Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 30 May 2018 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 31 May to Friday 15 June 2018

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 31 May
Fri 1 Jun

Mon 4 Jun
Tue 5 Jun
Wed 6 Jun	10:30am	Planning Committee	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Thu 7 Jun
Fri 8 Jun


Mon 11 Jun
Tue 12 Jun
Wed 13 Jun
Thu 14 Jun	2pm	Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly	Guildhall, Cambridge	Democratic Services
Fri 15 Jun

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

Free Drop-in Advice Sessions for New and Existing Business Owners

From the beginning of June, new and existing businesses are being given the opportunity to attend FREE drop-in advice sessions and practical workshops at South Cambridgeshire District Council’s offices in Cambourne.

Residents who would like to start-up a business can attend:

A one-to-one session with an advisor to discuss their idea/plan
A ‘First Steps to Start-up’ two day workshop

Business owners or managers who would like advice on growing their business can attend:

A one-to-one session with an advisor
A ‘Growing your Business’ two day workshop

The advice and support will be provided by Nwes, the UK’s largest not-for-profit enterprise agency.

Please could you promote this free opportunity to your networks. We are keen to ensure that as many local residents and businesses as possible sign up.

If residents and businesses want more information on the drop-in sessions or workshops or if they want to sign-up they can go to the 'Latest news' section on our website at www.scambs.gov.uk/business/

Swavesey Junction Bridge Beam Installation - Night Time Closures PDF 164 KB

Please find attached details of the Swavesey junction bridge beam installation - night time closures, from Highways England.

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. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on our website.

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

23/05/2018	Cambridge News	Travellers spark fury over 'mess'	P16
23/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Halt the busway scheme to avoid wasting money'	P5	GCP / CA article
23/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Cut back on housebuilding plans	P5	Inaccurate article half-based on the 5 year housing land supply release
23/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	Next steps for 6,500-home new town	P6 & P7	Flags Waterbeach new town modifications consultation
23/05/2018	Cambridge Independent	£6 million plan to improve one of city's major roads	P9	GCP article about Histon Road proposed improvements
23/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Duxford air show will go ahead despite travellers pitching up next door	Link	Cllr Peter Topping quoted
23/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Building busway now could jeopardise plans for city metro, says mayor	Link	Article about GCP / Combined Authority disagreement on Cambourne to Cambridge Busway. Link to Cllr Van de Weyer's recent remarks
24/05/2018	Cambridge Network	New leader outlines business support aims and confirms cabinet	Link
24/05/2018	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on breakfast show about GCP Busway plans and Brexit working group. Also clips in bulletins.	Scroll to 15 mins in
24/05/2018	Cambridge News	Duxford air show goes on despite group of travellers	P14	Cllr Peter Topping quoted
25/05/2018	Royston Crow online	South Cambs District Council leader sets out vision to improve small business support	Link
24/05/2018	Cambridge News Online	Newmarket Road was closed at rush hour and this is why	Link	Article about ice rink construction. Mentions SCDC loan.
25/04/2018	Royston Crow online	Barrington and Melbourn councillors given cabinet positions at South Cambs	Link
25/05/2018	Cambridge News online	I'm not a 'tin pot Donald Trump', says mayor (refers to busway plans and Liberal Democrat position)	Link
26/05/2018	Cambridge Independent online	£200m incinerator ‘will have impact across Cambridgeshire’	Link
27/05/2018	BBC Sunday Politics East	Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on Sunday Politics East	Link (scroll to 38 mins)
29/05/2010	Cambridge Network	Council offers free advice and support to sessions boost local business	Link

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.

Thursday 24 May: Times: Taxi Licensing

A times investigation into taxi licensing reports that criminals with records of drug dealing, child abuse, assault and burglary have allegedly been given licences to work as taxi drivers in Birmingham.

Saturday 26 May: Times: Tenants’ fears “routinely ignored”

Social housing tenants complaints about safety and maintenance are routinely being ignored.

Monday 28 May: Telegraph: Call for pay-as-you-throw rubbish collections to boost recycling

Suez, a waste and resource management company, has called for all packaging sold in the UK to be 50 per cent recyclable by 2025, to encourage manufacturers to ‘harvest’ rubbish from consumers.

Monday 28 May: BBC Online: Food and farming industries issue demands for Brexit deal

A number of organisations in the food and farming industry have urged the Government to publish an immigration white paper setting out its plans as soon as possible.

Wednesday 30 May: Times: Homes built on green belt “will not be affordable”

Thousands of expensive homes could be built on green belt land under government plans to relax planning laws, charities have warned.

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 WEDNESDAY 23 MAY 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’.

Community Chest and Community Energy Grants

View the background to item 7.

The Leader and the Finance Portfolio Holder

AGREED To temporarily close the Community Chest and Community Energy Grants schemes to allow elected members to review the schemes’ criteria. Applications received on or before 31 May 2018 will be considered using the schemes existing criteria.

This decision was first published on Thursday 24 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 31 May (a day later than usual due to the Bank Holiday). If not called in the decision can be implemented on Monday 4 June.

Constituent Council Consent for Business Rates Supplement Order and Devolution of Adult Education Powers for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

View the background to item 8.

Cabinet AGREED:

1) To give consent to the making of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions) Order contained in Appendix 2, including the acceptance to any minor changes which do not alter the substantial meaning.

2) To give consent to the making of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order contained in Appendix 4, including acceptance to any minor changes which do not alter the substantial meaning.

Please note that, with the permission of the Chairman of Council and the Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee, this decision cannot be called-in and so can now be implemented.

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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