Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 2 May to Friday 17 May

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 2 May

Fri 3 May

11:59pm

Deadline for Questions for Council (No motions for Annual Council)

Mon 6 May

Bank Holiday

Tue 7 May

3pm

Climate & Environment Advisory Committee

Monkfield Room

Patrick Adams

Wed 8 May

10:30am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 9 May

10am

Employment Committee

Monkfield Room

Patrick Adams

Fri 10 May

 

Mon 13 May

10am

Planning Committee (Waterbeach New Town)

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Tue 14 May

Wed 15 May

Thu 16 May

2pm

Annual Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 17 May

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Traveller Encampments Advice

As we approach Summer please could we take this opportunity to remind Parishes, particularly those previously affected, of the need to take appropriate measures to protect parish land such as car parks, recreation land etc. from illegal encampments.  It is important to note the distinction between civil trespass and the criminal offence of damage which does not automatically give rise to section 61.

 

The Police have discretionary power under Section 61 and 62 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which empowers the senior officer present to direct people to leave land if certain criteria are met.

The Police can also commence proceedings to move Travellers on if they are obstructing the public highway.

  • Under Section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, the police, at their discretion, can instruct trespassers, travellers or gypsies to leave land providing reasonable steps have been taken by, or on behalf of, the landowner to ask them to leave and that two or more persons are trespassing on the land with the common purpose of residing there.

Plus one of the following three conditions must also be met:

  • if any of those persons has caused damage to the land or to property on the land; or
  • used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards the occupier, a member of his family or an employee or agent of his; or
  • Those persons have between them six or more vehicles on the land

 

Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with the guidance found on our website here https://www.scambs.gov.uk/housing/gypsy-and-traveller-information/

3.

Cambourne Science Festival 2019 pdf icon PDF 540 KB

Cambourne Science Festival has created a unique platform where we have children demonstrating and explaining their homemade Science Projects to the public. The young budding scientists aged 5 years to 16 years take initiatives to engage with the public by demonstrating and answering the questions. The festival is well attended by over 500 visitors. Around 36 children came along with their projects in 2016, 64 children exhibited their projects in 2017 and last year we had 72 childrenWe have children from London, Manchester and Cambridgeshire town and villages. Our mission is to provide students with a gateway to cultivate students' inquisitive nature, exercise innovation, think critically, and collaborate to become tomorrow’s innovators who are self-sufficient learners.

 

Cambourne Science Festival is free to the public and is organised by CamCare UK, which is a "non-profit" charity registered in England. We acknowledge the support of Cambourne Parish Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council to conduct this annual festival. 

 

This Science Festival is a service to the local community and its positive impact is felt by many enthusiast parents and children in our local community. We request you to help us inspire the next generation by encouraging the children and disseminating the information about the event in your ward and local community.

 

Please find attached the poster of the Festival.

 

Kind regards,

Shrobona Bhattacharya PhD MSc BSc 

Cambourne Science Festival Organiser

CamCare UK

4.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The Council has received the following nomination:

In Barlow – The Three Hills Public House, Bartlow

The Council will make its decision by 18 June 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.

5.

Member Briefing on Bourn Airfield SPD

Event: Briefing on Bourn Airfield Supplementary Planning Document

Date: Thursday 9 May

Time: 3pm to 5pm

Venue: Council Chamber

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

24/04/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

AM bulletins: Bin lorry recruitment campaign

N/A

 

24/04/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Report on our bin lorry recruitment campaign and Cllr Neil Gough interviewed

9 mins in

 

24/04/19

Cambridge Independent

High impact of airfield homes

P23

Article about Bourn Airfield plans

24/04/19

Room151 online

Doubts over shared service benefits prompt finance plan U-turn

Link

 

24/04/19

BBC Look East

Proposals for Northstowe town centre revealed (Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed about need for
facilities to support health)

 

 

24/04/19

The Times

Council tax arrears (SCDC mentioned as having lowest arrears in the country)

P8

 

25/04/19

Cambridge News online

Pictures reveal what new Northstowe development could look like

Link

 

26/04/19

Cambridge Network online

Proposals to help communities target zero carbon announced

Link

 

26/04/19

Cambridge News

Plans for Northstowe town centre revealed

P3

 

28/04/18

BBC Sunday Politics East

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on elections

Link

 

29/04/19

Public Sector Executive online

Shaping healthy places with district councils

Link

 

30/04/19

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed about gender pay gap - SCDC results show positive result compared
to all other public bodies in Cambridgeshire

