Contact: Patrick Adams 01954 713408 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk
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Meetings and events from Thursday 29 January to 13 February 2015
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INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS |
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Open for Business Magazine Please click on the link below for January’s edition of “Open for Business” a council-led e-newsletter offering practical ideas, tailored advice, news and information for businesses in South Cambs: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/open-for-business
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Media Monitoring
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Thursday 22 January 2015: Telegraph: Ministers lose automatic ban on gypsies building on Green Belt Travellers will no longer automatically be banned from setting up camp on Green Belt land after the High Court ruled that the Government has been discriminating against them.
Thursday 22 January 2015: Telegraph: Right to Buy could be extended to housing association property Millions of working Britons will be able to buy the homes they live in at a discounted price under a new right-to-buy scheme being pushed by senior Conservative ministers.
Thursday 22 January 2015: Times: Councils plan to defy freeze and raise bills Nearly half of all local authorities are planning to increase council tax in the run-up to the election.
Thursday 22 January 2015: Mail: Council Tax “could raise £3.5 billion more than mansion tax” Council tax reforms would be “fairer” and raise four times more than Labour’s mansion tax, the Centre for Economic and Business Research has claimed.
Friday 23 January 2015: Telegraph: Travellers must prove they are “nomadic” Travellers must prove they are actually “travelling” under a new Government clampdown to stop them setting up camps on Green Belt.
Sunday 25 January 2015: Observer: Figures reveal Coalition broke right-to-buy pledge Only one new affordable home has been built for more than every five sold under the Government’s revitalised right-to-buy scheme, according to official figures.
Monday 26 January 2015: Guardian: Council to cut rates for firms paying the living wage Brent Council hopes to become the first in Britain to offer business rate discounts to companies that pay the living wage.
Tuesday 27 January 2015: Daily Mail: Council tax snoopers barred from homes Thousands of council tax inspectors will be stripped of their right to go into homes under laws published today. |
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Weekly Planning List
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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE WEDNESDAY 21 JANUARY 2015
A list of decisions currently within the call-in period is available on the Council’s website.
The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’. |
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Write-Offs 2014/15 The Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder agreed to write off the debt of the amount of £57,900.41 owed by Papworth Specialist Vehicles Limited (In Liquidation).
This decision was first published on 22 January and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 29 January. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Friday 30 January. |
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DECISIONS MADE BY OFFICERS AND REPORTED FOR INFORMATION Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority: |
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Newly-Published Items on modern.gov
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SCDC Starters and Leavers
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