Information

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

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 22 February to Friday 9 March

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 22 Feb

2pm

Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 23 Feb

10am

CDRP Stakeholder Event

Monkfield Room

Patrick Adams

2pm

Environmental Services Portfolio Holder Meeting – POSTPONED TO 1 MARCH

Mon 26 Feb

Tue 27 Feb

Wed 28 Feb

2pm

Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Thu 1 Mar

2pm

Environmental Services Portfolio Holder’s Meeting

Monkfield Room

Patrick Adams

Fri 2 Mar

 

Mon 5 Mar

Tue 6 Mar

5pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Wed 7 Mar

9:45am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 8 Mar

Fri 9 Mar

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

2.

Community Awards Evening

The annual celebration of outstanding contributors to our communities takes place in the Chamber on the evening of Thursday 8th March.  Awards will be presented for best Environment project, best Wellbeing initiative, Parish Councillor of the Year, Outstanding Youth Initiative, Outstanding Local Service or Amenity and Village Hero. 

 

Members are welcome to attend.  Please note that due to space restrictions, we are not able to extend the invitation to Members' partners this year, and it may be necessary to seat some guests in the Public Gallery during the presentations.

 

If you would like to attend, please contact Sustainable Communities Project Officer, Cecilia Murphy-Roads, cecilia.murphy-roads@scambs.gov.uk  01954 713344.

 

The event is likely to be of particular interest this year to Members for Cambourne, Cottenham, Eltisley, Fulbourn, Longstanton and Papworth Everard.

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

3.

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon - Planned Closures

Please see update from Highways England on this week’s A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon closures.

 

Mon 19 to Fri 23

A1 northbound Buckden to Brampton Hut (each night, 9pm – 6am)

A1 southbound Alconbury to Brampton (each night, 9pm – 6am)

 

Wed 21 for one night

M11 northbound J14 exit slip & Girton westbound loop onto A14 eastbound (9pm – 6am)

 

Thurs 22 for one night

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

 

Fri 23 to Sun 25

Potton Rd – small section St Ives Rd on the B1040 closed, after Hilton (Potton Rd) & before A14 (Fri 8pm - Sun 7pm)

 

We regularly 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.

4.

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Monthly Parish Council Bulletin pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Please find attached the latest A14 Parish Bulletin, covering January to March.

 

This edition includes details of our ‘Open Doors’ event on 24 March and how the public can book to visit one of our three compounds.

 

We’d also appreciate your feedback, you can find our quick survey here. Closing date is 28 February, so please feel free to circulate the link in your own newsletters or on your parish websites.

UPCOMING DISTRICT COUNCILLOR TRAINING

Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Patrick Adams on 01954 713408. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

GENERAL INFORMATION

5.

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

14/02/2018

Cambridge Independent

Help shape rural travel hubs

P7

 

14/02/2018

Cambridge Independent

Pollution charge on agenda for city

P7

GCP article

14/02/2018

Cambridge Independent

Column: taking public on congestion-busting journey

P29

Column by Cllr Francis Burkitt in GCP role

16/02/2018

UKAuthority.com

The ambition for Smart Cambridge

Link

Item on Connecting Cambridgeshire and positive role of SCDC in City Deal

17/02/2018

Cambridge Independent Online

Help shape rural travel hubs in Cambridgeshire villages

Link

Based on GCP news release. Cllr Peter Topping quoted

21/02/2018

Cambridge News

Work set to start on campus expansion

P8

Article about Babraham campus expansion we have planning permission for

21/02/2018

Cambridge Independent

Balancing major growth with quality of life in South Cambs

P8 & P9

Article about 'Your Place, Our Plan' document

21/02/2018

Cambridge Independent

Letter: Double speech is proving confusing

P28

Letter about GCP consultations

21/02/2018

The Architects' Journal

North West Cambridge: A brave new world

Link

Includes remarks about close working between CCC and SCDC planning teams

 

6.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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.

 

Friday 16 February: Independent: Hundreds of thousands of planned homes unbuilt

More than 423,000 homes in England and Wales are still waiting to be built after being given planning permission, up 16 per cent in a year, according to new research published by the LGA.

 

Sunday 18 February: Observer: Javid urged to build 600 new homes a week

The Government must build six times more affordable rented homes than they have promised to meet demand, a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has argued.

 

Tuesday 20 February: Mail: Councils ‘facing 19 million cyber-attacks a year’

Council are facing 19 million cyber-attacks a year, a new report from Big Brother Watch has claimed.

 

Wednesday 21 February: Times: Gove calls for farm subsidies to be used to deliver better rural broadband

The Rural Affairs Secretary, Michael Gove, has argued the UK should spend millions of pounds improving rural Wi-Fi and broadband following Brexit.

7.

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 14 FEBRUARY 2018

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’

8.

Mobile Warden Scheme Grant Funding 2018/19

The Health and Wellbeing Portfolio Holder agreed to fund, subject to Council approval of the budget, local Mobile and Community Warden Schemes to the following amounts:

 

Scheme

Recommended Grant (£)

Histon & Impington (Age UK)

2,520

Swavesey (Age UK)

1,240

Small Villages[1] (Age UK)

3,040

Teversham (Age UK)

1,600

Linton (Age UK)

2,500

Cottenham

1,200

Harston

1,250

Haslingfield

250

Melbourn

2,200

Milton

2,155

The Mordens & Litlington MWS

2,155

 TOTALS

20,110

 

The deadline for calling-in this decision is 5pm on Monday 26 February. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Tuesday 27 February.

9.

Modern Slavery Statement

The Health and Well-being Holder

 

AGREED        the Modern Slavery Statement 2018-2019, attached at Appendix A.

 

The deadline for calling-in this decision is 5pm on Monday 26 February. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Tuesday 27 February.

10.

Proposed Fees and Charges for Health and Wellbeing Services 2018/19

The Health and Well-being Portfolio Holder

 

AGREED        the proposed fees and charges set out in Appendix A to the report.

 

The deadline for calling-in this decision is 5pm on Monday 26 February. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Tuesday 27 February.

 

11.

Shared Services Update

The Business and Customer Services Portfolio Holder

 

AGREED        the 3C ICT Strategy and Roadmap at Appendices 1 & 2.

 

This decision was first published on Wednesday 21 February and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 28 February at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 1 March.

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

12.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

 

 

Agendas

·                      CDRP Board Stakeholder Event 23 February at 10am

·                      Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly 28 February at 2pm

Decisions

·                      Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board 8 February

·                      Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee 13 February

·                      Health & Wellbing Portfolio Holder Meeting on 19 February

·                      Business & Customer Services Portfolio Holder’s Meeting on 20 February

Minutes

·                      Licensing Committee on 24 January

 

 

13.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Nathan Sherlock

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 14 February 2018

 

Name: Martyn Farr

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 19 February 2018

Staff who have moved jobs

 

Name: Caroline O’Donoghue

Old post title: Executive Support Officer

New post title: Accountancy Assistant

Date moved: 12 February 2018

 

Name: Geraldine Roper

Old post title: Housing Strategic Services

New post title: Self Build Development Officer

Date moved: 19 February 2018

 

Staff who have left/will be leaving

 

Name: Jennifer Burgess

Job title: Revenues Assistant

Date leaving: 31 March 2018

 

Name: Esther Holt

Job title: Sundry Debtor Team Leader

Date left: 6 April 2018

 

Name: Karolina Rabeszko

Job title: Catering Assistant

Date left: 24 January 2018