Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 13 May 2020 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 14 May to Friday 29 May

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 14 May	5.20pm	Scrutiny & Overview Committee	Virtual meeting – Online	Victoria Wallace
Fri 15 May

Mon 18 May
Tue 19 May
Wed 20 May	10am	Planning Committee	Virtual meeting – Online	Ian Senior
Thu 21 May	10am	Employment & Staffing Committee – POSTPONED
	2pm	Council	Virtual meeting – Online	Kathrin John
Fri 22 May


Mon 25 May
Tue 26 May	2pm	Planning Committee	Virtual meeting – Online	Ian Senior
Wed 27 May
Thu 28 May
Fri 29 May

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

A14 Road Closures for Week Commencing Monday 11 May PDF 132 KB

To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.

John Birchall has now left the project. For all queries in relation to Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line & Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton

John Akester - John.Akester@thea14.com

Section 6: Huntingdon town centre

Liam Heath – liam.heath@thea14.com

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on the website

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

06/05/20	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Hazel Smith interviewed about plans for financial support for Milton Country Park	3'21'' into show
06/05/20	Cambridge Independent	City's new cycle bridge delivered to site in three sections	P9	GCP article
06/05/20	Cambridge Independent	Online survey seeking views of CAM project but concern Covid-19 may impact on funding	P9	CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted
06/05/20	Cambridge Independent	Cllr Bridget Smith column: Vital support for our businesses	P24
07/05/20	Cambridge News online	Combined Authority to have 'proper debate' about size of affordable homes in Cambridgeshire	Link	CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted
11/05/20	Built Environment Networking online	Private & Public Sector Collaboration Leads To Excellence in Planning	Link
11/05/20	Cambridge News online	Plans for final phase of Northstowe new town submitted including 5,000 homes	Link
11/05/20	Cambridge Network online	Council and developer receive much-coveted awards for excellence in planning	Link
11/05/20	Cambridge News online	Will extra funds to tackle Covid-19 and its impact be enough for Cambridgeshire's councils	Link	Cllr John Williams quoted
12/05/20	Cambridge Network online	Comment on plans for next stage of Northstowe	Link
12/05/20	Cambridge News	How long will Councils be able to hold out?	P11	Cllr John Williams quoted
12/05/20	Cambridge News online	Lockdown tweets from council leader turned UKIP member cause online backlash	Link	Cllrs Jose Hales and Brian Milnes quoted
12/05/20	Cambridge Network online	New Greater Cambridge forum pledges to work with firms on road to recovery	Link
12/05/20	Planning Resource online	Plans lodged for 5,000 phase of Northstowe new town	Link	Behind paywall. Unable to read full article
12/05/20	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	PM bulletins: Comment on plans for Northstowe 3B application	N/A
12/05/20	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Drive time feature on Northstowe 3B application consultation. Homes England and local resident interviewed	3'35'' into show
13/05/20	Cambridge Network online	Cambridge caterers work with volunteers to feed families during lockdown	Link
13/05/20	Cambridge News	5,000 more homes planned for new town	P1 & P8
13/05/20	Cambridge News	Chef Liz teams up with council to feed villagers	P3
13/05/20	Cambridge Independent	Bin there, seen your lovely notes	P12
13/05/20	Cambridge Independent	Web of helpers providing food and prescriptions to village	P19
13/05/20	Cambridge Independent	New town plans for 5,000 homes	P23
13/05/20	Cambridge Independent	Forum to help firms restart	P44

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 7 May, Financial Times: Government delays business rates revaluation

The business rates revaluation, due to take place next year in England, will instead be put back to 2022, the Minister of Housing, Communities and Local Government said.

Friday 8 May, BBC Online: Coronavirus: UK “must prioritise green economic recovery”

An open letter to Boris Johnson from a range of businesses, including Iceland Foods, Barratt Developments, The Body Shop, Ben and Jerry’s, the RSPB, the National Trust and Greenpeace UK has urged the Government to priorities a green UK economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis.

Friday 8 May, Mirror: Half of all rubbish tips to open next week amid fly-tipping concerns

A survey by the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport suggests that half of all rubbish tips are open by the end of next week.

Monday, Guardian: Opinion: Local government funding and expertise

An editorial says “a far bigger injection of new money” is required by councils than the Government has provided so far in emergency funding to tackle the coronavirus crisis due to local authority income streams collapsing during the pandemic as expenditure had risen.

View Planning Applications

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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 6 MAY 2020

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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’.

Transfer of Community Assets Policy

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Cabinet AGREED the Council Tax Discretionary Reduction 13a Policy as set out in Appendix B to the report from the Head of Finance.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 18 May.

Council Tax Discretionary Reductions Policy

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Cabinet AGREED to approve the Council Tax Discretionary Reduction 13a Policy as set out in Appendix to the report from the Head of Finance.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 18 May.

Shared Services Business Plans

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Cabinet AGREED to authorise the Shared Services Management Board to approve the final amendments to the Business Plans set out in the appendices, namely:

· 3C ICT

· 3C Legal

· Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service

· Internal Audit

· Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service

In line with comments received from all three partner councils.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 18 May.

Community Chest Grants

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The Lead Member for Finance AGREED to award a number of Community Grants, as recommended by the Grants Advisory Committee on 24 April.

Villages affected are: Balsham, Cambourne, Comberton, Coton, Duxford, Great Chishill, Great Shelford, Kingston, Longstanton, Over, Waterbeach, Willingham

This decision was first published on Thursday 7 May and so cannot be implemented until the call-in period expires on Friday 15 May at 5pm (a day later than usual due to the bank holiday).

DECISIONS MADE BY OFFICERS AND REPORTED FOR INFORMATION

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

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/your-council-and-democracy/access-to-information/

OTHER INFORMATION

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Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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