Issue - meetings

Cabinet AGREED the main thrust of the vision and priorities set out in the draft Sustainable Community Strategy prior to their consideration at the next Local Strategic Partnership Board meeting, noting in particular how the visions and priorities linked to emerging challenges / priorities for South Cambridgeshire District Council, subject to the inclusion of:

·                      More priorities to address the needs of elderly people, particularly in rural areas with limited access to public transport; and

·                      Recognition that sustainable communities must balance housing with opportunities for local employment; and

·                      Stronger emphasis on supporting local businesses to become and to remain energy efficient, the wording of this to include input from the Climate Change Working Group.

Cabinet NOTED that the detailed wording providing context likely would to be subject to significant changes and that the final version of the Strategy would be presented to a future meeting of Council for approval.

Decision taken Thursday 7 July 2011 and published Friday 8 July 2011.  Decision is subject to call-in until 5 pm on Friday 15 July 2011 and may be implemented from Monday 18 July 2011 if not called-in. 

Cabinet AGREED the main thrust of the vision and priorities set out in the draft Sustainable Community Strategy prior to their consideration at the next Local Strategic Partnership Board meeting, noting in particular how the visions and priorities linked to emerging challenges / priorities for South Cambridgeshire District Council, subject to the inclusion of:

·                      More priorities to address the needs of elderly people, particularly in rural areas with limited access to public transport; and

·                      Recognition that sustainable communities must balance housing with opportunities for local employment; and

·                      Stronger emphasis on supporting local businesses to become and to remain energy efficient, the wording of this to include input from the Climate Change Working Group.

Cabinet NOTED that the detailed wording providing context likely would to be subject to significant changes and that the final version of the Strategy would be presented to a future meeting of Council for approval.

The Leader presented the outline proposals for the Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Sustainable Community Strategy, the fine detail of which would be considered by the joint Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) board before returning to Council for agreement.  Members suggested additional priorities of specific importance to South Cambridgeshire, such as addressing the needs of elderly people in rural areas, balancing new housing with opportunities for local employment, and encouraging energy efficiency in local businesses.  It was acknowledged that the larger, more widespread population in South Cambridgeshire made it more difficult than in Cambridge City to identify areas of deprivation, but that such areas did exist and that the voluntary sector could be approached to help develop improvement opportunities.

Cabinet AGREED the main thrust of the vision and priorities set out in the draft Sustainable Community Strategy prior to their consideration at the next Local Strategic Partnership Board meeting, noting in particular how the visions and priorities linked to emerging challenges / priorities for South Cambridgeshire District Council, subject to the inclusion of:

·                      More priorities to address the needs of elderly people, particularly in rural areas with limited access to public transport; and

·                      Recognition that sustainable communities must balance housing with opportunities for local employment; and

·                      Stronger emphasis on supporting local businesses to become and to remain energy efficient, the wording of this to include input from the Climate Change Working Group.

Cabinet NOTED that the detailed wording providing context likely would to be subject to significant changes and that the final version of the Strategy would be presented to a future meeting of Council for approval.

Gemma Barron will present the first draft of a joint Sustainable Community Strategy for 2011-2014, which takes into account local and national research including the results of the recent public and stakeholder consultations. 

This item was discussed after agenda item 6, GP Clusters/Consortia.

Gemma Barron presented this item on the draft new Sustainable Community Strategy. The Board made the following suggestions:

• The Strategy should be written in plain English.
• The Strategy should focus on promoting its priorities.
• The priorities needed to be targeted to ensure the Board maximised its limited resources.
• The Strategy should be shorter and focus on what it will achieve.
• There should be more detail in the Executive Summary.
• The Strategy should include something on Well-Being.
• Promoting sustainable transport should be one of the Strategy’s priorities.

It was noted that the survey had shown that crime was not a major concern amongst residents.

Mobile Wardens

It was noted that improving the independence of older people was one of the Strategy’s priorities. It was understood that Mobile Warden Schemes allowed people to remain in their own homes, which is what they wanted and cost far less than residential care.

The Board NOTED the report.