Full Council agenda

For decision · This went to the meeting on Thu 21 May 2026. What was decided is in that meeting's minutes.

Members of East Sussex County Council were summoned to a meeting at Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes, on Thursday 21 May 2026 at 10.00 am. p3p4

Items on the agenda include electing a Chairman of the County Council, appointing a Vice Chairman, and appointing the Leader of the Council (and Chair of the Cabinet). p5p6p11

The meeting is also to allocate places on committees, including scrutiny, audit, governance, regulatory, planning, standards and pension committees, to political and independent groups, and to appoint members and chairs to them. p19p21p22p23p35

Other agenda items include questions from members of the public, the Cabinet's priorities for the forthcoming year, a report of the Standards Committee, and a report of the East Sussex Fire Authority. p36p37p38p40

The meeting will be broadcast live on the council's website and the recording archived. p2

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• p2on Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 10.00 am NOTE: As part of the County Council’s drive to increase accessibility to its public meetings, this meeting will be broadcast live on its website and the record archived. The live broadcast is accessible at: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/your-council/videos-of-council-meetings/webcasts
• p3EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL To the Members of the County Council
• p4You are summoned to attend a meeting of the East Sussex County Council to be held at Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes, on Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 10.00 am to transact the following business
• p5<AI1> 1. To elect a Chairman of the County Council </AI1> <AI2>
• p62. To appoint a Vice Chairman of the County Council </AI2> <AI3>
• p117. To appoint the Leader of the Council (and Chair of the Cabinet) </AI7> <AI8>
• p19</AI8> <AI9> 9. To allocate places on the following committees to political and independent groups and to appoint members to those committees in line with the allocations (a) Scrutiny Committees
• p21(b) Audit Committee (c) Governance Committee
• p22(d) Regulatory Committee (e) Planning Committee
• p23(f) Standards Committee (g) Pension Committee
• p35</AI12> <AI13> 13. To appoint: (a) Chair of the Regulatory Committee (b) Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the Scrutiny Committees (c) Chair and Vice-Chair of the Audit Committee (d) Chair of the Governance Committee (e) Chair and Vice-Chair of the Planning Committee (f) Chair of the Pension Committee (g) Chair of the Standards Committee
• p36</AI13> <AI14> 14. Questions from members of the public </AI14> <AI15>
• p3715. Cabinet's priorities for the forthcoming year </AI15> <AI16>
• p3816. Report of the Standards Committee (Pages 33 - 36)
• p40</AI17> <AI18> 18. Report of the East Sussex Fire Authority (Pages 37 - 40)