Agenda

In response to concerns about the leaflet delivery to households, Cambridgeshire County Council has extended the public consultation period for the Cambridgeshire Local Transport Plan 3 to 30 July 2010. 

Full details are available on the Local Transport Plan pages on Cambridgeshire County Council’s website.

Below are the expenses paid to members and co-opted members of South Cambridgeshire District Council for the financial year 1 April 2009-31 March 2010:

The Standards Committee’s Spring 2010 newsletter addresses the two main issues leading to allegations during the past year:

·                      Personal and prejudicial interests, particularly where they relate to planning matters; and

·                      Use of social media like Facebook, blogs, electronic forums, etc.

The Rural Services Network is a group of over 250 service providers and local authorities working to establish best practice across the spectrum of rural service provision. The network has representation across the complete range of rural services.  For general comments or enquiries, email: editor@ruralcity.co.uk 

·                      Cuts ‘will damage’ public services: An extra £6.25bn of government cuts will inevitably damage public services, union leaders have warned.

·                      Spending slashed by £6.25bn: The government has unveiled £6.25bn of cuts as it tries to tackle Britain’s burgeoning budget deficit.

·                      Coalition pledge on broadband: The government has promised measures to ensure the rapid rollout of superfast broadband across the country.

·                      Call for evidence on mobile phones: Poor mobile phone coverage is holding back the rural economy, believes a government watchdog.

·                      Councils must get message across: New guidance aims to ensure local councils communicate effectively with the communities they serve.

To view the list of planning applications submitted in the past seven days, please visit the Council’s on-line Planning Application Search.  Once the page has loaded, select the relevant parish from the drop-down list, set the date period to ‘7 days’ and click the Search button or click the Advanced button, select a ward from the drop-down list, then set the date period to ‘7 days’ and click the Search button.

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.  Each page displays 30 results and there are navigation tools to allow you to browse these results.

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.

Unless otherwise specified, the Democratic Services Section must be notified of any call in by Thursday 3 June 2010 at 5 pm. All decisions not called in by this date may be implemented on Friday 4 June 2010.

Any member considering calling in a decision is requested to contact the Democratic Services Section to determine whether any relevant amendments have been incorporated.

The call in procedure is set out in full in Part 4 of the Council’s Constitution, ‘Scrutiny and Overview Committee Procedure Rules’. 

The New Communities Portfolio Holder

1.                  REQUESTED that an Executive Summary be added to the consultation draft

2.                  APPROVED the public and partner consultation process outlined in paragraph 14 of the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities) relating to the release of the consultation draft of the Council’s new Climate Change Action Plan 2010-13, subject to minor variation (including extension) should there be any slippage that might result in the consultation period covering August; and

3.                  DELEGATED to the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities) approval of the finalised draft for consultation release, scheduled for the week beginning 24 May 2010.

Decision taken 20 May 2010 and published 21 May 2010.  Call-in expires at 5 pm on Friday 28 May 2010.  Decision can be implemented from 1 June 2010 if not called-in.  

The Housing Portfolio Holder recommended to Council that:

1.                  it accepts in principle the proposal by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) to proceed to voluntary implementation of self-financing for council housing subject, most importantly,  to further serious consideration being given by CLG to South Cambridgeshire District Council’s special circumstances

2.                  it endorses the full response to the consultation prospectus as set out in Appendix A to the report from Senior Management Team. 

Not for call-in: will be determined by Council on 27 May 2010.

The New Communities Portfolio Holder NOTED the contents of the report from the Corporate Manager (Planning and New Communities), and AGREED that:

1.                  New planning policies should continue to take a positive approach towards self-commissioned housing, including enabled co-housing;

2.                  Officers should continue to work collaboratively with Cambridge City Council in the next stage of work for site K1 at Orchard Park – to include setting up a Self-Providers Forum, soft-market testing and, subject to the outcome of the market testing, procurement of a development partner for an Enabled Co-Housing Project;

3.                  Sites within South Cambridgeshire deemed suitable for self-commissioned housing be included in the soft-market testing of the K1 project, subject to agreement with the relevant landowner or developer.

Decision taken 20 May 2010 and published 21 May 2010.  Call-in expires at 5 pm on Friday 28 May 2010.  Decision can be implemented from 1 June 2010 if not called-in.  

The New Communities Portfolio Holder APPROVED revised guidance notes for the Sustainable Communities Capital Grants Programme as attached in

·                      Appendix 1 – Community Facility Grants

·                      Appendix 2 – Play Facility Grants

·                      Appendix 3 – Village Sports Facility Grants

·                      Appendix 4 – Youth Sport Initiative Grants

·                      Appendix 5 – Arts Capital Grants

Decision taken 20 May 2010 and published 21 May 2010.  Call-in expires at 5 pm on Friday 28 May 2010.  Decision can be implemented from 1 June 2010 if not called-in. 

The New Communities Portfolio Holder AGREED that South Cambridgeshire District Council should support the inclusion of Policy HH9 (Sites for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople) in St Edmundsbury Borough Council’s Development Management Policies Draft Submission document.

Decision taken 20 May 2010 and published 21 May 2010.  Call-in expires at 5 pm on Friday 28 May 2010.  Decision can be implemented from 1 June 2010 if not called-in.

The Housing Portfolio Holder DEFERRED making a decision about the developer’s revised offer of £73,500 for the grant of vehicular access over Brickhills, Willingham to serve a proposed development of 19 dwellings on adjacent land, pending a further officer report to a future Housing Portfolio Holder meeting analysing and explaining discrepancies between the various land valuation figures received, clarifying the housing mix of market and affordable housing, and reflecting any comments made by the Planning Committee as a result of the planning application being considered on 2 June 2010. 

Not for call-in.

Agendas

·                      Executive Management Team 26 May 2010 (intranet only)

·                      Senior Management Team 26 May 2010 (intranet only)

Decisions

·                      Housing Portfolio Holder’s meeting 19 May 2010

·                      Planning and New Communities Portfolio Holders’ joint meeting 20 May 2010

Minutes

·                      Planning Committee 12 May 2010

·                      Cabinet 13 May 2010

·                      Senior Management Team 13 May 2010 (intranet only)

Library Items

·                      Annual Return to Standards for England 2010

·                      Members’ Allowances Paid 2009/10

·                      Standards Committee Newsletter Spring 2010

Leavers

Roger Cooper, Multi Skilled Operative, will be leaving on 31 May 2010.

Deborah Williams, Payroll Assistant, left on 21 May 2010.