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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 5 September 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 6 September to Friday 21 September

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 6 Sep
Fri 7 Sep	2pm	Employment & Staffing Committee	Swansley Room	Patrick Adams

Mon 10 Sep
Tue 11 Sep
Wed 12 Sep	10:30am	Planning Committee	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Thu 13 Sep
Fri 14 Sep


Mon 17 Sep	11:59pm	Deadline for motions and questions for Council
Tue 18 Sep	6pm	Scrutiny and Overview Committee	Swansley Room	Victoria Wallace
Wed 19 Sep
Thu 20 Sep	2pm	Climate and Environment Advisory Committee	Swansley Room	Patrick Adams
	2pm	Greater Cambridge Partnership Joint Assembly	Council Chamber	Victoria Wallace
Fri 21 Sep

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

A14 Road Closures PDF 593 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 3 September, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

A14 Parish Bulletin PDF 1 MB

Please find attached the latest A14 Parish Bulletin, covering September to October 2018.

To contact your sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the 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

A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

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.

Portfolio Holders are now Lead Cabinet Members

Please note that the Leader has reviewed the title given to individual Cabinet members and they will now be known as "Lead Cabinet Member for ….." rather than "Portfolio holder".

Special Meeting of Cabinet: 24 September

Please note that there will be a special meeting of Cabinet on Monday 24 September at 9:30am.

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

29/08/2018	Cambridge Independent	Column: New service aiming to increase apprenticeships	P28	Column from Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer in GCP skills portfolio holder role
29/08/2018	Cambs Times Online	Mystery of the £150,000 a year chief executive of Cambridgeshire Combined Authority reportedly on 'gardening leave'	Link	Cllr Bridget Smith quoted in Combined Authority role
29/08/2018	Hunts Post Online	£150,000 a year Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire Combined Authority quit by 'mutual agreement' says deputy mayor Charles Roberts	Link	Cllr Bridget Smith quoted in Combined Authority role
29/08/2018	That's Cambridge TV	Video report of recent Great Abington affordable housing event with Hill	Link
30/08/2018	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Enforcement Officer Chris Bradley appears on Breakfast Show to discuss fly-tipping	Scroll to 20m in
30/08/2018	Star Radio online	South Cambs Council homes ranked top for energy efficiency	Link
31/08/2018	Cambridge Network Online	South Cambs Council homes ranked top for energy efficiency	Link
03/09/2018	Royston Crow online	South Cambs Local Plan declared sound by government inspectors	Link
03/09/2018	BBC News Online	South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge housing plans wait 'too long'	Link
03/09/2018	Cambridge News online	Huge plans for tens of thousands more jobs and homes in Cambridgeshire	Link
03/09/2018	Cambridge Independent Online	Plans for 44,000 new jobs and 33,500 homes backed by Government inspectors	Link
03/09/2018	Cambridge Network Online	Plans for new jobs and homes given backing by inspectors	Link
03/09/2018	BBC Look East	Comprehensive report into Local Plans being found sound	First item
03/09/2018	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer interviewed about Local Plans being found sound	Scroll to 1h 15m in
03/09/2018	Heart Radio	Local Plans found sound by Government inspectors
04/09/2018	Cambridge News	Local Plan coverage. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer, Stephen Kelly and Caroline Hunt quoted	P1, P4, P5
04/09/2018	Eastern Echo	Mace secures approval for Cambridge Science Park	Link	Mentions approval of 200,000 sq ft scheme at Cambridge Science Park
04/09/2018	Bidwells Online	Key headlines and opinion following Local Plan reports	Link
04/09/2018	Planning Resource	Deputy leader slams inspectors for lengthy Cambridgeshire local plans examination	Link	Behind a paywall - unable to read full article
04/09/2018	The Planner	Cambridge plans win inspectors seal of approval	Link	Behind a paywall - unable to read full article
05/09/2018	Cambridge News	More needs to be done to encourage people to get involved in their parish	P4	Cllr Topping and Cllr Bridget Smith quoted
05/09/2018	Cambridge News	Local plan delays have a big impact on area's villages	P4	Cllr Topping, Cllr Bridget Smith and Cllr Van de Weyer quoted

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.

Sunday 2 September: Sunday Telegraph: “Smart” public bins can tell councils when they are full

New “smart bins” will be able to email collectors when they are full, reducing the chances of bins overflowing and causing litter in public spaces.

Monday 3 September: Express online: Commercial waste scam costing councils thousands

Temporary illegal travellers sites are being used as cover for an organised waste disposal scam which is costing councils across the country hundreds of thousands of pounds in clean-up costs, it has been reported.

Tuesday 4 September: Sky News Online: Government rejects online voting for disabled voters amid electoral fraud fears

The Government has rejected proposals for online voting for disabled voters, claiming that it increases the risk of voter fraud.

Tuesday 4 September: Guardian: Government faces court action over “illegal” planning policy

Friends of the Earth are launching a legal challenge against the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), claiming it was illegally adopted because the Government failed to assess its environmental impact.

Tuesday 4 September: Mail Online: Plastic could be recycled as fuel for electric cars

A new recycling technique, discovered by British researchers, could see plastic used to fuel hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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.

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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