Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 16 May to Friday 31 May 2019

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 16 May

1:45pm

Presentation by Carers Trust

Council Chamber

 

2pm

Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 17 May

Mon 20 May

Tue 21 May

5:20pm

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Wed 22 May

Thu 23 May

Fri 24 May

 

Mon 27 May

Bank Holiday – Office Closed

Tue 28 May

Wed 29 May

Thu 30 May

Fri 31 May

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Planned road closures w/c 13 May - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 428 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 13 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.

3.

Procurement Workshops for Businesses

Please could you help us to promote our new Procurement workshops to the businesses in your area.

 

South Cambridgeshire District Council is offering procurement workshops that will provide a chance for local businesses to:

·         talk to our Procurement Officer;

·         hear from him what makes a good tender;

·         understand how social value can add value; and

·         work through our forms to help you to successfully quote for work in future.

 

Our first workshop is at 2pm on 22 May at South Cambridgeshire District Council's offices in Cambourne. If a local business would like to attend they can let us know at openforbusiness@scambs.gov.uk.

 

Information on the workshops can be found at: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/business/latest-business-news-and-events/

 

You could share a Facebook post or retweet from our Twitter account.

 

For more information contact Johanna Davies (johanna.davies@scambs.gov.uk)

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.

4.

Enforcement Workshop: Mon 3 June at 2:30pm

Course: Enforcement Workshop

Date: Monday 3 June

Time: 2:30pm to 5:30pm

Venue: Swansley Room

5.

Planning Committee training: Wed 5 June at City Council

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.

6.

Licensing Committee Training: Mon 10 June at City Council

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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

7.

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

08/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Further work on revamp proposal

P16

 

08/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Free fitness MOT sessions

P20

 

10/05/19

Daily Mail online

Hilarious dashcam footage shows binman 'trying to fake an injury to get compensation' after collapsing to the floor in agony as chauffeur swerves around him

Link

 

11/05/19

Cambridge News online

Bizarre footage shows Cambridgeshire binman 'taking a dive' at car and rolling on ground

Link

 

11/05/19

The Sun online

Trash for cash: Ridiculous moment binman 'dives on Audi bonnet and fakes injury in crash-for-cash scam'

Link

 

14/05/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Tumi Hawkins and Cllr Peter Topping interviewed about Planning Committee approval for Urban&Civic Waterbeach new town application

35mins in

 

14/05/19

Cambridge Network online

Small retailers urged to apply for new Business Rates discount which has saved local businesses nearly £600,000

Link

 

14/05/19

Cambridge Network online

First part of new town agreed

Link

 

14/05/19

Planning Resource online

Green light for 6,500 Cambridgeshire new town

Link

Behind paywall. Unable to read full article

14/05/19

Cambridge News online

Marshall of Cambridge announces relocation plans

Link

 

14/05/19

Ely Standard online

Tantamount to inhabiting a parallel universe where the normal rules do not apply' says council chief of Mayor Palmer after he hands £54,000 a year part time job to Charles Roberts

Link

CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

14/05/19

Built Environment Networking online

First part of new town agreed

Link

 

14/05/19

Morning Star online

Urban & Civic notes successful application for Cambridge site

Link

 

14/05/19

BBC News online

Waterbeach barracks homes plan approved by Councillors

Link

 

14/05/19

Europe Real Estate online

South Cambridgeshire District Council acquires £15m Cambridge Science Park building

Link

 

14/05/19

Cambridge 105 radio online

Parklife at Milton Country Park

Link

 

14/05/19

Protek online

Green light for Waterbeach new town

Link

 

14/05/19

Cambridge Independent online

Cambridge Airport could become 12,000 homes as Marshall plans relocation away from city

Link

 

14/05/19

Property Funds world

South Cambridgeshire District Council buys £13m Cambridge Science Park building

Link

 

14/05/19

ITV News Anglia online

Waterbeach new town development approved

Link

 

14/05/19

Insider Media Online

Green light for thousands of new homes on former barracks

Link

 

14/05/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

AM bulletins: Waterbeach new town U&C planning permission

N/A

 

14/05/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PM bulletins: Reaction to Marshall relocation announcement

N/A

 

15/05/19

Cambridge Independent online

Councils to meet Marshall team to discuss relocation and potential 12,00 home development in Cambridge

Link

 

15/05/19

Cambridge Network online

Teens take to the water in paddle board race ahead of Sunday

Link

 

 

8.

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 9 May, BBC Online: UK flood planners ‘must prepare for worst’

Britain’s flood planners must prepare for the worst on climate change, the Environment Agency Chair has warned.

 

Thursday 9 May, Times: Opinion: Parks funding

Arts reporter Richard Morrison says that from next year the National Lottery Heritage Fund is changing the way it allocates money, which means ring-fenced projects including parks will disappear in favour of a bidding process for funding from the same £1.2 billion pot.

 

Saturday 11 May, BBC Online: Fly-tipping: Councils demand tougher sentences for worst offenders

Tougher sentences for fly-tippers are being called for by councils in England, as new LGA analysis shows nobody has faced the maximum penalty at magistrates’ court since new guidelines were introduced five years ago.

 

Sunday 12 May, Guardian Online: Dirty air is deadly poison, warns Health Secretary

Pollution is a deadly poison, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned as he launches a new investigation into how many people are at risk of dirty air.

 

Monday 13 May, Independent Online: Recycling volunteers

More than 6,000 people across the UK have set up collections to recycle waste traditionally classes as non-recyclable and deemed too expensive to treat by councils.

 

Tuesday 14 May, Mirror Online: New duty on councils to help domestic abuse survivors

Domestic abuse survivors will be given extra protection with a new legal duty on councils to provide secure accommodation-based support.

 

Wednesday 15 May, BBC Online: Northamptonshire: Unitary authorities plan approved

A plan for two unitary authorities to replace Northamptonshire County Council and seven other district and borough councils has been approved by government.

9.

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 WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 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’

10.

Draft Minerals and Waste Local Plan - Consultation Response

The Deputy Leader

 

AGREED        to the response to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Minerals & Waste Local Plan, as attached in Appendix 1 to the decision.

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

11.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

Agendas

·                      Council 16 May

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 21 May

 

Decisions

·                      Draft Minerals and Waste Local Plan – Consultation Response

 

12.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Steven Winsor

Job title: Operations Manager

Date: 13 May 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staff who have left

 

Name: John Koch

Job title: Team Leader

Date leaving: 10 May 2019