Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 4 April to Friday 19 April 2019

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 4 Apr

2pm

Council – CANCELLED

Fri 5 Apr

Mon 8 Apr

Tue 9 Apr

Wed 10 Apr

10am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 11 Apr

Fri 12 Apr

 

Mon 15 Apr

Tue 16 Apr

5:20pm

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Wed 17 Apr

10am

Planning Committee (Wellcome Trust) - POSTPONED

Thu 18 Apr

Fri 19 Apr

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Change of Membership to Climate and Environment Advisory Committee

Please note that Councillor Geoff Harvey has replaced Councillor Peter McDonald as a member of the Climate and Environment Advisory Committee. A full list of the membership of the Committee is available below:

http://scambs.moderngov.co.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=1095

3.

Planned road closures w/c 1 April - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 337 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 1 April, 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

 

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.

4.

Planned road closures w/c 8 April - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 355 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 8 April, 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

 

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

 

Please note, Bob will be leaving the project on 30th April 2019. John Akester john.akester@thea14.com will be taking over as Stakeholder Manager for Sections 4 & 5.

 

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.

5.

A14 Monthly Parish Newsletter to April 2019 pdf icon PDF 1022 KB

The attached newsletter provides you with updates for March to April 2019, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme.

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.

6.

Member Workshop: Low Carbon Council Homes on Mon 15 April at 4pm

Date: Monday 15 April

Time: 4pm

Venue: Council Chamber

Event: Workshop for District Councillors on how the Council can improve the energy efficiency for our 5,300 existing Council homes.

7.

Scrutiny Questioning Techniques Tue 16 April at 1:30pm

Date: Tuesday 16 April

Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm

Venue: Swansley Room

Event: A training event on techniques for asking questions at meetings of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee.

GENERAL INFORMATION

8.

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

27/03/2019

Cambridge News online

Parents outraged after noise complaints threaten to tear down Burwash Manor's playground

Link

 

27/03/2019

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Anna Bradnam interviewed about how the Council works to improve taxi driver safety

12 mins in

 

27/03/2019

Cambridge Independent

Eight illegally parked caravans removed after lengthy battle

p 14

 

27/03/2019

Cambridge Independent

Chairman's concert raises over £1,000 for two good causes

p33

 

28/03/2019

Cambridge News

Future of playground under threat after complaints about noise

P1 & P3

 

28/03/2019

Cambridge News

New link road is driving us crazy, say motorists

P1 & P8

Cllr Sarah Cheung-Johnson quoted

29/03/2019

Cambridge News

Historic tithe barn to be saved for community

P16

 

29/03/2019

Cambridge Network online

Council agrees lease to help preserve Cambridgeshire’s last remaining thatched tithe barn

Link

 

29/03/2019

Cambridge Network online

Leading councillors welcome Combined Authority A10 pledge

Link

 

29/03/2019

Planning Resource online

The authorities that approved the most agricultural to residential permitted development conversions in 2018

Link

Behind paywall - Unable to read full article

29/03/2019

Transport Xtra online

Cambs councils disagree on best route for East West Rail

Link

Behind paywall - Unable to read full article

31/03/2019

Cambridge News online

A10 dual carriageway plans take priority as M11 extension shelved until 2030

Link

CA article

01/04/2019

Planning Resource online

Enforcement notice compliance required

Link

Black Pit Drove coverage. Behind paywall - Unable to read full article

01/04/2019

Cambridge News

M11 extension to north of city set to be shelved until 2030

P3

CA article

01/04/2019

Cambridge News

Please, don't let 'miseries' take our playground

P17

 

01/04/2019

Hunts Post online

MP backs new railway station routes for St Neots proposed in upgrade plan

Link

Mentions SCDC response to East West rail consultation

02/04/2019

Materials Recycling World online

Amey appeals against councillors' decision to block £200m incinerator

Link

Mentions SCDC objection to planning application

03/04/2019

Cambridge News

Thousands get on board with future of travel survey

P15

GCP article

 

9.

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 28 March, Guardian: Council tax rises

Council tax bills in England will rise by 4.7 per cent in April, official figures show, with an average Band D property bill going up by £78.

 

Friday 29 March, Mail: Top stores “failing” over plastic waste

Leading supermarkets are failing to cut back on unnecessary and wasteful plastic packaging, according to analysis by Greenpeace.

10.

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 27 MARCH 2019

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’

11.

Request for write off of Debt in excess of £25k

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance AGREED to write off the outstanding debt, following the death of the debtor.

 

The deadline for calling-in this decision is 5pm on Tuesday 9 April. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Wednesday 10 April.

12.

Leasehold Equity Sharing Scheme for the Elderly - Sale to South Cambs Ltd (trading as Ermine St Housing) of elderly bungalow at 10 Plantation Road, Sawston

The Lead Cabinet member for Housing AGREED to sell the property at 10 Plantation Road, Sawston to South Cambs Ltd.

 

The deadline for call-in is 5pm on Tuesday 9 April. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Wednesday 10 April.

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/the-council/access-to-information/access-to-information-summary/

OTHER INFORMATION

13.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

Agendas

·                      Planning Committee 10 April 2019

 

Decisions

·                      Request for write off of debt in excess of £25,000

·                      Sale of bungalow to South Cambs Ltd, Plantation Road, Sawston

 

Minutes

·                      Planning Committee 13 March 2019

 

Issues

·                      Histon & Impington Village Design Statement SPD