Agenda

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

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No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 4 June to Friday 19 June 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 4 Jun

10:30am

Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Fri 5 Jun

Mon 8 Jun

Tue 9 Jun

5:20pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Wed 10 Jun

10am

Planning Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Ian Senior

Thu 11 Jun

Fri 12 Jun

 

Mon 15 Jun

Tue 16 Jun

Wed 17 Jun

Thu 18 Jun

Fri 19 Jun

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

A14 Road Closures for Week Commencing 1 June 2020 pdf icon PDF 126 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

3.

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

27/05/2020

Cambridge Network online

Next steps published for Local Plan which determines how and where future homes and jobs will be created

Link

 

27/05/2020

Cambridge News

New busway plans finalised

P4

GCP article. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted in GCP role

27/05/2020

Cambridge News

Public consultation helping to shape future of city

P8

 

27/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Adams Road cyclists celebrate busway win

P1, 8 & 9

GCP article. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted in GCP role

27/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Draft plans reveal 8,000 home new 'border' district

P5

 

27/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Milton Country Park's £50,000 lifeline

P16

 

27/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Council adopts a Zero Carbon plan

P18

 

27/05/2020

Cambridge News online

Exciting future for Cambridge homes, job, shops and more comes into view

Link

 

28/05/2020

Royston Crow online

Greater Cambridge Local Plan report highlights next stage of development for county

Link

 

28/05/2020

Cambridge News

Cherry Hinton development: 1,200 homes and two schools get initial go ahead

Link

 

28/05/2020

The MJ

LGA split over worker bonus

Link

 

28/05/2020

Planning Resource online

Go ahead on 1,200 Cambridge homes on site adjacent to airport

Link

Behind paywall. Unable to read full article

29/05/2020

Cambridge News

Plans for 1,200 homes on fields wins approval - despite strong opposition

P5

 

29/05/2020

Cambridge News online

Legal row threatened in row between Mayor James Palmer and Greater Cambridge Partnership

Link

GCP / CA article

31/05/2020

Peterborough Matters online

Mayor and GCP row could cost taxpayers

Link

GCP / CA article

01/06/2020

Cambridge News

Threat of legal row over county transport project

P8 & P9

GCP / CA article

01/06/2020

Housing Today

Huge Cambridge fringe scheme approved

Link

 

01/06/2020

Cambridge Independent online

1,200 homes and two new schools north of Cherry Hinton granted outline planning permission

Link

 

01/06/2020

Transport Xtra online

Cambs Busway: GCP defies Palmer

Link

GCP / CA article

02/06/2020

Cambridge Network online

Council launches £200,000 fund to establish new Mobile Warden schemes in South Cambridgeshire

Link

 

02/06/2020

Cambridge News

Dismay at beauty spot gatherings

P11

 

02/06/2020

Cambridge News online

Dismay' at reports of large crowds at Cambridgeshire beauty spots

Link

 

02/06/2020

Cambridge Network online

New funding to aid small South Cambs businesses in Covid-19 recovery

Link

 

 

4.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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.

 

Friday 29 May, Times: UK’s largest solar farm approved

Britain’s largest solar farm, with almost 900,000 panels generating enough power for 91,000 homes, is to be build in Kent despite concerns about its effect on the countryside.

 

Sunday 31 May, Channel 4 News: Councils face makings cuts without more funding

The LGA says £3.2 billion in emergency government funding given to councils in England has met national cost pressures facing councils in the past three months but they will need double this amount to cope with the current COVID-19 emergency and beyond.

 

Monday 1 June, BBC Online: Make Covid-19 recovery green, say business leaders

More then 200 UK companies and investors are calling on the Government to deliver a coronavirus recovery plan which prioritises the environment.

5.

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 ...

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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’

6.

Community Led Housing - Grant Application by Histon & Impington CLT

Lead Cabinet Member for Housing AGREED to a approve a community-led development grant of £4,500 to Histon & Impington Community Land Trust.

 

This decision was first published on 1 June and so the deadline for call-in is 8 June at 5pm.

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

7.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

·                      Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee 4 June

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 9 June

·                      Planning Committee 10 June

 

Decisions

·                      Planning Committee 26 May

·                      Civic Affairs Committee 2 June

·                      Community Led Housing – Grant Application

 

Minutes

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 14 May

·                      Planning Committee 20 May

 

Items

·                      Joint Development Control Committee Terms of Reference