Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 22 November to Friday 7 December

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 22 Nov

6pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Fri 23 Nov

Mon 26 Nov

Tue 27 Nov

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Monkfield Room

Ian Senior

 

6:30pm

Cabinet & Parish Liaison Meeting

Council Chamber

Gemma Barron

Wed 28 Nov

4pm

Climate & Environment Advisory Committee

Council Chamber

Patrick Adams

Thu 29 Nov

9:30am

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Monkfield Room

Victoria Wallace

 

2pm

Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 30 Nov

9:30am

Planning Committee (Waterbeach New Town) – POSTPONED – see 17 Dec

 

Mon 3 Dec

Tue 4 Dec

10am

Civic Affairs Committee

Swansley Room

Patrick Adams

Wed 5 Dec

9:30am

Cabinet

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 6 Dec

4pm

Greater Cambridge Partnership Executive Board

Council Chamber

Democratic Services

Fri 7 Dec

10am

Employment & Staffing Committee

Jeavons Room

Patrick Adams

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Council Business Plan Consultation

Following Cabinet’s approval to consult at their meeting on 7 November, the consultation on our Business Plan for 2019-24 launched on Monday 19 November. It will run until 7 January.

 

Information will be published on our website, including a survey to capture comments. Please visit www.scambs.gov.uk/businessplan

 

We will be sharing this on social media too, so please look out for the posts and share this in your communities to help us get a good balanced response from across the district.

The next parish e-bulletin will be sent at the end of the month and this will be included in there too.

3.

Community Rail Partnership - Six Month Report pdf icon PDF 341 KB

Please find attached an update from South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Community Rail Partnership Officer, which outlines some of the achievements made to date.

 

For more details please contact: Sarah.Grove@scambs.gov.uk

or Jason.Clarke@scambs.gov.uk

4.

Road Closures A14 pdf icon PDF 416 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 19 November, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

 

To contact your A14 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

John Birchall - John.Birchall@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 the website.

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

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Call for mayoral corporation to help deliver route

P7

CA article

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Toolkit to help tackle loneliness

P7

 

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Setting out the future of transport

P8

GCP article

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Have your say on rural travel hubs

P8

GCP article

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Histon Road plans 'will fail to deliver on safety promises'

P8

GCP article

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Vital bus service back on route as grant plugs gap

P19

 

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Community marks Diwali with dance and colur

P22

Cllr Mark Howell and Cllr Shrobona Bhattacharya quoted

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

Drivers mounting pavements to avoid bin lorries

P25

 

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent

New charge for second green bin

P25

 

14/11/2018

Cambridge Independent online

Homes decision deferred amid safety concerns

Link

 

15/11/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Report and Cllr Hazel Smith interviewed about social isolation toolkit

Scroll to 7 mins in

 

15/11/2018

Cambridge News

New toolkit for isolation

P6

 

15/11/2018

letsrecycle.com

Third president from Ireland' in five years for CIWM

Link

Mentions Trevor Nicholls' upcoming role as President of CIWM

16/11/2018

Cambridge News

Developer "could do better" says Council on homes

P6

 

16/11/2018

Cambridge News online

Dozens of 'laughing gas' canisters litter Cambridge street

Link

 

17/11/2018

Royston Crow online

Concerns over future of Odsey pub

Link

 

19/11/2018

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed about the business plan consultation

At 1 min 20 seconds in

 

20/11/2018

Cambridge News and online

Fares go up on threatened X3 bus service (SCDC grant recently awarded - included in story)

P8 and link

 

20/11/2018

Cambridge News

Why dump all these canisters in the street?

P14

 

 

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.

 

Thursday 15 November: BBC Online: Hand car washes should be licensed say MPs

The Environmental Audit Commission has said that hand car washes should be required to have a licence to operate in an attempt to prevent modern slavery.

 

Friday 16 November: BBC Online: Fly-tipping

Almost one million crimes of fly-tipping were reported by councils across England during 2017/18, the first fall in five years.

 

Sunday 18 November: Independent Online: Illegal encampments

A total of 22 councils have obtained injunctions since 2015 to prevent travellers setting up unauthorised encampments, it is reported.

 

Monday 19 November: Guardian: Unsustainable villages risk being frozen in time, say landowners

According to Country Land and Business Association more than 2000 villages risk being “frozen in time” because town halls have decided that they are not suitable for additional homes, which could exacerbate the housing shortage problem in England.

 

Tuesday 20 November: BBC News: Universal credit: Amber Rudd to listen to expert guidance

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has agreed to listen to concerns over universal credit and adjust the system which she said “can be better”.

 

Wednesday 21 November: Guardian: Air pollution cuts two years off global average lifespan, says study

Air pollution cuts the average lifespan of people around the globe by almost two years, making it the single greatest threat to human health, according to a report.

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.

 

 

 

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

8.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

Agendas

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 22 November

·                      Grants Advisory Committee 27 November

·                      Climate and Environment Advisory Committee 28 November

·                      Licensing Sub Committee (Milton 8 Ball) 28 November

 

Minutes

·                      Climate and Environment Advisory Committee 18 October