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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 16 November 2016 12.00 p.m.

Contact: Patrick Adams 01954 713408 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk

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Meetings and events from Thursday 17 November to Friday 2 December 2016

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 17 Nov	2pm 6:30pm 7:30pm	Cabinet Council Cabinet (Meeting to follow Council)	Council Chamber Council Chamber Council Chamber	Graham Watts Graham Watts Graham Watts
Fri 18 Nov

Mon 21 Nov
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Mon 28 Nov
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Wed 30 Nov
Thu 1 Dec	2pm	Greater Cambridge City Deal Joint Assembly	Guildhall, City Council	Graham Watts
Fri 2 Dec

UPCOMING DISTRICT COUNCILLOR TRAINING

Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Patrick Adams on 01954 713408. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Housing Briefing: Thu 17 Nov at 10am

On Thursday 17 November Stephen Hills, Director of Housing, is giving a briefing for district councillors at 10am in the Council Chamber. The briefing will cover the following issues:

· The role of the local authority as housing delivery enablers as envisaged by the Elphicke House report

· The role of housing in contributing to place making

· The role of housing in relation to health and well being

The session is designed to relate these strategic themes to specific Council led projects and to the Council's corporate objectives - Stephen Kelly Director of Planning and Economic Growth will also be in attendance.

The feedback from this session will help with shaping the development of a new housing strategy for 2017 to be undertaken in conjunction with Cambridge City Council.

If you would like to attend this briefing, please e-mail me: Patrick.Adams@scambs.gov.uk

GENERAL INFORMATION

Media Monitoring

Arising from the results of the Member Communication Needs Survey, many members highlighted the fact that residents found out about SCDC matters through the media.

The Council’s Communications Team will produce a weekly summary of recent news items to be published in the Bulletin to help keep members informed of recent coverage of SCDC.

Contact the Communications Team for further information.

Date	Publication	Details

11/11/2016	BBC Look East	Homes go on sale at Northstowe - Cllr Wotherspoon interviewed about phase two application
12/11/2016	Cambridge News	Pressure is on to secure land for major cycleway (City Deal)	P9
12/11/2016	Cambridge News	Our way of saying thanks (Letter - planning application refused on appeal in Fulbourn)	P16
14/11/2016	Cambridge News and online	Fears for junction safety as campus plans for buses (City Deal)	P8 and link
14/11/2016	Cambridge News	Calls for 'obstruction' crossing to be replaced (City Deal)	P11
14/11/2016	Cambridge News	We're all in this together - er, nearly! (Cycling column - City Deal, Greenways)	P14
14/11/2016	Cambridge News	Nothing is set in stone yet (letter - Brexit)	P16
15/11/2016	Cambridge News	Devolution deal vote faces delay (City and County )	P5
15/11/2016	Cambridge News	Hero soldier's memorial spruced up by teenagers	P9
15/11/2016	Cambridge News	250-home development will fund Trust's growth	P11
16/11/2016	Cambridge News	Business rate rise a concern (City Deal)	P4
16/11/2016	Cambridge News	Light rail and metro back on the table? (City Deal)	P5
16/11/2016	Cambridge News	'Democratic' cost of devolution	P8
16/11/2016	Cambridge News	Celebrations as village centre given approval	P11
16/11/2016	Cambridge News	Fear more housing will destroy historic village (Swavesey)	P16

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

The Local Government Association provides a list of news headlines relevant to its members. Please click the headlines below for more details.

Thursday 10 November: BBC Online: Family win housing benefit cut ruling

A Pembrokeshire family have won a court ruling after their housing benefit was cut because they had a spare bedroom used by their grandson’s carers.

Thursday 10 November: BBC Online: Birmingham City Council facing £49m overspend

Birmingham City Council is to face an urgent review of its finances as it faces a £49 million budget overspend.

Friday 11 November: Guardian Online: A day in the life of local government

From just after midnight on Tuesday 15 November, council employees and councillors in England and Wales will take to Twitter armed with the hashtag #OurDay to showcase the work they and their colleagues do.

Friday 11 November: Sky News Online: Housebuilding target to be missed, says minister

The Government is set to fail to meet its target to build one million homes by 2020, Housing Minister Gavin Barwell has admitted.

Wednesday 16 November: ITV News Online: Tackling UK housing crisis “will take generations”

Soaring house prices and falling home ownership rates in the UK have note been driven by a lack of new housing construction, a Labour party-commissioned review has found.

Wednesday 16 November: Times: Ban on lorries “fly-parking” on roadside

Lorry drivers face being banned from parking by the roadside under plans to combat the growing problem of “fly-parking”. The Department for Transport said it would not rule out legislation to tackle the problem.

View Planning Applications

To view the list of planning applications that have recently been submitted to the Council, please visit the authority’s on-line Planning Application Search. Once the page has loaded, you can use the Search option to set your own criteria of parish, area and date range.

The system will provide a range of information on current and decided applications since 1948, including a brief description of the development, reference number, decision and the date of decision. More recent applications show the name and telephone number of the council officer who is dealing with the application.

Search results are presented in a collection of pages, the number of which depends on the number of results your search produces. There are navigation tools to allow you to browse your results.

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:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/access-information

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