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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 13 September 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 14 September to Friday 29 September 2017

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 14 Sep	6pm	Cabinet	Swansley Room	Ian Senior (minutes)
Fri 15 Sep

Mon 18 Sep
Tue 19 Sep	10am 6pm	Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee Finance & Staffing Portfolio Holder - CANCELLED	Swansley Room	Victoria Wallace
Wed 20 Sep	4pm	Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board	Council Chamber	Wilma Wilkie
Thu 21 Sep
Fri 22 Sep


Mon 25 Sep
Tue 26 Sep
Wed 27 Sep	10am	Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority	City Council	County Council
Thu 28 Sep	10am 2pm	Civic Affairs Committee Council	Swansley Room Council Chamber	Patrick Adams Wilma Wilkie
Fri 29 Sep	9:30am	Audit & Corporate Governance Committee	Swansley Room	Patrick Adams

INFORMATION FOR PARISH COUNCILS AND DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon - Revision - A14 Closure

*Mon 11th to Thurs 14th*
A14 eastbound between St Ives J26 & Bar Hill J29 (each night, 9pm-6am)

Multiple A1 closures;

*Mon 11th to Fri 15th*
A1 southbound between Alconbury & Brampton Hut (each night, 9pm-6am)

*Mon 11th to Wed 13th*
A1 southbound between Brampton Hut & Buckden (each night, 9pm-6am)

*Mon 11th to Fri 15th*
A1 northbound between Brampton Hut & Alconbury (each night, 9pm-6am)

Weekend closures;
*Fri 15th to Mon 18th*
Full weekend closure Ermine Street A1198 (Fri 8pm - Mon 5am)

Our official diversion route will be signposted and I’ve attached diversion maps for the A1 and A14 closures. We also have variable message signs in place that will advise drivers to follow our signs and not their satnavs.

We regularly update details of closures specific to our A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme on our Facebook #A14C2H and Twitter @A14C2H pages. You can also find our latest posts by searching #A14C2Hclosures.

PLEASE NOTE - closures may be subject to change, so check out our social media pages daily for updates.

To contact your sections Stakeholder Manager, please use the email addresses below or our A14 helpline.

Section 1 & 2Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line; Jon Lewell jon.lewell@thea14.com

Section 3 East Coast Main Line to Swavesey; Jade Pettit jade.pettit@thea14.com

Section 4 & 5 Swavesey to Milton; Bob Pettipher bob.pettipher@thea14.com

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times.

Please do share this information, and thank you in advance for your continued support.

Kind regards

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

Highways England | Woodlands | Manton Lane | Bedford | MK41 7LW

Web: http://www.highways.gov.uk.

You can also follow the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme on social media:

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

06/09/2017	ITV Anglia Online	Cash help for budding athletes in South Cambridgeshire	Link
06/09/2017	Cambridge News	Make it slippy at city ice rink	P10	Positive piece about people in Cambs looking forward to opening of ice rink.
06/09/2017	Royston Crow online	Applications open for promising South Cambs athletes to apply for funding	Link
06/09/2017	Cumbria Crack	Carlisle City Councillor proposes to strike for all out action to save £43,000 on the cost of elections	Link
06/09/2017	Cambridge Independent	Unveiled: Revised guided busway route and Park & Ride site	P8	GCP item
07/09/2017	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr M. Howell live on breakfast show outlining proposed blue bin changes (removal of paper caddy)	Scroll to 1'20'' in
07/09/2017	Cambridge News	Big changes to your bin collections are being planned	Link	Sub: 'The proposed changes should simplify kerbside recycling collections'
07/09/2017	Star Radio Online	Decisions from South Cambridgeshire District Council Planning Committee	Link
07/09/2017	Cambridge News	Cambourne couple claimed benefits when they had £100,000 squirrelled away	Link
07/09/2017	Star Radio Online	Benefit claimants hit with criminal records after investigators uncover £100,000 savings	Link
07/09/2017	Star Radio Online	Swavesey in fast lane as rural travel hubs project gathers pace	Link
08/09/2017	Cambridge Independent	Rural travel hubs in Cambridgeshire: what should they look like?	Link
08/09/2017	Cambridge News	£670k savings in paper change	P6
08/09/2017	Cambridge News online	Could new rural transport hubs solve Cambridgeshire villages' connection problems?	Link
11/09/2017	Cambridge News	M11 'just not for purpose any more' (Cllr Burkitt quoted, GCP)	P1 and 2
11/09/2017	Cambridge Independent online	The challenge of finding space in our packed city	Link
12/09/2017	Cambridge News and online	Safety warning over new underground bins (University of Cambridge development, Eddington)	P3 and link
12/09/2017	Star Radio Online	Community Chest topped-up with extra £30,000	Link
12/09/2017	Cambridge News online	Bin collections in Cambridge branded a 'shambles' after six months of problems (Cambridge City Council story - SCDC mentioned as shared service partner)	Link
12/09/2017	The Telegraph online	End of the wheelie bin in sight as it is replaced with underground system	Link
13/09/2017	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Lynda Harford interviewed about new initiative to help communities become developers
13/09/2017	Cambridge News	Opposition brands bin collections and shambles (Cambridge City Council story - SCDC mentioned as shared service partner)	P2
13/09/2017	Cambridge News	Plans to build 5,000 homes and turn village into a town (New town north of Waterbeach - details submitted to SCDC)	P1 and 7

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 7 September 2017: Mail: Build home every 3 minutes for bursting UK

The think-tank Civitas has published a report warning that a home will have to be built every three minutes for at least 20 years to cope with rapid population growth.

Saturday 9 September 2017: Mail: Litter fines could double

Councils could receive powers to issue on-the-spot fines of £150 for littering under plans by government.

Wednesday 13 September 2017: Guardian: Councils in line for £3 million to help finance low-carbon initiatives

Ministers are reported going to offer more than £3 million for green energy projects run by cities and local authorities, such as the use of solar panels on social housing.

South Cambridgeshire Community Chest Grant Scheme

An additional £30,000 of funding has been made available via the Community Chest Scheme to help voluntary and community groups, charities and parish councils wishing to improve the quality of life for residents in South Cambridgeshire. Applicants can apply for up to £1,000 for a variety of projects:

· Improvements to Community Facilities (i.e. Village Halls/Pavilions/Play Areas etc.)

· Repairs to Historic Buildings/Monuments/Memorials

· The Tree and Hedge planting Scheme

· Equipment/Capital Purchase

· Materials

· Start-up costs (May include training of staff/volunteers, hall hire and other revenue costs)

Full details and guidance on eligibility can be found at:www.scambs.gov.uk/communitychest

The online application form will be accessiblehere

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

OTHER INFORMATION

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