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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 16 May 2018 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 17 May to Friday 1 June

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 17 May
Fri 18 May

Mon 21 May
Tue 22 May
Wed 23 May	2pm	Annual Council	Council Chamber	Kathrin John
Thu 24 May
Fri 25 May


Mon 28 May
Tue 29 May
Wed 30 May
Thu 31 May
Fri 1 Jun

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

09/05/2018	Cambridge Network	Extra support to keep communities cleaner and litter-free	Link
09/05/2018	Cambridge News	Busway plan under threat	P1 & P5	Cllr Aiden Van de Weyer comment on GCP busway plan
09/05/2018	Cambridge News	How the south was won	P14 & P15	Full breakdown of election results
09/05/2018	Cambridge News	Letter: Brexit not to blame for Tory defeat	P29	Letter from Cllr Deborah Roberts
09/05/2018	Cambridge News	Letter: What comes next after election	P29
09/05/2018	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Report on community street sweeper trial on breakfast show	Scroll to 1h 16m in
09/05/2018	BBC Look East	Report onto community street sweeper trial on breakfast, lunch and dinner bulletins	Scroll to 18m in
09/05/2018	Star Radio Online	Extra support to keep communities cleaner and litter-free	Link
09/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Travellers return to land off A505 after eight-hour eviction	Link	Cllr Peter Topping quoted
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Lib Dems vow to use power in busway battle	P1 & P2
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Sweeping changes to reduce litter	P5
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Lib Dems oust Tories for stunning victory in South Cambridgeshire	P16 & P17	Election count round-up
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	One vote in it for new Cambourne ward	P16	Cllr Betson quoted
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Time to reflect for the Conservatives	P16	Cllr Howell and Cllr Topping quoted
10/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Batchelor boys: Father and son elected	P17	Cllr J Batchelor and Cllr H Batchelor quoted
10/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Movers 14/15	Link	References Stephen Hills' departure to Cambridge Housing Society
10/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	This is why Newmarket Road was closed at rush hour tonight	Link	Article about ice rink construction. Mentions SCDC loan.
11/05/2018	Cambridge News	Letter: The Brexit mood is changing	P25	Further reaction to election result
11/05/2018	BBC News Online	South Cambridgeshire District Council lends out sweeper for public use	Link
14/05/2018	Cambridge Independent Online	Sweeping changes to reduce litter in South Cambridgeshire	Link
14/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Benefit cheat spent £800 a month on luxury hire cars	Link
14/05/2018	Cambridge News online	Drop the busway - Readers react to call to scrap Cambourne route	Link
14/05/2018	Wisbech Standard Online	Housing service offering help to older people set to be rolled out across Cambridgeshire	Link	Mentions successful HOOP trial in South Cambridgeshire
15/05/2018	Cambridge News	Benefits cheat paid out £800 a month on luxury car hire	P6
15/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Travellers still illegally occupying land in two Cambridgeshire locations	Link
16/05/2018	Cambridge News	Support grows to scrap busway plan	P12

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 11 May: Huffington Post: Taskforce drafted into Northamptonshire

A taskforce of commissioners has been drafted in to run Northamptonshire Council.

Sunday 13 May: BBC News Online: Fly-tipping

LGA Environment spokesman, Cllr Martin Tett appeared on the BBC News channel yesterday to discuss the issues around fly-tipping.

Sunday 13 May: Sunday Telegraph: Splitting sites may help solve housing crisis

Britain’s biggest developers could be told to give parts of their building sites to smaller firms under measures to help tackle the country’s housing crisis.

Wednesday 16 May: BBC News Online: Planning for single “unitary” Northampton Council rejected

Northampton Borough Council has voted against a plan for the town to be run by a single unitary authority.

View Planning Applications

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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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