Agenda

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing Monday 7 September in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

Changes to A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme social media pages

With the main A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme now open to traffic, its Facebook and Twitter pages have changed to become pages for the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme.

There is still finishing work to be completed on the A14 project and there is ongoing work to improve links in Huntingdon town centre, so useful updates on the A14 will be displayed on the social media pages. For general information about the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme, you can:

• Visit the website – www.highwaysengland.co.uk/A14C2H
• Email – A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk
• Call – 0300 123 5000

The new page details are:

          Twitter - @A428Cat

          Facebook - @A428BlackCat  

As well as the updated social media pages, you can also get further information about the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme by:

• visiting the website – www.highwaysengland.co.uk/A428
• Emailing – info@a428.co.uk
• Calling us – 0300 123 5000

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

For all queries in relation to the main scheme Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line, Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey & Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton, please email: A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

Section 6: Huntingdon town centre

Samantha Kedie – samantha.kedie@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.

Thursday 3 September, Financial Times: Planning shake-up provides few affordable housing guarantees

A range of housing experts, developers and campaigners warn that the Government’s proposed planning shake-up will strip away the existing mechanism for supplying affordable housing without putting forward a clear alternative.

Sunday 6 September, Sunday Telegraph: Shapps criticises use of green transport fund

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested he might need to step in to scrap some local schemes set up by councils using a £250 million fund meant for a green transport revolution.

Monday 7 September, Telegraph: MPs to meet with housing minister over planning shake-up

Conservative MPs are to meet with ministers this week over proposals to reform the country’s planning system, amid concerns that housing decisions will be taken by an algorithm.

Tuesday 8 September, Times: Jenrick promises to build 180,000 discounted homes for new buyers

The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced £11.5 billion to build up to 180,000 discounted homes over the next five years to help first time buyers purchase their own home.

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 Lead Cabinet Member for Planning agreed to adopt the Supplementary Planning Document.

This decision was first published on 8 September and so the deadline for call-in is 15 September at 5pm.

The Lead Cabinet Member for Planning agreed to confirm that the response set out in Appendix 1 of this decision should be made to Anglian Water on their Phase 1 consultation on the relocation of Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant.

This decision was first published on 4 September and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on 11 September.

Cabinet:

(a)       Acknowledged the 2019/2020 general fund revenue outturn position and the net underspend (after income from Taxation and Government Grants) in the year of £4.665m and the explanations provided for the variances compared to the approved 2019/2020 revenue budget;

(b)       Acknowledged the consequent increase in the General Fund as of 31 March 2020 of £4.665m to around £16.5m;

(c)       Recommended to Full Council a General Fund Revenue Carry Forward in the sum of £30,000.

(d)       In relation to the Capital Programme:

(i) Noted the 2019/2020 capital budget outturn of £42,302 million;

(ii) Recommended to Full Council the carry forwards of £2.081 million in relation to General Fund capital projects due mainly to slippage.

(iii) Recommended to Full Council additional funding of £105,000 from earmarked reserves to meet the expected cost of the Lighting renewal programme.

(iv) Noted that a full review of the Capital Programme will be submitted to Cabinet at its October 2020 meeting to include rephasing of the existing programme and new Capital bids for the next budget cycle.

This decision was first published on 4 September and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on 11 September.

Cabinet:

(a)       Acknowledged the forecast 2020/2021 revenue outturn position against the approved revenue budget shown in Appendix C, the projected major variances with reasons for these variances and the action being taken to address the underlying issues;

(b)       Acknowledged the latest Capital Programme 2020/2021 to 2024/2025 position [and variances, if any] as shown in Appendix D.

This decision was first published on 4 September and so the deadline for call-in is 11 September at 5pm.

Cabinet:

(a)       Noted the 2019/2020 revenue outturn position and the net underspend in the year of £2.001 million, and the explanations provided for the variances compared to the approved 2019/2020 revenue budget;

(b)       Noted the overall reduction in the Housing Revenue Account balance as at 31 March 2020 to £5.358 million;

(c)        Recommended to Full Council the Housing Revenue Account Revenue Budget Carry Forwards in the sum of £0.020 million, in relation to tenant participation;

(d)       In relation to the Capital Programme:

(i) Noted the 2019/2020 capital budget outturn of £22,647 million;

(ii) Recommended to Full Council the carry forwards to 2020/21 of £1.611 million in relation to HRA Housing improvements due mainly to slippage.

(iii) Recommended to Council the bringing forward of £1.530 million from 2020/21 in relation to HRA housebuilding during 2019/20, due to works being ahead of expectations.

(iv) Noted that a full review of the Capital Programme will be submitted to Cabinet at its October 2020 meeting to include re-phasing of the existing programme and new Capital bids for the next budget cycle.

This decision was first published on 4 September and so the deadline for call-in is 11 September at 5pm.

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/