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Meetings and events from Thursday 25 January to Friday 9 February 2018
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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon - Planned Closures Please find below this week’s planned closures, as provided to us by the Highways Agency:
If you did see our weekend social media post, slight change to schedule (below). Plus, we’ve cancelled our A1 northbound Brampton Hut exit slip closure for the whole week, as they’ll be other works in the area not related to our scheme.
This week’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon closures;
Mon 22 for one night New - A14 eastbound St Ives (J26) to Bar Hill (J29), for one night to replace damaged barrier after incident on Friday (9pm – 6am)
Mon 22 to Wed 24 A14 eastbound Histon (J32) entry slip (each night 9pm - 6am)
Thurs 25 for one night A14 eastbound Milton (J33) entry slip (9pm - 6am)
Fri 26 for one night A14 westbound Milton (J33) entry slip (9pm - 6am)
Fri 26 to Mon 29 Full closure Grafham Rd - between Park Road & Van Diemen's Way (Fri 8pm – Mon 5am)
Sat 27 to Sun 28 Full closure Potton Rd - between St Ives Road & A14 (Sat 7am - Sun 7pm)
update details of closures specific to our A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/a14c2h) and Twitter (@A14C2H) pages. You can also find our latest posts by searching #A14C2Hclosures.
Our official diversion route will be signposted and you can find diversion maps on our social media pages (or just email us for additional copies).
For questions about our A14C2H closures or scheme, just email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk. For updates or information about closures not related to our 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 our 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. |
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Thursday 18 January: Telegraph: Tenth of new homes were offices, LGA reveals Almost one in ten new homes created in the past two years were converted from offices without having to go through the planning process, new analysis by the LGA reveals.
Friday 19 January: Guardian: Planning rules to be strengthened to protect music venues A campaign to stop local music venues being threatened with closure when housing is built nearby has won support from ministers.
Saturday 20 January: Mail: Rejected recycling on the increase About four per cent, or 471,000 tons, of recyclable material was buried in landfill or incinerated in 2016/17, compared to 1.7 per cent, or 184,000 tons in 2011/12.
Saturday 20 January: Telegraph: Church bells to be protected in planning rules from noise complaints Church bells are to win protection under new planning rules to stop people who move into nearby new homes from asking council to silence them by passing noise abatement orders.
Monday 22 January: Guardian: Opinion: The UK’s housing crisis Columnist John Harris says that too many new homes being built in Britain are unaffordable or badly constructed.
Tuesday 23 January: BBC Online: Neglect and abuse claims on rise in sheltered housing Data obtained by File on 4 has found that more than 30,000 allegations of abuse and neglect concerning sheltered housing residents were received by UK councils between 1 April 2014 and 1 November 2017.
Wednesday 24 January: Mail: Pay offer to Local Government workers is final, employers say Members of UNISON’s National Joint Council Committee have narrowly voted to reject the pay offer made by local government leaders of 2 per cent for most staff, and a further 2 per cent from next April.
Wednesday 24 January: Guardian: Council housing plans dispute The Labour party’s National Executive Committee has voted to call on Haringey Council to rethink controversial plans for a public-private housing scheme. |
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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE 17 JANUARY 2018
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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Amendment to Discretionary Business Rate Relief Policy The Finance and Staffing Portfolio Holder
AGREED
To ensure that the Council allocates the remaining Business Rates Local Discretionary Scheme funding, the percentage of relief that is awarded to the Businesses identified in our scheme would change to the following:
Increase > 25%: Initial Award 10% Award additional 10%, giving a total 20% reduction.
Increase 20-25% Initial Award 10% Award additional 5%, giving a total 15% reduction.
Increase 15-20% Initial Award 5% Award additional 5%, giving a total 10% reduction.
Increase 10-15% Initial Award 5% Award additional 2.5%, giving a total 7.5% reduction.
The following amendments would allow for approximately £180k of further relief to be allocated. This would still leave around £36k for any additional cases that may arise.
This decision was first published on Tuesday 23 January 2018 and so the deadline for call in is Tuesday 30 January at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Wednesday 31 January. |
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