NOTICE of a Change of Name of a Parish Council
FROM – St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul Parish Council TO St Buryan and Lamorna Parish Council
In accordance with section 75 of the Local Government Act 1972 the Clerk to St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul Parish Council on 16 December 2025 requested Cornwall Council to consider changing the name of the Parish Council from St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul Parish Council to St Buryan and Lamorna Parish Council.
Section 75 of the Local Government Act 1972 states that:
- At the request of the parish council, or where there is no parish council, at the request of the parish meeting, the council of the district in which the parish is situated may change the name of the parish.
- Notice of any change of name made under this section:
- shall be sent by the district council concerned to the Secretary of State, to the
Director General of Ordnance Survey and to the Registrar General; and
- shall be published by the district council in the parish and elsewhere in such a manner as they consider appropriate.
- A change of name made in the pursuance of this section shall not affect and rights or obligations of any parish or of any council, authority or person, or render defective and legal proceedings; and any legal proceedings may be commenced or continued as if there had been no change of name.
In accordance with the above legislation at the meeting of the Constitution and Governance Committee on 31 March 2026 agreed the following;
That, the name of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul Parish Council is changed to St Buryan and Lamorna Parish Council.
Simon Mansell MBE
Head of Governance, Elections and Democratic Services
Cornwall Council
May 2026
