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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 15 September 2021 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 16 September to Friday 1 October

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 16 Sep	-	-	-	-
Fri 17 Sep	-	-	-	-

Mon 20 Sep	-	-	-	-
Tue 21 Sep	4:30 pm	Scrutiny & Overview Committee (Local Plan)	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
	6:30 pm	Climate & Environment Advisory Committee (Local Plan)	Council Chamber	Patrick Adams
Wed 22 Sep	-	-	-	-
Thu 23 Sep	2 pm	Council	Council Chamber	Rebecca Dobson
Fri 24 Sep	1:30 pm	Grants Advisory Committee	Council Chamber	Aaron Clarke


Mon 27 Sep	-	-	-	-
Tue 28 Sep	10 am	Audit & Corporate Governance Committee	Council Chamber	Patrick Adams
Wed 29 Sep	10 am	Planning Committee (Continuation of 8 September meeting)	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Thu 30 Sep	-	-	-	-
Fri 1 Oct	10 am	Cabinet	Council Chamber	Jonathan Malton

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The following asset has entered the six week interim moratorium period ending on Thursday 21 October, 5pm.

The Hardwick Arms Hotel, 96 Ermine Way, Arrington, Nr Royston, Herts, SG8 0AH

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

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

08/09/21	Cambridge Network online	Step forward in plans for civil parking enforcement in South Cambridgeshire	Link	-
08/09/21	Cambridge News	Village mast plan resubmitted	P9	-
08/09/21	Cambridge News	SCDC to take on car parking enforcement	P12	-
08/09/21	Cambridge News	United front to aid refugees	P15	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Bitter political row breaks out over housing	P1	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Parties clash over 20-year blueprint for new developments	P8 & P9	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Local opinion from Anthony Browne MP: 'Doubling Nature? You're doubling Cambridge city'	P9	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Doubling nature will require ambitious landscape-scale nature projects	P8 & P9	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Free trees offer to parishes doubled	P21	-
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Letter: No time to read 10,000 pages of Local Plan in detail	P26	Reaction to Greater Cambridge Local Plan update
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Letter: Equivalent to town the size of Stevenage	P26	Reaction to Greater Cambridge Local Plan update
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Letter: We need to listen to experts on water	P29	Reaction to Greater Cambridge Local Plan update
08/09/21	Cambridge Independent online	Homes found in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire for refugees from Afghanistan	Link	-
09/09/21	Cambridge Independent online	Greater Cambridge Local Plan’s 48,794 new homes explained - including all 19 newly identified sites for development	Link	-
09/09/21	Cambridge News	Council criticised over waterpark creation	P5	-
13/09/21	Cambridgeshire Live online	Residents object to 'hideous' 5G Mast proposed to be built in Cambs village	Link	-
13/09/21	In Your Area online	Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending September 13	Link	-
14/09/21	Cambridge News	Lockdown blamed for marked rise in complaints about noise	P6	-
14/09/21	Cambridge Independent online	Local opinion from Anthony Browne MP: 'Doubling Nature? You're doubling Cambridge city'	Link	-
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Parents of vulnerable children relieved as jabs rolled out	P4	Cllr Pippa Heylings quoted
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	City's deadly pollution must be tackled with charging'	P8 & P9	GCP article
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Opinion from Cllr Ian Sollom: MP's manufactured outrage on Local Plan is worthy of Boris Johnson	P14	-
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Rethink OxCam Arc or you'll damage nature, say charities	P14	Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Wetland habitats have mixed fortunes at neighbouring sites	P19	-
15/09/21	Cambridge Independent	Homes found for Afghan refugees	P23	-

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 9 September, BBC Online: Parental leave

Three quarters of councils in England do not have formal policies for paternal or maternal care for councillors, research by the Fawcett Society suggests.

Friday 10 September, Guardian: Universal credit

Ending the £1,000-a-year boost to universal credit next month will trigger mental illness and poorer health for thousands, research by the Health Foundation finds.

Saturday 11 September, Mail: Ministers drop shake-up of planning laws

The Government is preparing to row back from some of its planning reforms, with Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick set to announce a more limited set of changes.

Sunday 12 September, Observer: 660,000 jobs at risk as UK’s green investment lags

Up to 660,000 jobs will be at serious risk if the UK continues to fall behind other countries in the amount it invests in green infrastructure and jobs, according to report by the TUC.

Sunday 12 September, Sky News Online: HGV driver shortage disrupts bin collections

HGV driver shortages are affecting rubbish bin collections in some councils’ areas.

Monday 13 September, BBC Online: UK still lagging on climate policy, report says

A report by the Green Alliance has said Britain is lagging behind its schedule for cutting carbon emissions in the run-up to November’s climate summit in Glasgow.

Tuesday 14 September, Telegraph: Giving residents vote on developments

Giving residents a vote on the building development on their street may resolve gridlock around the Government’s planning bill, some MPs believe.

Wednesday 15 September, Guardian: Residents could be given a vote on what new houses look like

Neighbours could be given a vote on the design of housing developments on their road in proposed changes to the Government’s Planning Bill, it has been reported.

Wednesday 15 September, Times: Refuse collectors “poached” by haulage firms

Refuse collectors are being “poached” by haulage companies to plug the shortage of HGV drivers, with some being recruited while on their rounds it has been reported.

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 8 September 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’.

Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy Review