Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 2 April to 17 April 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 2 Apr

2pm

Council - CANCELLED

Fri 3 Apr

Mon 6 Apr

Tue 7 Apr

Wed 8 Apr

10am

Planning Committee - CANCELLED

Thu 9 Apr

Fri 10 Apr

 

Mon 13 Apr

Tue 14 Apr

Wed 15 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

Fri 17 Apr

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

Planned Road Closures for Week Beginning 30 March - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon pdf icon PDF 209 KB

Please find attached details of road closures for the week beginning Monday 30 March relating 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

3.

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

25/03/20

Cambridge Independent

Outbreak brings temporary halt to green bin collections

P16

 

25/03/20

Cambridge Independent

Cambourne West moving forward as plans submitted

P19

 

26/03/20

Cambridge News online

Cambourne girl's heart-warming thank you note

Link

 

26/03/20

Cambs Times online

Combined Authority approves multi-million pound fund for affordable housing, including £100,000 homes project

Link

CA article

27/03/20

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Trevor Nicoll again interviewed on breakfast about green bin suspension

1h 33m into show TBC

 

27/03/20

Cambridge News

Letter: Green bins are becoming a health hazard

P25

 

28/03/20

Cambridge News

Collection of green bins is put on hold

P10

 

31/03/20

Cambridge News

Letter from Cllr Bill Handley: Why council had to stop green bin collections

P21

 

 

 

4.

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 26 March: Mail: Coronavirus: Waste services

Municipal rubbish dumps have closed and a growing number of councils have warned residents that some non-essential collection services such as garden and bulky waste might have to be suspended.

 

Friday 27 March: Guardian: Coronavirus: Universal Credit “almost impossible” to claim as 500,000 apply

Workers attempting to apply for Universal Credit after being laid off during the coronavirus have described how it is almost impossible to complete a claim.

 

Sunday 29 March, Sky News: Council workers attacked amid coronavirus pandemic

The LGA has said council workers are facing “sickening physical and verbal assaults” as they implement social distancing measures and keep essential services running during the coronavirus lockdown.

 

Monday 30 March, BBC Online: Coronavirus: Thousands of council staff moved to the frontline

Tens of thousands of council staff are to be redeployed in “critical” roles to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

 

Tuesday 31 March, Telegraph: Coronavirus: Bin collections could be reduced

The frequency of bin collections could be reduced due to coronavirus, councils have warned as they try to keep household waste collections going amid staffing shortages.

 

Tuesday 31 March, Times: Air pollution: Toxin-trapping trees can clean up streets

Some species of trees are much better than others at trapping and diluting toxic particles, according to research.

 

Wednesday 1 April, Guardian: Coronavirus: UK faces cardboard shortage due to crisis

The UK could be hit by a national cardboard shortage as councils suspend their regular collections owing to pressures caused by the coronavirus.

5.

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 25 MARCH 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’

6.

Delegation of Powers from Leader to Chief Executive pdf icon PDF 114 KB

In accordance with the Council’s Constitution, Part 3, Responsibility for Executive Functions, please find attached a decision taken by the Leader to

to authorise the Chief Executive to exercise all executive functions where it is impracticable or impossible for the matter to be considered by the Cabinet or relevant Lead Cabinet Member.

 

Please note that this decision is for information only and cannot be called-in.

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/

7.

Non Domestic Rates Discretionary Relief Policy - adoption of revised policy to include estate agents, letting agents, employment agencies and betting shops

The Chief Finance Officer AGREED to adopt an updated version of the Discretionary Business Rate Relief Policy due to an instruction from the Government to allow Estate Agents, Employment Agencies, Letting Agents and Betting Shops to be entitled to the Expanded Retail Discount Scheme.

 

Please note that the Chairman of the Scrutiny and Overview Committee and Chairman of Council agreed to this decision being treated as a matter of urgency and that it should be exempt from call in by virtue of Scrutiny Procedure Rule 12.18 – 12.19. This means that the decision can be implemented immediately.

OTHER INFORMATION

8.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Decisions

·                      Amendment to Discretionary Business Rate Relief (additional agencies)

 

Minutes

·                      Cabinet 4 March