Adult social care	£340.5 million
Public health	£41.6 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£36.9 million
Cultural and related services	£11.7 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£114.6 million
Planning and development services	£17.5 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	£35.4 million
Central services	£16.9 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,175.5 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Cornwall in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 583,289 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 47 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £24,630 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £546 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 28.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £275,642 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 8.3 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 60.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 60.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 5.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 66.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 235.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 23,255 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

87 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 26, Reform UK 22, Independent / Other 21, Conservative and Unionist 7, Labour Party 4, Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall 3, Green Party (E&W) 3, Restore Britain 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 87 councillors, by ward

Adrian Parsons (Liberal Democrats) — Altarnun & Stoke Climsland
Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrats) — Bodmin St Mary's & St Leonard
Leigh Frost (Liberal Democrats) — Bodmin St Petroc's
Peter La Broy (Independent / Other) — Bude
Andrew Long (Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall) — Callington & St Dominic
Angus Black (Reform UK) — Calstock
James Ball (Independent / Other) — Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill
Paul White (Independent / Other) — Camborne Trelowarren
Karen Knight (Independent / Other) — Camborne West & Treswithian
Mark Burnett (Liberal Democrats) — Camelford & Boscastle
Anna Thomason-Kenyon (Independent / Other) — Constantine, Mabe & Mawnan
Loveday Jenkin (Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall) — Crowan, Sithney & Wendron
Laurie Magowan (Labour Party) — Falmouth Arwenack
Debra Clegg (Labour Party) — Falmouth Boslowick
Alan Rowe (Labour Party) — Falmouth Penwerris
David Saunby (Independent / Other) — Falmouth Trescobeas & Budock
Martyn Alvey (Conservative and Unionist) — Feock & Kea
Bruce Craze (Reform UK) — Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon
Ian Wilson (Reform UK) — Fowey, Tywardreath & Par
Karen La Borde (Green Party (E&W)) — Gloweth, Malabar & Shortlanesend
Rob Heslington (Reform UK) — Gwinear-Gwithian & Hayle East
Peter Channon (Reform UK) — Hayle West
Mike Thomas (Independent / Other) — Helston North
Nicola Boase (Liberal Democrats) — Helston South & Meneage
Cliff Crawford (Reform UK) — Illogan & Portreath
Brian Clemens (Independent / Other) — Land's End
Chris Batters (Liberal Democrats) — Lanivet, Blisland & Bodmin St Lawrence
John Thomas (Independent / Other) — Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap
Adam Paynter (Independent / Other) — Launceston North & North Petherwin
Damon Dennis (Liberal Democrats) — Launceston South
Kevin Grey (Reform UK) — Liskeard Central
Jane Pascoe (Conservative and Unionist) — Liskeard South & Dobwalls
John Martin (Liberal Democrats) — Long Rock, Marazion & St Erth
Mark Gibbons (Independent / Other) — Looe East & Deviock
Jim Candy (Liberal Democrats) — Looe West, Pelynt, Lansallos & Lanteglos
Sarah Preece (Liberal Democrats) — Lostwithiel & Lanreath
Juliet Line (Liberal Democrats) — Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval & Heamoor
Jim Gale (Reform UK) — Lynher
James Mustoe (Conservative and Unionist) — Mevagissey & St Austell Bay
Thalia Marrington (Liberal Democrats) — Mousehole, Newlyn & St Buryan
Rory Gow (Liberal Democrats) — Mullion & St Keverne
Ruth Gripper (Liberal Democrats) — Mylor, Perranarworthal & Ponsanooth
Joanna Kenny (Liberal Democrats) — Newquay Central & Pentire
Lyndon Harrison (Reform UK) — Newquay Porth & Tretherras
Drew Creek (Green Party (E&W)) — Newquay Trenance
James O'Keefe (Liberal Democrats) — Padstow
Dean Evans (Green Party (E&W)) — Penryn
Jamie Hanlon (Reform UK) — Penwithick & Boscoppa
Tim Dwelly (Independent / Other) — Penzance East
Jim McKenna (Independent / Other) — Penzance Promenade
Louise Blackman (Reform UK) — Perranporth
Susanne Desmonde (Independent / Other) — Pool & Tehidy
Jay Hodgetts (Liberal Democrats) — Porthleven, Breage & Germoe
Nicky Chopak (Liberal Democrats) — Poundstock
Karen Glasson (Conservative and Unionist) — Probus & St Erme
Kate Ewert (Labour Party) — Rame Peninsula & St Germans
Connor Donnithorne (Conservative and Unionist) — Redruth Central, Carharrack & St Day
Roger Tarrant (Restore Britain) — Redruth North
Sally Harrison (Reform UK) — Redruth South
Steve Trevelyan (Reform UK) — Roche & Bugle
Hilary Frank (Liberal Democrats) — Saltash Essa
Keith Johnson (Reform UK) — Saltash Tamar
Paul Cador (Reform UK) — Saltash Trematon & Landrake
Pete Mitchell (Liberal Democrats) — St Agnes
Jordan Rowse (Conservative and Unionist) — St Austell Bethel & Holmbush
Jack Yelland (Reform UK) — St Austell Central & Gover
Paul Ashton (Reform UK) — St Austell Poltair & Mount Charles
Pauline Giles (Independent / Other) — St Blazey
Sean Smith (Reform UK) — St Cleer & Menheniot
Rowland O'Connor (Independent / Other) — St Columb Major, St Mawgan & St Wenn
Heinz Glanville (Reform UK) — St Columb Minor & Colan
Dick Cole (Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall) — St Dennis & St Enoder
Julian German (Independent / Other) — St Goran, Tregony & the Roseland
Luke Rogers (Liberal Democrats) — St Ives East, Lelant & Carbis Bay
Andrew Mitchell (Independent / Other) — St Ives West & Towednack
Julie Cunningham (Reform UK) — St Mewan & Grampound
Richard Barker (Reform UK) — St Newlyn East, Cubert & Goonhavern
Elaine Kist (Reform UK) — St Stephen-in-Brannel
David Garrigan (Liberal Democrats) — St Teath & Tintagel
Faye Emery (Liberal Democrats) — Stratton, Kilkhampton & Morwenstow
Dulcie Tudor (Independent / Other) — Threemilestone & Chacewater
Rob Parsonage (Conservative and Unionist) — Torpoint
Rob Nolan (Liberal Democrats) — Truro Boscawen & Redannick
Steven Webb (Liberal Democrats) — Truro Moresk & Trehaverne
Loic Rich (Independent / Other) — Truro Tregolls
Rosie Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Wadebridge East & St Minver
Robin Moorcroft (Independent / Other) — Wadebridge West & St Mabyn

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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