Agenda

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

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No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from 19 Thursday August to Friday 3 September

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 19 Aug

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-

-

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Fri 20 Aug

-

-

-

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Mon 23 Aug

-

-

-

-

Tue 24 Aug

-

-

-

-

Wed 25 Aug

-

-

-

-

Thu 26 Aug

-

-

-

-

Fri 27 Aug

10 am

Grants Advisory Committee

Council Chamber

Aaron Clarke

 

Mon 30 Aug

-

-

-

-

Tue 31 Aug

-

-

-

-

Wed 1 Sep

-

-

-

-

Thu 2 Sep

-

-

-

-

Fri 3 Sep

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 16 August - A14 Improvements pdf icon PDF 193 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing Monday 16 August 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 our website

3.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The Council has made the following decision and will amend the asset register accordingly:

 

The Hardwicke Arms Hotel, Arrington – The Council has approved the listing of The Hardwicke Arms Hotel, Arrington as an Asset of Community Value until 10 August 2026.

 

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

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

11/08/2021

Cambridge Independent

Labour accuse Lib Dems of 'damaging trust' in Council

P16

 

11/08/2021

Cambridge Independent

Letter: Life's not a gas with works in Waterbeach

P27

 

13/08/2021

Cambridge Independent online

Cambridge South railway station will be far too small, warn campaigners

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14/08/2021

The Times online

 

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Behind paywall, but relevant snippet: "South Cambridgeshire district council then changed half the field's status from agricultural to business land, and the trust decided to sell"

15/08/2021

Cambrdge News online

Cambs council dismisses legal challenge as "scaremongering" after no errors found

-

 

16/08/2021

Cambridge News

Legal challenge is 'scaremongering'

P6

 

16/08/2021

Cambridge Network online

Opportunity to be listed on new Visit South Cambs website

-

 

16/08/2021

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending August 16

-

 

17/08/2021

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Tumi Hawkins interviewed about Biodiversity

1'7" into show

 

17/08/2021

Ely Standard online

‘Monster tractors’ through my village  

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Letter from Cllr Eileen Wilson

 

5.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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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 12 August, BBC Online: WWF warns UK climate spending is lagging behind targets

The current level of UK spending to combat climate change is lagging behind what advisers say is needed, new analysis suggests.

 

Friday 13 August, Sky News: Residents support increased biodiversity

Ninety-four per cent of residents polled by the LGA want to see increased biodiversity in their area, including the planting of trees and protection of green spaces.

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 11 August 2021

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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’

Decisions Made By Officers and Reported For Information

Please click on the link to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority.

Other Information

7.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

 

 

Reports

 

 

Decisions

 

 

Minutes

 

 

Plans

 

 

Issues

 

 

Library Items

 

 

Parish Council Items

 

 

Meetings Added / Postponed / Cancelled

 

 

 

8.

The Council's Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Junior Alleyne

Job title: Refuse & Recycling Operative

Date started: 13 August 2021

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Staff who have moved jobs

 

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Staff who have left