17 Facts About Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council.

Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to the approximately half a million people who live in Cornwall.

On 5 December 2007, the Government confirmed that Cornwall was one of five councils that would move to unitary status.

However, the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 is intended to devolve some powers to Cornwall Council, helping to bring social and care services together, and giving control over bus services and local investment.

Cornwall Council was the first authority to agree a devolution deal with the Government.

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Cornwall Council is promoting ten cultural projects as part of a five-year culture strategy.

Cornwall Council has based its idea on the successful National Theatres of Scotland and Wales.

Cornwall Council is involved in the project to build a Stadium for Cornwall.

Cornwall Council is a member of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, a partnership of European regions, which aims to promote and highlight the value of these regions to Europe.

Cornwall Council comes under the Atlantic Arc Commission sub-division of 30 regions, which has been used to advertise the potential of renewable energy off the Cornish coast to Europe.

Cornwall County Council organised an event in Brussels in 2008 to promote various aspects of Cornwall, including the Cornish language, food and drink and showcasing Cornwall's design industry.

Since 2010 Cornwall Council has been a full observer member of the British–Irish Council due to the Cornish language falling under the BIC's areas of work.

Cornwall Council are servicing nearly 30 long term lender option borrower option loans totalling £394 million.

Elections for the new unitary Cornwall Council were held on 4 June 2009 and there were 123 members elected, replacing the previous 82 councillors on Cornwall County Council and the 249 on the six district councils.

Cornwall Council later left Mebyon Kernow and stood for re-election as an independent.

All three councillors had been a part of the Cornwall Council's ruling coalition - Tudor resigned from the Liberal Democrats and Egerton and Wallis from the larger Independent group.

The Conservative group on the Cornwall Council called on Julian German, the leader of the Cornwall Council, to remove Paynter, calling his conduct "reprehensible" and threatening to table a motion of no confidence in him if he did not.