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Meetings and events from Thursday 9 November to Friday 24 November
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INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS & PARISH COUNCILS |
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Greater Cambridge Partnership Workshop Thu 16 Nov 6pm-8pm at South Cambs Hall in Cambourne Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to feedback on your community’s priorities and help influence the GCP’s long-term funding strategy. The event will include a short presentation, followed by roundtable discussions on the key challenges to growth and quality of life in South Cambridgeshire. |
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GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Thursday 2 November: BBC Online: England Mayors call for more tax control England’s regions should be given more control over taxes and be less reliant on government grants, according to its elected mayors.
Saturday 4 November: Independent: Government urged to lift housing benefit cap as a million renters face homelessness The Government must lift the freeze on Local Housing Allowance for private renters, according to a letter sent to the Independent by the Chief Executives of: Shelter, the Chartered Institute for Housing, Several MPs and Peers, London Councils and the Chair of the LGA’s Resources Board. |
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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER
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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Three Affordable Homes (s106) on Site Providing Seven Dwellings in Total at Highfields Road, Caldecote
AGREED To approve the project spend and to finalise contract terms and legal requirements with the developer. Actual spend to commence in November 2017 and continue thereafter until completion.
This decision was published on Wednesday 8 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Wednesday 15 November. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 16 November. |
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DCLG consultation: Planning for the right homes in the right places The Planning Portfolio Holder agreed that the consultation response set out in Appendix A to the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development be submitted to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG), subject to:
Question 13 - In reviewing guidance on testing plans and policies for viability, what amendments could be made to improve current practice?
In the final sentence, namely “This will enable larger growth sites, which have substantial up-front infrastructure costs, to proceed with below policy compliant levels of affordable housing, if they are not supported by other infrastructure funding”, replace the word “proceed” with the word “commence”.
Question 19 - Having regard to the measures we have already identified in the housing White Paper, are there any other actions that could increase build out rates?
Under the heading ‘Build out’ (first paragraph, second line), add the words “…including Council homes…” immediately after the words “all tenures”.
Under the heading ‘Build out’, add a third paragraph suggesting the setting out of shorter commencement times on a national basis. The number of planning permissions granted should be given significantly more weight than houses actually built, so that local authorities were not penalised because of developers maintaining ‘land banks’ and because of factors beyond those local authorities’ control.
Under the heading ‘Build out’, make the point that housing delivery in South Cambridgeshire has been held back by the length of time the Council’s Local Plan has been at examination (submitted Spring 2014, adoption expected Spring 2018), which delay has particularly affected new strategic sites.
Under the heading ‘Prematurity’, redraft the final paragraph to indicate clearly the effect on South Cambridgeshire of the numbers of new dwellings granted planning permission because of speculative planning applications, including the total number of dwellings involved.
This decision was first published on Tuesday 7 November and so the deadline for call-in is Tuesday 14 November at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Wednesday 15 November. |
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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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