Agenda

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 6 May, 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

John Akester - john.akester@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 attached newsletter provides you with updates for March to April 2019, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme.

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.

Do you feel equipped to support the armed forces community in your area?

Are the needs of service personnel, veterans and their families considered in your work?

In Cambridgeshire 10% of our population are part of the armed forces community and there is vital support out there to help them if needed.

To learn more about the covenant come along to Trumpington Continuous Professional Development Centre on 13^th May 9:30 -11:30, where Forces connect will be running the MOD approved training session for Councillors and get the chance to meet Lt Col Keith Spiers of 7^th Infantry Brigade who will be opening the session.

To book follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forces-connect-workshop-tickets-56400862498

Planning Committee training is available for our District Councillors on Wednesday 5 June from 9:30am to 4:30pm at Cambridge City Council.

Please note that Article 8.06 of the Council’s Constitution states that “No member shall be eligible to sit on a regulatory committee unless and until they have undertaken suitable training upon appointment to such committee.”

Please contact Democratic Services for more details or if you have any queries regarding this.

Licensing Committee training is available for our District Councillors on Monday 10 June from 9:30am to 4:30pm at Cambridge City Council.

Please note that Article 8.06 of the Council’s Constitution states that “No member shall be eligible to sit on a regulatory committee unless and until they have undertaken suitable training upon appointment to such committee.”

Please contact Democratic Services for more details or if you have any queries regarding this.

Thursday 2 May, BBC Politics Live: Local Government Funding

In a discussion looking ahead to the local elections, BBC Politics Live references the LGA’s analysis that councils will have seen reductions in core government funding of £16 billion between 2010-20.

Friday 3 May, Mail Online: Government to miss 2020 housing target by five years

The National Audit Office says the Government is likely to miss its 2020 housing target by at least five years.

Sunday 5 May, Sunday Times: Fast food in ‘dark kitchens’

Councils are cracking down on Deliveroo’s pop-up takeaways over fears that it is unlawfully cooking thousands of takeaway.

Sunday 5 May, Guardian Online: Call for poor and disabled to be given fitness trackers

Fitness trackers should be prescribed on the NHS to stop a further widening of health inequality, according to a new report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF).

Tuesday 7 May, Times: Build more affordable homes, says study

Three quarters of people believe there is a shortage of affordable homes across England and in their area, according to a new poll.

Wednesday 8 May, Financial Times: English councils are investing in new offices

English councils are building new headquarters to accommodate smaller workforces, kick-start redevelopment projects and cut costs. Councils including Sunderland, Cambridgeshire, Warwick district, Durham and Harrogate are either planning to move or have moved to new headquarters.

Wednesday 8 May, Guardian Online: CBI calls for reforms over ‘unsustainable’ business rates

President of the CBI, John Allan, is stepping up calls for reform of business rates, saying the system is now “unsustainable” and has been partly to blame for the spate of high street closures.

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’. 

Cabinet agreed to the establishment of a new Zero Carbon Communities grant scheme with criteria as set out in Appendix 1 to the report from the Director for Health and Environmental Services.

This decision was first published on Thursday 2 May. The deadline for call-in, taking into account the Bank Holiday Monday, is Friday 10 May 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/