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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 11 January 2017 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 12 January to Friday 27 January 2017

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 12 Jan
Fri 13 Jan

Mon 16 Jan
Tue 17 Jan	6pm	Finance & Staffing Portfolio Holder’s Meeting	Swansley Room	Ian Senior
Wed 18 Jan	2pm	Greater Cambridge City Deal Joint Assembly	Guildhall, Cambridge	Victoria Wallace
Thu 19 Jan	2pm	Cabinet	Council Chamber	Victoria Wallace (agenda)
Fri 20 Jan	10am	Partnerships Review Committee	Swansley Room	Victoria Wallace


Mon 23 Jan
Tue 24 Jan
Wed 25 Jan	4pm	Greater Cambridge City Deal Executive Board	Council Chamber	Patrick Adams (agenda)
Thu 26 Jan	2pm	Council	Council Chamber	Patrick Adams
Fri 27 Jan

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

Consultation on Proposed Removal of BT Phone Box PDF 44 KB

Following the consultation that was launched on 21 November 2016, the following draft decision has been made in response to a proposal by British Telecommunications plc for the removal of the public telephone on A505 opposite the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.

The consultation follows an agreed process in line with Ofcom guidance.

For further information if required, please contact partnerships@scambs.gov.uk

Reminder of Community Awards Closing Date 20 January 2017 at 5pm

Please note that the deadline for the receipt of nominations for Nominations for the 2016-17 Community Awards is 5pm on Friday 20 January 2017. There are six award categories:

· Village Hero

· Parish Councillor of the Year

· Outstanding Youth Initiative

· Outstanding Local Service/Amenity

· Environment Award

· Wellbeing Award

Nominations are particularly welcome in the Parish Councillor, Wellbeing, Youth initiative and Environment categories.

More information and the online nomination form are at

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-awards.

If you would like a paper nomination form, then please contact Siobhan Mellon on siobhan.mellon@scambs.gov.uk

Great Shelford Post Office: Propose to Move to New Premises

The Post Office propose to move Great Shelford Post Office from 18 High Green to Kash Stores, 33-35 Hinton Way. Opening hours will be extended to:

7am to 7pm Mon to Sat

7am to 1pm on Sun.

The consultation period ends on 16 February 2017.

Views can be given at www.postofficeviews.co.uk

Enter code: 09211399

Linton Post Office: Moving to New Premises

Linton Post Office will be moving from 5 Balsham Road to Sweet Talk News on 77 High Street. The date of relocation is to be confirmed.

Further details are available from: www.postofficeviews.co.uk

Quoting number: 10811399

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

04/01/2017	Cambridge News	Congestion charge 'is not the answer' (City Deal)	P3
04/01/2017	Cambridge News	Gear up to share cycle plans (City Deal)	P4
04/01/2017	Cambridge News	Homes in green belt 'last resort'	P5
04/01/2017	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Howell interviewed about the success of Fixed Penalty Notices to combat flytipping
04/01/2017	Cambridge Independent	'We want to make park and ride free to use' (City Deal - Cllr Burkitt)	P1, 12 and 13
04/01/2017	Cambridge Independent	44,000 new homes on the way for region but where should they go?	P6 and 7
04/01/2017	Cambridge Independent	Celebrating the people who make up a community	P8
04/01/2017	Cambridge Independent	Cambourne (PCC event at SCDC offices)	P22
05/01/2017	Cambridge News	'Charge work parking to fund park and rides'	P9
05/01/2017	Cambridge News	What a load of rubbish (bin collections A11 layby near Saffron Walden exit)	P13 and link
05/01/2017	Cambridge News online	New partnership to deliver Cambridgeshire's first rent-to-buy homes	Link
06/01/2017	Cambridge News	Foundations are laid in rent-to-buy deal	P8

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 5 January: Guardian Online: Government offers £7bn affordable homes fund to housing providers

Housing providers can apply for a share of a £7 billion fund to increase the supply of affordable homes, the Government has announced.

Friday 6 January: iNews: Hundreds of new homes approved despite being at risk of flooding

Hundreds of homes are being approved by planners in England each year despite objections from the Environment Agency about the risk of flooding, it is claimed.

Sunday 8 January: Sunday Express: Double blow ahead for rural families

The Rural Services Network says that under the Local Government Finance Settlement, rural areas will lose more than 31 per cent of central government funding while urban areas will lose about 22 per cent.

Monday 9 January: Times: Boost recycling with rubbish bin charges

A report by the Green Alliance says households that fail to recycle should face “pay as you throw” charges to encourage them to put rubbish in the correct bin.

Tuesday 10 January: Guardian: Liberty launches legal challenge to Investigatory Powers Act

Human rights campaign group Liberty has launched a crowdfunded legal challenge to what it calls the “sweeping powers” in the newly enacted Investigatory Powers Act.

Wednesday 11 January: Times: Green belt under increased threat, say councillors

A survey of more than 1,200 councillors by the National Trust and the Local Government Information Unit reveals that 58 per cent believe ther council will have to lose countryside land by 2022 to keep up with government housing targets.

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.

EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE WEDNESDAY 4 JANUARY 2017

In accordance with the Access to Information Procedure Rules in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, any executive decision shall be published normally within five days of being made. That record will bear the date on which it is published and will specify that the decision will come into force, and may then be implemented, on the expiry of 5 working days after the publication of the decision, unless called in for review by the Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee or by any five other councillors.

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’.

BT Payphone Removal - Cambridge Road, Fulbourn

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The Planning Portfolio Holder

AGREED To object to the removal of a BT phone box on Cambridge Road, Fulbourn.

This decision was first published on Tuesday 10 January and so the deadline for call-in is Tuesday 17 January at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Wednesday 18 January.

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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