Information

The following asset of community value has entered an 18 month protected period, ending 06 December 2018, during which the owner can sell the asset and no further moratoria will apply.

• The Kings Head Public House, Sawston

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid

The Council has made the following decisions and will amend the asset register accordingly:

The Jester Hotel, Odsey (Steeple Morden) - Listing refused. The asset of community value regulations state that a building cannot be listed if: "it, or part of it, is a hotel."

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid

Mon 11

Full closure Dry Drayton Rd (opening time yet to be confirmed)

Tue 12 for one night

A14 westbound Histon (J32) exit slip (9pm - 6am)

A14 westbound Girton (J31) & Swavesey (J28), including A1307 outbound (9pm - 6am)

Tue 12 to Wed 13

A1 northbound between Buckden & Brampton Hut (each night 9pm - 6am)

A1 southbound between Alconbury & Brampton (each night 9pm - 6am)

Wed 13 for one night

M11 northbound (J14) exit slip (9pm - 6am)

A14 westbound Girton (J31) exit slip, including A1307 outbound (9pm - 6am)

Full road closure Bar Hill overbridge (9pm - 6am)

Wed 13 to Fri 15

A14 eastbound Milton (J33) exit slip (each night, 9pm - 6am)

Thurs 14 to Fri 15

A1 southbound between Alconbury & Brampton Hut (each night 9pm - 6am)

A14 eastbound between St Ives (J26) & Girton (J31), including A1307 inbound (each night 9pm - 6am)

The official diversion route will be signposted and you can find diversion maps on the social media pages (or just email us for additional copies).

The closures specific to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme are shown on the Facebook (www.facebook.com/a14c2h) and Twitter (@A14C2H) pages. You can also find our latest posts by searching #A14C2Hclosures.

For questions about the A14C2H closures or scheme, just email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk. For updates or information about closures not related to the scheme email info@highwaysengland.co.uk or call 0300 123 5000.

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 the A14 helpline.

Section 1 & 2: Alconbury 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.

Friday 8 December: Telegraph: China Plastics ban “threatens council tax rise”

A ban in imported plastic recycling waste in China, due to be introduced from March next year, could increase landfill and lead to rises in council tax.

Friday 8 December: Times: Gove criticises councils over tree-felling

The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, has accused councils who cut down trees without exploring other options first of “environmental vandalism”.

Sunday 10 December: Sunday Times: Loneliness leads to early death, Jo Cox study finds

Loneliness does more harm than obesity or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, which reports this week.

Tuesday 11 December: Times: Businesses hit by rate rise wait for cash relief

Companies have been left waiting for business rates relief funding with 46 local authorities having not yet distributed the money.

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’. 

The Planning Portfolio Holder

(a)          approved the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report 2016-2017 (included as Appendix 2) for publication, noting that the housing trajectory, accompanying commentary on sites and some of the five year supply calculations included in it have already been agreed by an urgent decision from the Planning Portfolio Holder on 24 November 2017; and

(b)          delegated any further minor editing changes to the Annual Monitoring Report 2016-2017 to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they are technical matters.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 December, which means that the deadline for call-in is Monday 18 December. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on Tuesday 19 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder endorsed the South Cambridgeshire Brownfield Land Register 2017 in Appendix 1 for publication.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 December, which means that the deadline for call-in is Monday 18 December. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on Tuesday 19 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder

·                     Agreed that the draft Foxton Conservation Area Appraisal, which contains the proposed new Conservation Area boundary, be published for formal public consultation running from 15^th December – 9^th February 2018; and

·                     Agreed that delegated powers be given to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder, to make any minor amendments to the attached document for example, regarding matters of presentation, prior to public consultation.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 December, which means that the deadline for call-in is Monday 18 December. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on Tuesday 19 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder:

·                     Noted the comments submitted by PCs during the neighbourhood planning consultation summarised in paragraphs 10-24 and included in Appendix 1;

And, subject to call-in

·                     Agreed the proposed changes to the Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit as set out  in Appendix 1 and summarised in paragraphs 10-24;

·                     Agreed formally to adopt the Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit as planning guidance as set out in Appendix 2;

·                     Agreed to formally adopt the standard support offer to PCs (or groups of parishes) preparing a Neighbourhood  Plan and the Memorandum of Understanding as set out in Appendix 3;

·                     Agreed that consultation with PCs on future guidance notes be as set out in paragraph 26 starting with the two additional topics included in Appendix 4 and that after such consultation officers be given delegated powers to include/add such guidance to the adopted Neighbourhood Planning Toolkit. 

·                     Agreed to include within the annual review of neighbourhood planning agreed by Cabinet in September 2017 an update on the Neighbourhood Planning Toolbox and a review of the standard support offer to PCs.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 December, which means that the deadline for call-in is Monday 18 December. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on Tuesday 19 December.

Planning Portfolio Holder approved the designation of a Neighbourhood Area for the parish of Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth as proposed by Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth Parish Council (see Appendix A).

This decision was first published on Monday 11 December, which means that the deadline for call-in is Monday 18 December. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on Tuesday 19 December.

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