Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 20 June to Friday 5 July

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 20 Jun

Fri 21 Jun

Mon 24 Jun

Tue 25 Jun

Wed 26 Jun

6:30pm

Cabinet/Parish Councils Liaison Meeting

Council Chamber

Kathryn Hawkes

Thu 27 Jun

Fri 28 Jun

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Swansley Room

Aaron Clarke

11am

Planning Committee (Extraordinary Meeting)

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

 

Mon 1 Jul

9:30am

Cabinet

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Tue 2 Jul

10am

Employment & Staffing Committee

Jeavons Room

Patrick Adams

Wed 3 Jul

Thu 4 Jul

2pm

Extraordinary Council (No questions or Motions)

Council Chamber

Democratic Services

Fri 5 Jul

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Consultation on Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Transport Network pdf icon PDF 138 KB

Please find attached details of a series of consultation events that have been arranged across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, to allow residents to express their views on the future of the area’s transport network to 2050.

3.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The council has received the following nominations:

 

In Bourn:

- Hall Close/Church Street Green Space

- Hall Close Play Area

- Shop & Post Office

- The Willow Tree

- The Village Hall

 

The Council will make its decision by 11th July 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

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.

Member briefing on the Draft Local Transport Plan - Fri 28 June at 2pm

Event: Briefing on the draft Local Transport Plan

Date: Friday 28 June

Time: 2pm

Venue: Council Chamber

 

The draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) is being consulted on by the Combined Authority over the summer. Officers of the Combined Authority, and from their consultants Steer, will provide a briefing for members on the objectives, overarching strategy,  policies and transport schemes in the draft plan.

 

Please note that the draft LTP was approved for consultation by the Combined Authority Board on 29 May. Papers can be viewed by clicking this link.

 

Consultation begins on June 17, running for 15 weeks until September 27.

5.

Rural Exception Sites Tour - Thu 4 July at 10:30am pdf icon PDF 157 KB

One of the Council’s key priorities is to provide affordable housing for local people. District Councillors are invited to attend this coach tour of Rural Exception Sites, which will provide a better understanding of how these sites are delivered and how they can benefit our villages.

 

Date: Thursday 4 July

Time: 10:30am ending with buffet lunch at 1:30pm

Venue: Starts in the Council Chamber

 

More details are available in the attached flyer.

 

If you wish to attend, please contact either Uzma.Ali@scambs.gov.uk or Gina.Manderson@scambs.gov.uk by 27 June 2019.

GENERAL INFORMATION

6.

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

12/06/19

Ely Standard online

Public to have say on 'ambitious' transport plan that could see new rail links

Link

CA article

13/06/19

Cambridge News

Letter from Cllr Deborah Roberts: We must have military to defend ourselves

P25

 

13/06/19

Peterborough Telegraph online

Have your say on major transport plan for Peterborough and Cambridgeshire

Link

CA article

13/06/19

Cambridge Independent online

Question marks over 70 jobs as plans to move Porsche and Aston Martin showrooms to Duxford
 are rejected

Link

 

14/06/19

Saffron Walden Reporter online

Plans for new Porsche showroom in Duxford are rejected by councillors

Link

 

14/06/19

Cambridge Network online

School children brave the elements at adapted athletics day

Link

 

16/06/19

Look East

Bridget Smith as part of panel talking about Conservative and Lib Dem leadership elections and recycling in the region

Link

 

17/06/19

Cambridge News

Work to start on 99 homes

Page 12

References planning permission granted by SCDC in December

18/06/19

Cambridge Network online

Comment on draft vision for new village at Bourn Airfield

Link

 

18/06/19

Cambridge News

Time to make your voice heard on Bourn Airfield village plans

Page 15

 

18/06/19

Cambridge News

Special day of athletics despite the heavy rain

Page 17

 

 

7.

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 13 June, Sky News Online: Food waste war backed by 100 firms

More than 100 UK supermarket and food companies have signed a pledge to help halve food waste 2030.

 

Thursday 13 June, Guardian: Supreme court rules council’s intentional homeless policy illegal

The Supreme Court has ordered Birmingham City Council to reconsider its decision to declare a single mother of four to be “intentionally homeless” because she could not afford her rent.

 

Friday 14 June, Mail: Ban on shooting pest birds reversed

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has reinstated three licences which let farmers and conservationists shoot birds.

 

Friday 14 June, Mail: Lords to investigate gambling

The House of Lords will lead a parliamentary enquiry into the cost of problem gambling on taxpayers, including the effects on society and the “gamblification” of sport.

 

Sunday 16 June, Sky News Online: More evacuations from flood-hit towns

At least 590 homes in Lincolnshire were evacuated to temporary shelters yesterday amid severe flooding.

 

Monday 17 June, Telegraph: Council hedge cuts halted in wild birds row

A council in Kent has suspended all hedge trimming and begun an investigation after a large was removed, leading to claims from residents that birds’ nests were disturbed.

 

Tuesday 18 June, Guardian: Homelessness

The number of homeless camps removed by councils across the UK has more than trebled in five years, according to Freedom of Information figures.

 

Tuesday 18 June, Guardian: Veterans find benefit system ‘overwhelmingly negative’

Ex-service personnel with physical and mental health issues have described how they felt ignored and let down after they failed to receive adequate support when they fell on hard times.

 

Wednesday 19 June, Sky News Online: More risk of floods and heavy rains

More weather warning are in place as thunderstorms, torrential rain and flooding looks set to affect parts of the UK again today.

8.

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 12 JULY 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’

9.

Variation of Scheme of Executive Delegation pdf icon PDF 362 KB

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Part 3, Responsibility for Executive Functions, please find attached a change to the allocation of functions and responsibilities as set out in Table 2B within the Constitution. The change is effective immediately.

10.

Bourn Airfield SPD draft Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) Screening Report

Cabinet on 5 June delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development in liaison with the Deputy Leader to agree a draft Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment.

 

The draft screening report has now been agreed for consultation. More information is available from the links below:

The decision

The screening report

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

Decisions

·                      Bourn Airfield SPD draft SEA and HRA screening report

·                      Planning Committee 12 June

 

Minutes

·                      Council 16 May

 

12.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Krzysztof Franckiewicz

Job title: Refuse Driver

Date started: 29 May 2019

 

Name: Emma Wilshaw

Job title: Finance Assistant

Date started: 18 June 2019

 

 

Staff who have left

 

Name: Ben Mee

Job title: Business Admin Apprentice

Date started: 31 May 2019