Agenda

Please find attached the agenda for the Cambridgeshire Local Council’s Conference 2019, which will be held at the Marriot Hotel in Huntingdon on Friday 8 November from 9am to 3:45pm.

This event is for councillors and clerks from parish, town, District and County councils and will provide an opportunity to develop a new approach to put communities first and build on the existing strengths of local places and people.

The event is being organised by Cambridgeshire ACRE in association with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association of Local Councils, the Society of Local Council Clerks Cambridgeshire branch, the County’s District Council’s and Cambridgeshire County Council.

To book your place, please click on the link below: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/conf19/

The attached newsletter provides you with updates from September to October, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme.

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

Section 1, 2 & 3:Alconbury to Swavesey

John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com

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.

Please find attached road closures information for w/c 30 September, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

With winter fast approaching and increased heating required it is surprising what savings can be made by putting in simple insulation measures to reduce heat losses and draughts. A Thermal imaging camera will help identify these heat losses and can be borrowed for free by emailingThermal.Imagery@scambs.gov.uk  or contacting the call centre on  03450 450 063. For more information visit: www.scambs.gov.uk/thermal-imaging-cameras 

3 October 2019: The Times: Driverless taxis on streets of London for the first time

Driverless cars have hit the streets of London before a full roll-out next year in which autonomous taxis will become common in the capital.

4 October 2019: Sky News Online: Social homes in rural England

The number of social homes being build in rural England has fallen by more than 90% in the last six years.

5 October 2019: The Times: Report with designs on beauty will encourage more traditional houses

A design guide issued to councils explains how to make sure new houses and developments inspire “a sense of delight” rather than objections, in an effort to boost housebuilding.

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 approved and adopted the Corporate Asset Plan 2020-2024 attached as Appendix A attached to the report from the Interim Director of Finance.

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

Cabinet:

(a)  considered the main issues raised in the public consultation, and the comments of Scrutiny and Overview Committee;

(b)  agreed responses to the representations received and agreed consequential proposed changes to the SPD as set out in the Consultation Statement and Schedule of SPD Changes (attached as Appendices A and B to the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development);

(c)  subject to (a), adopted the amended Bourn Airfield New Village SPD; and

(d)  delegated to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development in liaison with the Deputy Leader, the authority to make any necessary editing changes to the SPD prior to publication including to the figures and spatial framework diagram to ensure consistency with the agreed text of the SPD.

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

Cabinet:

a.    appointed Councillors Peter McDonald (Liberal Democrat). Peter Topping (Conservative) and Aidan Van de Weyer (Liberal Democrat) to the A505 Royston to Granta Park Strategic Growth and Transport Study Member Steering Group and:

b.    appointed Councillors Henry Batchelor and Brian Milnes (both Liberal Democrats) as substitutes;

c.    at Councillor Peter Topping’s request, declined to appoint a Conservative substitute; and

d.    requested that officers ask Cambridgeshire County Council whether meetings of the Steering Group would be held in public.

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

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance concurred with the recommendations made by the Grants Advisory Committee regarding three Community Chest Grant Applications and AGREED to award the following grants:

·         £1,000 to Coton Village Hall

·         £1,000 to 1^st Papworth Scouts Group

·         £495 to Gamlingay School’s Out Club

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

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance concurred with the recommendations made by the Grants Advisory Committee on 27 September 2019 and:

AGREED that

(a)  Existing funding from the Elite Athletes Award Scheme be transferred to the Community Chest Grant, namely for 2018/19 and 2019/20 holding a value of £20,000, and a decision on the permanent allocation of this fund, be made before the end of the financial year.

(b)  6-monthly reporting by funded organisations of the Service Support Grants Programme be limited to organisations that are funded in excess of £15,000 per year, or by request of the GAC.

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

The Leader appointed Councillor Peter McDonald as the Council’s Business Champion.

This decision is an appointment by the Leader and so cannot be called in.

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

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/the-council/access-to-information/access-to-information-summary/