Information

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 14 January, 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

John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com

Please note: Jon Lewell has now left the project

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.

The Council has received the following nomination:

In Barrington - Barrington Stores & Post Office

The Council will make its decision by 11 March 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

Due to a new IT provider, the Home-Link website is changing, and the system is being improved.  Applicants will be receiving a letter to explain this and what they need to do.

To ensure that they are still able to bid for properties after 1^st April  2019 they will need to complete a new online application form between 1^st February and 28^th February 2019 by visiting our website  http://www.home-link.org.uk/ and following the link to re-register.

The new online application will be faster and easier to complete than the current form. When we receive their new application, we will re-assess their priority.  If their housing circumstances remain the same as their most recent application with us, we will honour their previous priority and assessment date - this will only be the case if they re-register during February 2019.

If they cannot use the internet and do not have a friend, relative or support worker to assist them in re-registering, they should contact us for assistance.  We would however recommend that if they can get some support with completing the online form, this would be the most efficient way of ensuring their details are registered.  

Any queries, please contact the Home-Link team at choice.basedlettings@scambs.gov.uk or on 03450 450 051.

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.

Members are reminded that a one day workshop, facilitated by the Local Government Association (LGA), will be held on Thursday, 31 January 2019 in the Council Chamber, South Cambridgeshire Hall from 9.15am to 3.30pm.  The workshop will cover the role and impact that elected Members can have on the health of their communities and will explore health inequalities and the wider determinants of health; the financial impact of investment in prevention and exploring Members' own ward profiles.  If you wish to attend, please contact Democratic Services to book a place.

Thursday 10 January 2019, BBC Online: Bulky waste charges

Analysis by the BBC has shown that there is “widespread variation” in how much households have to pay to dispose of items too big for their dustbin.

Sunday 13 January 2019, Mail on Sunday: Permitted development

Ministers are poised to further relax planning laws to allow restaurants and takeaway shops to be converted into homes without planning permission.

Monday 14 January 2019, Guardian: Opinion – Social housing

An editorial in the Guardian calls for “a cultural shift” on social housing following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Monday 14 January 2019, BBC Online: Government promises “bold new goal” to tackle dirty air

Wood burning stoves, open fires and farms all face new restrictions under government plans to tackle air pollution.

Monday 14 January 2019, BBC Online: Mayor of Cambridge dies during scuba-diving holiday

The Mayor of Cambridge, Nigel Gawthrope, has died suddenly while on a scuba-diving holiday with his wife in South Africa.

Wednesday 16 January 2019, Guardian: Finding a way out of loneliness

Bracknell Forest Council’s innovative online community map matches lonely and isolated individuals with more than 400 clubs offering everything from chess to gardening.

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’. 

The Leader of Council AGREED to authorise officers to enter into the Partnering Agreement with Cambridgeshire County Council and thereafter enter into a partner call off contract under the Framework Agreement with MLL TELECOM LIMITED for the provision of Centralised Services.

This decision was first published on Friday 11 January and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 18 January at 5pm.

Cabinet agreed

(a)          the draft Statement of Community Involvement (attached at Appendix 1) for consultation purposes;

(b)          that the consultation period will take place for six weeks between Monday 4 February and Monday 18 March 2019;

(c)          that the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development is granted delegated authority, in liaison with the Lead Cabinet Member for Planning, to make any editing changes identified prior to publication for consultation.

This decision was first published on Friday 11 January and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 18 January at 5pm.

Cabinet

(a)          Approved the Cambridge Northern Fringe Issues and Options 2 for Regulation 18 public consultation in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 for a period of six weeks jointly with Cambridge City Council (Appendix 1 to the agenda report);

(b)          Approved the Statement of Consultation (Appendix 2)

(c)          Noted the findings of the Interim Sustainability Appraisal and Equalities Impact Assessment (Appendices 3 and 4)

(d)          Delegated authority to the Deputy Leader to consider and agree, as is consistent with this Council’s Corporate Objectives, any changes proposed by Cambridge City Council.

(e)          Delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development in liaison with the Deputy Leader, to make editorial changes to the Issues and Options Report and supporting documents prior to the commencement of the consultation period (to comprise minor amendments and factual updates and clarifications.

This decision was first published on Friday 11 January and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 18 January at 5pm.

Cabinet agreed

(a)          to publish the South Cambridgeshire Authority Monitoring Report 2017-2018 (included as Appendix 1), with any further minor editing changes delegated to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they relate to technical matters;

(b)          that, in future, a Greater Cambridge Authority Monitoring Report is produced, and that these future Greater Cambridge Authority Monitoring Reports will be agreed for publication by the Lead Member for Planning via a decision outside of a meeting (together with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Transport at Cambridge City Council), unless the Authority Monitoring Report identifies any significant issue with the implementation of any Local Plan or Area Action Plan policy that requires more detailed consideration by Cabinet;

(c)          that a decision on whether to submit a Greater Cambridge Annual Position Statement (relating to five year housing land supply) to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for consideration will be made by the Lead Member for Planning via a decision outside of a meeting (together with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Transport at Cambridge City Council) and that the decision will be made before 1 April each year as required by national planning guidance;

(d)          that, whether or not it is decided to prepare a Greater Cambridge Annual Position Statement, the housing trajectory and five year supply calculations will be agreed by the Lead Member for Planning via a decision outside of a meeting (together with the Executive Member for Planning Policy and Transport at Cambridge City Council);

(e)          to seek agreement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) that South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge should be considered together for the purposes of the Housing Delivery Test; and

(f)           that, if on publication of the annual Housing Delivery Test results, an Action Plan is necessary in this or future years, it will be agreed by the Lead Member for Planning via a decision outside of a meeting.

This decision was first published on Friday 11 January and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 18 January at 5pm.

Please click on the link below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/the-council/access-to-information/access-to-information-summary/