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Meetings and events from Thursday 15 July to Friday 30 July 2021
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Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 12 July due to A14 Improvement Scheme PDF 23 KB Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing Monday 12 July in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.
For all queries relating to the scheme, please email: A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk
Further updateson scheme progress can be found on their website.
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Media Monitoring
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Friday 9 July, BBC News: Local government funding According to a BBC investigation, UK councils plan to make at least £1.7 billion worth of savings in the 2021/22 financial year while also using more than £500 million worth of reserves to balance the books.
Saturday 10 July, Times: Free fruit and veg planned for deprived families A government ordered review of eating habits will next week recommend that fruit and vegetables should be prescribed free to deprived families to “break the junk food cycle”.
Sunday 11 July, Mail on Sunday: Boris Johnson to announce more funding for grassroots sports facilities and measures to boost high streets The Prime Minister will this week set out his vision of a post Covid-19 Britain and reveal details of his “levelling-up” agenda to boost the country’s most disadvantaged areas.
Monday 12 July, Times: Nature belts aim to bring lost life back to edge of towns Plans are being considered by ministers to create a “wild belt” to restore depleted natural habitats which could see bees, butterflies and birds return to the outskirts of towns and cities.
Monday 12 July, Times: Low-traffic zone fines The campaign group #BikeIsBest has called on the Government to overhaul rules on low-traffic neighbourhood signage because existing warnings lack clarity, leaving drivers with penalties of £130.
Tuesday 13 July, Mirror: Mayors call for local powers to help reach net zero Local leaders are urging the Government to devolve more powers so authorities can individual tackle climate change ahead of COP26.
Wednesday 14 July, Mirror: Planning reforms Labour is urging Tory MPs to bring its plan to impose a time limit on planning applications to incentivise faster building completion with recent LGA research showing more than 1 million homes have planning permission but are yet to be build. |
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Executive Decisions Taken Since Wednesday 7 July 2021
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’. |
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Private Sector Housing Policy (Environmental Health:Enforcement and Licensing) Cabinet:
a) Approved the Private Sector Housing Policy, to ensure the Council follows guidance from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to tackle substandard conditions in the private rented sector. b) Delegated authority to the Head of Shared Waste and Environment to make minor amendments, in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Licensing.
This decision was first published on Wednesday 7 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Wednesday 14 July. |
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Longstanton Conservation Area Cabinet
Endorsed the criteria and approach for the rolling programme of Conservation Area Appraisals and Management Plans reviews, with the programme to be reviewed bi-annually.
Confirmed that it will not prioritise a review the Longstanton Conservation Area at this time.
This decision was first published on 7 July and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 14 July at 5 pm. |
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Review of the Design Review Service Cabinet:
a) Agreed to replace the Design Enabling Panel to create the Greater Cambridge Design Review Panel and approve the Terms of Reference (including charges) set out at Appendix B from 1 January 2022. b) Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Planning Policy and Delivery to make minor changes to the Terms of Reference set out at Appendix B. c) Noted the findings and to implement the recommendations from Urban Design Learning set out in Appendix A. d) Noted the Milestones for Implementing the GCDRP set out in Appendix D.
This decision was first published on 7 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Wednesday 14 July. |
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Biodiversity Supplementary Planning Document Cabinet:
Agreed to support the passage of this Supplementary Planning Document through this process to the next phase, which is public consultation prior to its return to this committee for review and adoption in late 2021.
This decision was first published on 7 July and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 14 July at 5pm. |
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Decisions Made By Officers and Reported For Information Please click on the link to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority. |
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Newly-Published Items on modern.gov |