Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 20 November 2019 12.00 p.m.

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

Items

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Meetings and events from Thursday 21 November to Friday 6 December

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 21 Nov
Fri 22 Nov

Mon 25 Nov
Tue 26 Nov	9:30am	Audit & Corporate Governance Committee	Swansley Room	Patrick Adams
Wed 27 Nov
Thu 28 Nov	9:30am	Budget/MTFS Briefing	Monkfield Room
	2pm	Council	Council Chamber	Kathrin John
Fri 29 Nov	10am	Grants Advisory Committee	Monkfield Room	Aaron Clarke


Mon 2 Dec
Tue 3 Dec	10am	Civic Affairs Committee	Swansley Room	Patrick Adams
Wed 4 Dec	9:30am	Cabinet	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Thu 5 Dec
Fri 6 Dec	10am	Grants Advisory Committee POSTPONED TO 16 DECEMBER

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

Planned Road Closures this week - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme PDF 126 KB

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Please find attached road closures information for the week commencing18 November, 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 -

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

Section 6: Huntingdon town centre

Liam Heath – liam.heath@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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Media Monitoring

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The Council’s Communications Team produce a weekly summary of recent news items which is published in the Bulletin to help keep members informed of recent coverage of the Council.

Please contact the Communications Team for further information.

Date	Publication	Details

13/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Social media exchange led to downfall of county's PCC	P4	Cllr Claire Daunton quoted
13/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	New year date for Local Plan debate	P5
13/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Water crisis forum divided on issue of development	P19	Cllr Graham Cone quoted
13/11/2019	Cambridge Network online	Greater Cambridge Shared Waste boss named President of industry body	Link
13/11/2019	Materials Recycling World online	Career development theme of new CIWM president	Link
13/11/2019	Cambridge Independent online	Controversy as 55 new homes approved for Linton after tight vote at South Cambridgeshire District Council	Link
14/11/2019	Cambridge News online	55 new homes being built in Linton despite claims it will be a 'disaster'	Link
14/11/2019	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Drive time show: Planning application decision to approve 55 new homes in Linton	TBC
14/11/2019	Cambridge News online	Full list of candidates standing in South Cambridgeshire general election 2019	Link
15/11/2019	Cambridge News	Election candidates finalised	P7
15/11/2019	Cambridge News	55 new homes in village agreed after split vote	P8
16/11/2019	Cambridge News online	Funds for 178 new affordable homes 'the Fens are crying out for' approved	Link	CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted
18/11/2019	Cambridge News	Council faces £5m shortfall in next five years	P10
18/11/2019	Saffron Walden Reporter online	Final approval given to plans for development in Linton	Link
20/11/2019	Cambridge News	Building plan meets high demand for new houses	P15
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	City centre 'should open to electric vehicles only	P1 & P14	GCP article
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	South Cambs 'is now a housebuilding capital'	P8 & P9	Political article featuring election candidates
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Authority could face £5.7m gap	P14
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Fighting transport project that could 'dissect green belt'	P17	GCP article
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Shop and flats plan for former pub	P17	Planning application submitted
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Cyclists 'face safety risks' by new busway	P21	GCP article
20/11/2019	Cambridge Independent	Dismay over 'flood site' homes	P23

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 14 November, Independent Online: Voter registration

More than 1.5 million people have applied for voter registration since the General Election was called two weeks ago, according to latest official data.

Friday 15 November, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire show: Exported plastic waste

In an interview about problems caused by exported waste, LGA Deputy Chairman Cllr John Fuller said manufacturing needed to do more to make plastic easier to recycle to avoid it having to be sent abroad.

View Planning Applications

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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.

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 13 NOVEMBER 2019

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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’.

Senior Management Restructure

View the background to item 6.

Cabinet

a. noted the feedback from the Employment and Staffing Committee meeting held on 14 November 2019;

b. approved the proposed structure and noted the outline process set out in the report from the Chief Executive, starting with a 30-day consultation with those staff directly affected; and

c. delegated authority to the Head of Paid Service (the Chief Executive) to make minor amendments to the structure where necessary, following the 30-day consultation, in consultation with Chair of the Employment and Staffing Committee and the Leader of the Council.

This decision was first published 18 November and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 25 November.

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/your-council-and-democracy/access-to-information/

OTHER INFORMATION

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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