Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 5 February 2020 12.00 p.m.

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

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 6 February to Friday 21 February 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 6 Feb

10:30am

Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee

Monkfield Room

Victoria Wallace

Fri 7 Feb

Mon 10 Feb

10:30am

Licensing Committee

Council Chamber

Victoria Wallace

 

11:59pm

Deadline for questions and motions for Council

Tue 11 Feb

Wed 12 Feb

10:30am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 13 Feb

5:20pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Swansley Room

Victoria Wallace

Fri 14 Feb

 

Mon 17 Feb

Tue 18 Feb

Wed 19 Feb

Thu 20 Feb

2:00pm

Council

Council Chamber

Kathrin John

Fri 21 Feb

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS

2.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

In Eltisely:

The Eltisley Public House – The Council has refused the listing of The Eltisley Public House and this will be added to the list of refused Assets.

 

The Council will update the asset register accordingly.

 

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/acv

3.

Planned Road Closures Week Commencing 3 February due to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 129 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for the week commencing 3 February, 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.

 

John Birchall has now left the project. For all queries in relation to Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line & Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

 

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

4.

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

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

New busway 'would be an abomination' says councillor

P4

GCP article

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

Planning transport links to cope with 17,000 new homes

P10

GCP article

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

Infrastructure first is critical

P10

Opinion from South Cambridgeshire MP Anthony Browne

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

Huawei's new R&D centre plans would create 350 jobs

P16

 

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

Council faces two cases at High Court

P17

 

29/01/2020

Cambridge Independent

Opinion: Let's find a new future for the city

P32

Opinion on Local Plan consultation from Cambridge City Cllr

29/01/2020

Cambridge Network online

Making South Cambs Hall green to its core

Link

 

30/01/2020

Cambridge News

College: New bus link will be boost for our students

P6

GCP article

30/01/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Huawei submits revised plans for R&D centre in Sawston that would create 350 jobs

Link

 

30/01/2020

Cambridge News online

All the stations a new train line from Cambridge to Oxford will stop at

Link

 

30/01/2020

Business Weekly online

Huawei finesses Cambridge blueprint and toasts UK 5G role

Link

 

30/01/2020

ITV News Anglia

PM bulletins: GCP Assembly meet at South Cambs Hall to discuss Cambourne to Cambridge busway

N/A

 

31/01/2020

Cambridge News

Local rail network to be transformed

P5

Reaction to East-West rail plans

31/01/2020

Cambridge News

Council plans to cut carbon emissions down by half

P8

 

31/01/2020

Royston Crow online

South Cambs politicians welcome East West Rail Link preferred option decision

Link

 

31/01/2020

Cambridge Network

Cambridge hosts climate emergency conference

Link

 

01/02/2020

Cambridge News online

Cambridgeshire council 'completely ignoring the law' is taken to the High Court

Link

 

01/02/2020

Peterborough Telegraph online

£25m funding for University of Peterborough buildings approved

Link

CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

03/02/2010

Cambridge News

More than 10 per cent of council homes not fit for people to live in

P4 & P5

 

03/02/2020

Cambridge News

Work starts on bus lane and cycle paths in Histon Road

P8

GCP article

03/02/2020

Royston Crow online

Community groups urged to apply for council funding after Shepreth footballers' cash boost

Link

 

04/02/2020

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on breakfast about cycle thefts at Cambridge North

Link

 

 

5.

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 30 January, Mail Online: New-build homes

The number of new-build homes started in England fell 11 per cent to 39,510 in July to September last year.

 

Thursday 30 January, Guardian Online: Plastic waste exports targeted in new Environment Bill

Powers to prevent the export of plastic waste to developing countries, binding targets on air and water quality and the protection of wildlife will be enshrined in law under the Environment Bill due to introduced in parliament today.

 

Friday 31 January, Mail: Quality of life poll

East Hertfordshire, home to Bishops Stortford and Hertford, has been named the UK’s best place to live.

 

Saturday 1 February, i (p17): Green belt under attack from ‘garden communities’

Campaigners have called for a halt to ‘garden communities’ threatening to destroy green belt land across the country.

 

Sunday 2 February, Sunday Telegraph Online: Council planning powers

Councils may lose planning powers in the Government’s efforts to speed up the pace of housebuilding.

 

Monday 3 February, Times: Software glitch delays business rates relief

Companies due to receive business rates relief will have their discount delayed because software provider, Civica, which is used by 75 councils, says changes cannot be made until next financial year.

 

Tuesday 4 February, Mail: Quarter of people in UK live in areas with toxic air pollution

One in four people in the UK are now exposed to dangerous air pollution, according to a new report.

 

Tuesday 4 February, BBC Online: Universal Credit rollout delayed again to 2024

Full rollout of Universal Credit has reportedly been delayed again, adding £500 million to its overall cost.

 

Tuesday 4 February, BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours: Self builds

In a discussion about people who want to build their own homes, the LGA’s lines were referenced in an interview with Andrew Baddeley-Chappell of the National Custom and Self Build Association.

6.

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 WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY 2020

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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’

7.

Community Chest Grants January 2020

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance agreed to the recommendations made by the Grants Advisory Committee on 31 January 2020 and awarded a number of Community Chest Grants to Cambridge Past, Present and Future (Wandlebury) and organisations in the villages of Cambourne, Elsworth, Fowlmere, Gamlingay, Great & Little Abington.

 

This decision was first published on Tuesday 4 February and so the deadline for call-in is Tuesday 11 February at 5pm.

8.

Write off of debt in excess of £25,000

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance agreed to write off the debt of £40,383.18.

 

This decision was first published on Tuesday 4 February and so the deadline for call-in is Tuesday 11 February at 5pm.

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

9.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

·                      Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee 6 February

·                      Licensing Committee 10 February

·                      Planning Committee 12 February

·                      Scrutiny and Overview Committee 13 February 2020

 

Decisions

·                      Write off of debt in excess of £25,000

·                      Community Chest Grants January 2020

 

Minutes

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 21 January

 

Plans

·                      Forward Plan of Key Decisions

 

Issues

·                      Town Centre Development Northstowe Phases 1&2

·                      Medium Term Financial Plan

·                      Making of the Cottenham Neighbourhood Plan

·                      Council Write-Offs

·                      South Cambs Ltd – Review of Business Direction

·                      Housing Revenue Account (HRA)

 

10.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Arunas Lazdauskas

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 3 February 2020

 

Name: Modestas Zidziunas

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 3 February 2020

 

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Staff who have left

 

Name: Louise Cunningham

Job Title: Technical Support Officer (Planning)

Date leaving: 05/02/2020

 

Name: Nelson Vieira

Job Title: Refuse Loader

Date leaving: 07/02/2020