Information

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Thursday, 27 December 2018 12.00 p.m., MOVED

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 27 December to Friday 11 January

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 27 Dec

Fri 28 Dec

Mon 31 Dec

Tue 1 Jan

New Year’s Day – Office Closed

Wed 2 Jan

Thu 3 Jan

Fri 4 Jan

 

Mon 7 Jan

Tue 8 Jan

Wed 9 Jan

9:30am

Cabinet

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 10 Jan

Fri 11 Jan

2pm

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Swansley Room B

Victoria Wallace

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value - Greyhound Pub in Sawston

The Council has received the following nomination:

 

In Sawston - The Greyhound Public House

The Council will make its decision by 12 February 2019

 

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid

GENERAL INFORMATION

3.

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

19/12/2018

Cambridge Network Online

Comment on "Homes for our future: The Greater Cambridge housing strategy'

Link

 

19/12/2018

Cambridge Independent

How Cambridge's metro and transport system could look

P8

GCP article

19/12/2018

Cambridge Independent

Combined Authority to be subject to an external review by auditors

P9

CA article

19/12/2018

Cambridge Independent

Festive bin collection dates

P18

 

20/12/2018

Ely Standard online

Competition winner Kevin pulls the plunger to demolish 'iconic' 56m high Barrington chimney

Link

Mentions planning permission history

20/12/2018

Cambridge Network Online

Barrington cement factory chimney demolished

Link

Mentions planning permission history

 

4.

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 20 December: Times: Christmas waste

About 103,000 tonnes of plastic waste, including gift and food packaging, is expected to be thrown out over Christmas, campaigners forecast.

 

Thursday 20 December: BBC Online: New environmental watchdog to get legal teeth after Brexit

The Government has outlined plans for a new green watchdog to protect the environment after Brexit.

 

Thursday 20 December: Guardian: Amber Rudd warns of further delays to universal credit

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has signalled she would consider further policy changes and rollout delays to restore public confidence in universal credit.

 

Sunday 23 December: BBC Online: Universal Credit

The Work and Pensions Select Committee is warning that the Universal Credit system is leaving too many UK claimants with children facing a choice between turning down jobs or getting into debt.

5.

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 19 DECEMBER 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’. 

6.

Sale of Land to the East of 6 Blacksmiths Close, Babraham CB22 3AH for Self Build

The Lead Cabinet Member for Housing AGREED  to approve the sale of HRA owned land to the east of 14 Blacksmiths Close, Babraham which has outline planning permission for the erection of a single dwelling for the best value price of £205,000 or, if required, any subsequent best value price (with supporting notification that best value has been achieved).

 

This decision was first published on 21 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on 2 January 2019.

7.

Update of the South Cambridgeshire Brownfield Register

Lead Cabinet Member for Planning AGREED the 2018 update of the Brownfield Register.

 

This decision was first published on the afternoon 19 December and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 31 December.

8.

Grants to Voluntary Sector: Service Support Grants 2019/20-2021/22

The Lead Cabinet member for Finance agreed the following recommendations made by the Grants Advisory Committee:

Applicants

Applied for pa £k

Year 1

£k

Year 2

£k

Year 3

£k

Total

£k

Community Transport

Cambridge Dial-a-Ride

11.666

-

-

-

-

Care Network

7.616

7

7

7

21

Royston & District Community Transport

10

6

6

6

18

The Voluntary Network

7.288

3

3

3

9

Fit to Learn

Home-Start Royston & S Cambs/H-S Cambs

4

4

4

4

12

Independent Living

Arts & Minds

3

2.5

2.5

2.5

7.5

Camsight

8.063

-

-

-

-

Care Network

7.616

7.7

7.7

7.7

23.1

Cambridge Older People’s  Enterprise

5

2

2

2

6

Disability Cambridgeshire*

16.833

-

-

-

-

Disability Information Service Hunts (DISH)*

5.675

3

3

3

9

Headway*

20

-

-

-

-

Support for Parishes and Communities

Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service

10

10

10

10

30

Care Network

3.808

3.8

3.8

3.8

11.4

Welfare Advice – General

Consortium of Citizens Advice Bureaux**

80

80

80

80

240

Reach

10

-

-

-

-

Welfare Advice – Specialist

Consortium of Citizens Advice Bureaux**

5

5

5

5

15

Housing-related

Cambridge Cyrenians

1.78

1.78

1.78

1.78

5.34

Cambridge Re-Use

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.8

5.4

Cambridge Women’s Aid

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

25.5

 

Totals

227.645

146.08

146.08

146.08

438.

 

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

9.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

 

 

Decisions

·                      Sale of Land to the East of 6 Blacksmiths Close, Babraham

·                      Update of the South Cambridgeshire Brownfield Register

·                      Grants to Voluntary Sector: Service Support Grants 19/20-21/22