10 mins in

 

01/05/19

The Times

Correction: South Cambridgeshire District Council described as Conservative controlled in article
 on 24 April, the Council has a significant Liberal Democrat majority since May 2018

 

 

01/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Council to consider spending £1m on revamp

P8 & P9

 

01/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Huawei hosts exhibition of plans

P9

 

01/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Residents wars traffic estimates 'do not stand up'

P23

Bourn Airfield article

01/05/19

Cambridge Independent

Cllr Bridget Smith column: A fund to help communities tackle climate change

P28 & P29

 

 

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 25 April, BBC Online: Short-term lets

Councils are calling for properties available to book on Airbnb to be licensed by setting up a registration scheme for hosts.

 

Thursday 25 April, BBC Online: Foodbanks help record numbers

The UK’s biggest food bank network, The Trussell Trust, gave 1.6 million packs of food supplies in the past year, a 19 per cent rise on last year.

 

Friday 26 April, BBC Online: Council tax arrears

According to Citizens Advice, someone missing an average council tax payment of £167 in the first month of the financial year could potentially see the size of their debt rise to around £2,065 in just nine weeks.

 

Friday 26 April, Guardian Online: “Not enough” women and minorities stand in council elections

A census suggests that 96% per cent of councillors are white and two thirds are male.

 

Tuesday 30 April, BBC Online: Voter ID trial at local elections is a waste of time, say campaigners

Voter impersonation comprised just 3 per cent of all alleged electoral offences at last year’s council elections, according to campaigners who have said that an extended trial of compulsory voter ID at Thursday’s local polls is counter productive.

 

Tuesday 30 April, Telegraph: Wash your foil to clean up recycling rates, say councils

Householders are being encouraged to wash their tin foil after it was found to be the least recycled “recyclable” item.

 

Tuesday 30 April, BBC Online: Climate change: Electric car target ‘needs to be sooner’

The Committee on Climate Change is calling for the Government’s plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 to be introduced a full decade earlier.

 

Wednesday 1 May, BBC Online: Local elections 2019

Research by the BBC has found that Reading Borough Council is one of only a few in England that has a female majority of councillors.

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 24 APRIL 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.

Provision of 9 no. affordable dwellings at Station Road, Foxton

The Lead Cabinet Member for Housing

 

AGREED        to approve the Council entering into Heads of Terms followed thereafter by a contract to purchase 9 affordable homes on a site at Station Road, Foxton.

 

This decision was first published on 24 April. The deadline for calling-in this decision is 5pm on Wednesday 1 May.

10.

Sale of Land to the South of 43 St Audreys Close, Histon CB24 9JX

The Lead Cabinet member for Housing

 

AGREED        the sale of HRA owned land to the south of 43 St Audreys Close, Histon, which has outline planning permission for the erection of a single dwelling for the best value price of £151,000.

 

This decision was first published on Thursday 25 April. The deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 2 May.

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

·                      Planning Committee 8 May

·                      Employment and Staffing Committee 9 May

 

Decisions

·                      Sale of Land at St Audrey’s Close, Histon

·                      Provision of 9 Affordable Dwellings at Station Road, Foxton

 

Minutes

·                      Scrutiny and Overview Committee 21 March

·                      Climate and Environment Advisory Committee 25 March

·                      Planning Committee 10 April

·                      Employment and Staffing Committee 25 April

 

12.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

 

 

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Gary Champion

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 1 April 2019

 

Name: Rebecca Darlison

Job title: Customer Contact Advisor

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Name: Gavin Eaton

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 2 April 2019

 

Name: Jessica Hildrow

Job title: Customer Contact Apprentice

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Name: Peter Maddock

Job title: Deputy Head of Finance

Date started: 15 April 2019

 

Name: Amanda Murphy

Job title: Customer Contact Advisor

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Name: Joanne Preston

Job title: Principal Urban Designer

Date started: 1 April 2019

 

Name: Luke Rhenius

Job title: Refuse Driver

Date started: 18 March 2019

 

Name: Marc Smeets

Job title: Resource Officer

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Name: Jemma Smith

Job title: Customer Contact Advisor

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Name: Sarah Stanley

Job title: Customer Contact Advisor

Date started: 10 April 2019

 

Name: Normunds Vilisters

Job title: Refuse Driver

Date started: 15 April 2019

 

Name: Jamie Wesley

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 8 April 2019

 

Staff who have left

 

Name: Kirsty Human

Job title: Programme Manager

Date left: 21 April 2019