Agenda

Please note that there will be no Weekly Bulletin published on 28 December 2016. The next Bulletin will be issued on Wednesday 4 January 2017.

Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my readers!

The following asset/s have entered the interim moratorium ending on Thursday 26th January 2017.

·         The Wheatsheaf, 92 Church Street, Gamlingay, Sandy, Beds, SG19 3JJ

Please find attached a round-up of recent activity at Northstowe and the agenda for the next Community Forum on 18 January 2017.

Care Network Cambridgeshire exists to help older, isolated and vulnerable people in Cambridgeshire to stay independent and keep in touch with friends and their community.

Thursday 15 December: BBC online: More arts funding “should go outside London”

Theatres, galleries and other cultural groups located outside London should get a bigger share of government arts funding, a committee of MPs has said.

Friday 16 December: Telegraph: New homes funding diverted to pay for social care

Councils will no longer get a pay-out for new homes in their area unless they increase their housing stock by more than 0.4% each year.

Friday 16 December: Telegraph: Drop in recycling

The amount of household waste being recycled by British families has fallen for the first time, according to figures from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Saturday 17 December: BBC Online: UK’s best places to live in 2016 (South Cambs ranked sixth)

Winchester in Hampshire has been named the UK’s best place to live in 2016, whilst South Cambs is ranked sixth, according to a quality of life study by Halifax which looked at factors including life expectancy, health, employment rates, crime, education and broadband access.

Sunday 18 December: Times: Loyalty oath for all public office holders

All holders of public office, including council workers, will have to swear an oath of allegiance to British values in an attempt to combat extremism.

Monday 19 December: BBC Online: Half of flood spending protects London

Half of all the money to be spent on new flood defences in England will be spent on protecting London and areas around the Thames, according to new research.

Wednesday 21 December: Mail Online: Voters will have to show passport in move to prevent electoral fraud

Voters will have to show their passports or driving licences before casting their ballots under plans to be piloted to curb fraud.

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’. 

The Housing Portfolio Holder AGREED to enter into Heads of Terms followed thereafter by a contract to purchase 8 affordable homes on a site at Pampisford Road, Greater Abington.

This decision was first published on Friday 16 December and so the deadline for call-in is Friday 23 December at 5pm. If not called-in the decision can be implemented on the next working day, which is Wednesday 28 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder agreed

(a)          That a Supplementary Planning Document be prepared jointly with Cambridge City Council for Land North of Cherry Hinton to the broad timetable set out in paragraphs 19-20 of the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development;

(b)          To commence preparation of Supplementary Planning Documents for Waterbeach New Town and Bourn Airfield New Village to the broad timetables set out in paragraphs 21 to 25 of the report; and

(c)          The general process for preparing Supplementary Planning Documents contained in paragraph 13 of the report.

Please note that this decision was first published on Wednesday 14 December and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 21 December at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 22 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder agreed the revised wording of section 7b of Policy SS/6 as reported to Council on the 17 November in the supplementary report entitled ‘supplement in response to the Planning Portfolio Holder’s recommendation to Council’ read as follows, with new text highlighted:

“Provide sStrategic landscaping within and beyond the Major Development Area Site to deliver a high quality landscaped setting around the boundary of the settlement to avoid it appearing as part of a ribbon of urban development south of the A428, to maintain the rural nature of the Broadway and ensure separation from Cambourne, and to ensure countryside separation from Caldecote / Highfields and Bourn. The strategic landscaping along the eastern boundary of the Strategic Site south of the existing employment area will include a substantial and continuous woodland belt, including land within the Major Development Site”.

Please note that this decision was first published on Wednesday 14 December and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 21 December at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 22 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder:

(a)  Approved the contents of the Annual Monitoring Report 2015-2016 (included as Appendix 2 (website only)) for publication; and

(b)  Delegated any further minor editing changes to the Annual Monitoring Report to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development where they are technical matters.

Please note that this decision was first published on Wednesday 14 December and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 21 December at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 22 December.

The Planning Portfolio Holder approved the updated Local Development Scheme attached as Appendix A to the report from the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

Please note that this decision was first published on Wednesday 14 December and so the deadline for call-in is Wednesday 21 December at 5pm. If not called-in this decision can be implemented on Thursday 22 December.

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

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/content/access-information