Information

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 25 July 2018 12.00 p.m.

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

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No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 26 July to Friday 10 August

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 26 Jul

9:30am

Cabinet

 

2pm

Climate & Environment Advisory Committee POSTPONED TO Wed 5 September

 

 

Fri 27 Jul

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Mon 30 Jul

Tue 31 Jul

9:30am

Audit & Corporate Governance Committee

Swansley Room

Patrick Adams

Wed 1 Aug

Thu 2 Aug

Fri 3 Aug

 

Mon 6 Aug

Tue 7 Aug

Wed 8 Aug

10:30am

Planning Committee – POSTPONED to Thu 16 August

Thu 9 Aug

Fri 10 Aug

 

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.

2.

Training Day Mon 30 July: Chairing, Social Media, Casework & Managing Difficult People

David McGrath from Link UK is providing the following four training sessions:

 

10am – 12 Noon: Chairing Skills

12:30pm to 2:30pm: Social Media

3pm to 5pm: Casework and Community Advocacy

5:30pm to 7:30pm: Managing Difficult People

GENERAL INFORMATION

3.

Postponement of Planning Committee from 8 August to Thursday 16 August

The Planning Committee meeting scheduled for 8 August 2018 has been postponed and will now take place on Thursday 16 August 2018 at 2.00pm. Please make a note of the different day and start time. The site visits scheduled for 7 August 2018 will now take place instead on Thursday 16 August 2018, starting at 9.30am – that is, in the morning immediately prior to the meeting.

4.

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

18/07/2018

Cambridge News

A428 works are delayed

P9

Cllr Aidan Ven de Weyer quoted about delay to start of A428 Black Cat to Caxton scheme by HE

18/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

New school raises pollution concerns

P23

SCDC mentioned at bottom of article. Mainly focussed on County Economy & Environment Cttee

19/07/2018

Cambridge News online

Cambridge metro 'won't happen until 2041' without radical thinking

Link

Cabinet Member for Finance, Cllr John Williams quoted

20/07/2018

BBC News Online

Trust withdraws Cambridge sport lakes plan

Link

 

20/07/2018

Cambridge News online

Planned giant rowing lake will not be built on the edge of Cambridge - but we will be getting something else

Link

 

20/07/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Trust withdraws Cambridge sport lakes plan

AM bulletins

 

20/07/2018

Cambridge News

£25m sports complex vision goes back to drawing board

P3

 

20/07/2018

Cambridge News

Metro: Think radical or wait until 2041

P9

Cabinet Member for Finance, Cllr John Williams quoted

20/07/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Hazel Smith interviewed about withdrawal of sports lakes application

Scroll to 1h 8m in

 

20/07/2018

Cambridge Independent online

Plan for 3km sport lakes north of Cambridge has been withdrawn

Link

 

20/07/2018

Cambridge Independent online

Motion to oppose a Cambridge congestion charge defeated

Link

 

20/07/2018

TransportXtra Online

City's road charging work goes on despite mayor's opposition

Link

Focusses on CA traffic demand management investigations

20/07/2018

Cambridge News online

Congestion charge could be a step closer despite fears it will hurt those who can't afford to live in the city

Link

 

21/07/2018

Cambridge News online

This tiny converted garage just outside Cambridge is for sale at almost £300,000

Link

 

23/07/2018

Cambridge News online

Lack of short term sites for travellers branded 'unforgivable'

Link

Cllr Hazel Smith quoted

23/07/2018

That's Cambridge TV

A Councillor brands some of the new A428 plans as 'idiotic'

Link

Cllr Ruth Betson interviewed on Highways England's plans to keep the A428 / M11 / A14 junction single lane after A14 upgrade

24/07/2018

Ely Standard Online

Waterbeach new town development to be challenged by East Cambs planners

Link

 

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

New Park & Ride sites

P1 & P6

CA / GCP article

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

We don’t want city to swallow up our villages'

P6 & P7

Cllr Tumi Hawkins quoted

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Calls for group to investigate Brexit

P7

 

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Lack of transit sites 'unforgivable'

P7

 

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Motion to oppose city congestion charging is voted down

P15

 

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

Something more visionary' needed for Coton, says Griff

P15

CA / GCP article. Remarks from Cambridge graduate Griff Rhys Jones on Cambourne busway

25/07/2018

Cambridge Independent

New plans are promised for lakes complex

P19

 

 

5.

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.

 

Thursday 19 July: BBC Online: Recyclable packaging survey

Up to a third of plastic packaging used in supermarkets is either difficult to recycle or not recyclable at all, a survey by Which? reveals.

 

Friday 20 July: Guardian: Fatal asthma attacks rise as air pollution levels worsen

More than 1,300 people died last year from asthma attacks, with the number of deaths increasing by 25 per cent over the last decade.

 

Saturday 21 July: Mail online: Rubbish thrown onto the roadside costing £805 million a year

It is costing taxpayers more than £850 million a year to clear up roadside rubbish, according to Keep Britain Tidy.

 

Sunday 22 July: Guardian online: Government housing pledge not enough, councils warn

LGA Chairman Lord Porter warns that the Government’s pledge to build more social housing risks being undermined by borrowing controls on councils.

 

Monday 23 July: BBC online: Homeless but working families rise by 73%, says Shelter

Tens of thousands of working families are living in temporary accommodation due to a mix of expensive private rents, a housing benefit freeze and a chronic lack of social housing, according to Shelter.

 

Monday 23 July: Mail: Business rates

The Mail’s Save Our High Streets campaign reveals that nearly half of English councils are using private firm Analyse Local to check the rateable value of high street businesses.

6.

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 18 JULY 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’. 

7.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 12 Whitley Road, Cambourne

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

8.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 52 Sterling Way, Cambourne

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

9.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 25 Grafton Drive, Caldecote

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

10.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 57 School Lane, Lower Cambourne

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

11.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 18 Halifax Road, Cambourne

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

12.

Sale of land north west of 14 Macaulay Avenue, Great Shelford CB22 5AE for Custom Build

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to approve the sale of HRA owned land to the north west of 14 Macaulay Avenue, Great Shelford.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

13.

HRA Acquisition of Dwelling - 4 Cottage Green, Papworth

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to purchase the property on the open market in line with the attached confidential market appraisal.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 20 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 27 July. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Monday 30 July.

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

14.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

 

 

Agendas

·                      Cabinet 26 July

·                      Grants Advisory Committee 27 July

 

Decisions

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of 12 Whitley Road, Cambourne

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of 52 Sterling Way, Cambourne

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of 18 Halifax Road, Cambourne

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of 57 School Lane, Lower Cambourne

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of 25 Grafton Drive, Caldecote

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Acquisition of4 Cottage Green, Papworth

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder: Sale of land on Macaulay Avenue, Great Shelford

 

Minutes

·                      Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board 4 July

·                      Grants Advisory Committee 21 June

·                      Scrutiny and Overview Committee 12 July

 

15.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Paul Buckingham

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 13 July 2018

 

Name: Joshua Eyles

Job title: Tenancy Fraud Officer

Date started: 2 July 2018

Staff who have moved jobs

 

Name: Katie Le Marquand

Old Job title: Executive Assistant

New Job title: Resource Team Leader (Health & Environmental Services)

Date moved: 16 July 2018

 

Name: Dominic Liversedge

Old Job title: Council Tax Assistant

New Job title: Housing Benefit & Revenues Support Officer

Date moved: 7 July 2018

 

Staff who have left/ will be leaving

 

Name: Eloise Limmer

Job title: Planning Officer

Date leaving: 27 July 2018