Agenda

Thameslink’s Your station, Your Community Improvement Fund opens 28 June – 30 July for applications.The fund is available for initiatives that address challenges and issues that are important to and impact our local communities and the railway:

·         Enhancing our stations to be a welcoming environment

·         Positive Mental Health

·         Diversity and Inclusion

·         Employability and confidence building

·         Environmental Sustainability

Applications are welcomed from registered charities, community groups and other not-for-profit organisations such as rail user groups, community rail partnerships, business partnerships, town councils, parish councils and schools. Minimum funding request is £1,000, maximum is £50,000.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3boNZCv.

Following recent incidents of racism / racist graffiti that have been drawn to our attention, we have drafted some text and images that could be used as a social media campaign against hate crime - 3 clear messages that could be used in consecutive posts to remind communities that hate crime will not be tolerated.  Please feel free to use these / encourage your social media admins to post these. We draw your attention to the opening paragraph - Hate crime comes in many different forms and strikes at the heart of communities. With your help, we can tackle those responsible for hate crime and keep our communities safe. Police are here and ready to help anyone who has been affected by someone else's prejudice, ignorance or violence. Please share the messages to help raise awareness of how to report a hate crime. By reporting hate crime, you may be able to prevent it from happening again.

Beth Watson has joined South Cambs District Council as the Community Safety Partnership Project Officer.  The post is funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.  Beth’s role will be to support community action and engagement activities alongside partners from a range of agencies from the Community Safety Partnership (CSP), including Cambridgeshire Police, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and Cambridgeshire County Council. 

Beth will work with residents and community groups from South Cambridgeshire as well as with elected members to address their concerns.

Beth will promote and help develop community safety and resilience in the District, prioritising activities based on data and feedback from partners and the public.  You may find that your Ward falls into the CSP’s priority focus areas, in which case you will work more closely with Beth.  But even if not, she is available and can work with partners to address local issues. 

There will be 2 briefings for District Councillors in the coming months – one on 21 July before Council where Chief Insp Paul Rogerson will speak about Neighbourhood Policing, and one in September (date tbc) about the CSP and its work, where you can meet Beth and her CSP colleagues.

Any enquiries can be emailed to: Communitysafety@scambs.gov.uk or call Beth on 07933 172367.

Friday 8 July, BBC News: UK debt on “unsustainable path”

The UK’s national debt is on an “unsustainable path” unless taxes are raised and spending is tightened.

Sunday 10 July, Sunday Mirror: Councils evict over 2,500 families for being unable to pay rent during pandemic

Councils evicted more than 2,500 households over the last three years for not paying rent, according to Freedom of Information requests.

Monday 11 July, Times: Packaging pollution

Research has found over-sized packaging is causing five million unnecessary delivery trips a year because of wasted space.

Tuesday 12 July, BBC News: The Big Plastic Count

A survey of Britain’s household plastic waste show that the average participating household threw away 66 pieces of plastic in a week.

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’. 

Cabinet:

Agreed to implement a new 99-year lease with Sawston Parish Council relating to land owned by South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) at Lynton Way, Sawston.

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

Cabinet:

Agreed to the transfer of ownership of the Orwell Beacon (‘the Beacon’, also known as the Orwell Millennium Beacon) from South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) to Orwell Parish Council.

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

Cabinet:

Endorsed the Biodiversity Net Gain proposal as an interim approach of guiding principles for siting biodiversity net gain for developments within South Cambridgeshire, with delegated powers given to the Joint Planning Director of Planning and Economic Development to make minor changes to the technical note.

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

Cabinet:

a)    Noted the representations made to the Greater Cambridge Local Plan First Proposals (Preferred Options) consultation and the report on the consultation at Appendix A.

b)    Agreed to adopt the updated Local Development Scheme for Greater Cambridge included at Appendix B of the report, to take effect from Monday 1 August 2022.

c)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in consultation with the South Cambridgeshire District Council Lead Cabinet member for Planning and the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure (in consultation with chair and spokes), to make any minor editing changes and corrections identified to the updated Local Development Scheme for Greater Cambridge included at Appendix A of the report prior to publication.

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

Cabinet:

a)    Agreed the proposed response to the West Suffolk Local Plan Preferred Options (Regulation 18) consultation as set out in Appendix A, and the proposed response to the Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission (Regulation 19) as set out in Appendix B

b)    Agreed that any material changes to the responses to the West Suffolk Local Plan Preferred Options (Regulation 18) and the Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission (Regulation 19) arising from consideration by Cabinet will be agreed via an out of cycle decision by the South Cambridgeshire Lead Cabinet Member for Planning in liaison with the Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, and in consultation with the Chair and Spokes of the Cambridge City Council Planning & Transport Scrutiny Committee.

c)    Agreed to grant delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development, in liaison with the South Cambridgeshire Lead Cabinet member for Planning and the Cambridge City Council Executive Councillor for Planning and Infrastructure, to make any minor editing changes to the responses to the West Suffolk Local Plan Preferred Options (Regulation 18) and the Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission (Regulation 19).

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

Cabinet:

a)    Agreed to establish a Member Governance Board for Northstowe

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

Cabinet:

Approved the property acquisition as specified in paragraphs 7 and 8 of the exempt report.

This decision was first published on Monday 11 July and so the deadline is 5 pm on Monday 18 July.

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