Agenda

The Chairman of the Council, Councillor Charlie Nightingale, invites you to attend the flag-raising ceremony outside South Cambridgeshire Hall, Cambourne, at 10.30 am on Monday 21 June 2010 to support the Armed Forces and replicate the flag-raising ceremonies in London.

If Members or officers have any questions, please look firstly at the Armed Forces Day website, or contact Flight Lieutenant Jon Bowles on 020 7218 1431.

Following concerns about Local Transport Plan consultation leaflet delivery earlier this year, Cambridgeshire County Council can confirm that the areas not marked in black on the attached map will have leaflets redelivered in late June / early July. Some households in areas where redelivery will take place will have previously received leaflets.

A copy of the revised consultation leaflet is also attached. The front page has been amended to explain why the leaflets are being redistributed. The section that related to the Transport Innovation Fund (page 6) has also been amended to reflect the current position following the previous Government's decision to end the Congestion TIF programme.

Further information is available at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ltp where there is a link to the online questionnaire. If you have a particular question, please contact Transport Policy & Strategy directly by email at transport.plan@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or by phone on 01223 715490.

Come and join us at this year’s

RECYCLING OPEN DAY

10am - 4pm

Saturday 19 June 2010

Donarbon Waste Management Park

A10, Waterbeach, Cambridge.

·                      See how the new MBT plant has revolutionised waste management

·                      Find out about Donarbon’s future plans

·                      Load up with free compost (bring sacks and a spade)

·                      Join a coach tour of the landfill and other waste facilities

·                      Get on board the County Council’s Recycling Bus

·                      Put your rubbish-related queries to waste experts from local councils, community groups and recycling businesses

·                      Enjoy bouncy castles, face painting and more…

·                      Food, drink and ice cream is available all day

For more information, visit

www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/recycling

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 

·                      Minister’s rural broadband mystery: Mystery surrounds a government pledge to speed up broadband connections in the countryside.

·                      Uncertain future for regional agencies: Fears are growing that regional development agencies will fall victim to government spending cuts.

·                      Mobile library boosts rural readers: A mobile library service has increased the number of rural readers four-fold after extending its opening times at little extra cost.

·                      Planning rules ‘stifling economy’: Planning restrictions are stifling rural development, business leaders have warned.

·                      Rural people live longest – study: Rural people have a higher life expectancy than people in larger towns and cities, a report has found.

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.

Agendas

·                      Standards Committee 16 June 2010, followed by 2010/11 Election of Chairmen for Standards Committee Local Assessment Panel, Local Hearings Panel and Local Review Panel

Decisions

·                      Planning Committee 2 June 2010

Minutes

·                      Executive Management Team 28 April 2010 (intranet only)

Issues

·                      Decentralisation and Localism Bill 2010

·                      Quarterly Financial Monitoring Reports 2010/11: New Communities

·                      South Cambridgeshire Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

Meetings

·                      CANCELLED: Housing Portfolio Holder’s meeting 16 June 2010: Work on the agenda items is still on-going and would not have been completed in time for this meeting.  All business items will be carried over to the 21 July 2010 meeting.

·                      NEW: Environmental Services Portfolio Holder’s meeting 22 June 2010

·                      PROVISIONAL: Planning Enforcement Sub-Committee on 21 July 2010 at 2 pm.

·                      NEW: Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Local Strategic Partnership:

·                     23 July 2010 (2-4.30pm) – Cambridge Guildhall

·                     2 December 2010 (2-4.30pm) – SCDC

·                     25 January 2011 (2-4.30pm) – Cambridge Guildhall

Starters

Ed Payne, Temporary Caretaker, started on 24 May 2010.

Martin Searle, Temporary Caretaker, started on 24 May 2010.

Leaver

Richard Taylor, Senior Building Control Surveyor, left on 7 June 2010.