Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 30 October 2019 12.00 p.m.

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

Items

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Meetings and events from Thursday 31 October to Friday 15 November 2019

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 31 Oct
Fri 1 Nov

Mon 4 Nov
Tue 5 Nov
Wed 6 Nov	9:30am	Cabinet
Thu 7 Nov
Fri 8 Nov


Mon 11 Nov	10am	Licensing Committee
Tue 12 Nov
Wed 13 Nov	10am	Planning Committee
Thu 14 Nov	5:20pm	Scrutiny & Overview Committee
Fri 15 Nov	1pm	Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

Cambridge City Council Off Street Car Parking Charges 2020/21 PDF 147 KB

Please see attached consultation letter relating to Cambridge City Council’s off street car park pricing proposals for 2020/21.

Planned Road Closures Week Commencing 28 October - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvements PDF 129 KB

Please find attached road closures information for w/c28 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:Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line

John Birchall - John.Birchall@theA14.com

Section 3: East Coast Main Line 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Media Monitoring

Arising from the results of the Member Communication Needs Survey, many members highlighted the fact that residents found out about SCDC matters through the media.

The Council’s Communications Team will produce a weekly summary of recent news items to be published in the Bulletin to help keep members informed of recent coverage of SCDC.

Contact the Communications Team for further information.

Date	Publication	Details

23/10/19	Cambridge Network online	More than 60 new Council homes to be built in Sawston for local people	Link
23/10/19	Cambridge News	New Council homes plan as demand shoots up	P13
23/10/19	BBC Look East	New Council homes planned for Sawston	Morning bulletins
23/10/19	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	New Council homes planned for Sawston	Morning bulletins
23/10/19	Hunts Post online	Charity which supports disabled people makes plea for funding help	Link	Papworth charity needs financial help. Forwarded to Community Chest team.
23/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Recycling advised this Halloween	P4
23/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Forum set up to tackle 'water crisis'	P9
23/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Go-ahead for new homes	P19
23/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Wellcome's expansion to add 4,200 jobs	P21
24/10/19	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Mark Howell interviewed as local member about future of Papworth Hospital site	1' 10'' into show
24/10/19	Cambridge Independent online	New jobs and homes approved at expanded Wellcome Genome Campus	Link
24/10/10	Cambridge Network online	Still time to give opinions on transport projects	Link	GCP article
24/10/19	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Tumi Hawkins interviewed about granting of planning permission for Wellcome Trust expansion	1'10'' into show
24/10/19	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	PM bulletins: Planning permission granted for Wellcome Trust expansion	N/A	Clips of Cllr John Batchelor
24/10/19	Local Democracy Reporter	Cllr John Batchelor interviewed about Wellcome Trust application approval	Link
24/10/19	Cambridge News online	World-leading research campus to triple in size - but not everyone is happy about it	Link
25/10/19	Cambridge News	Bus plan for cycleway 'crazy'	P6	GCP article
25/10/10	Cambridge News	Domestic abuse victims set to get more support from local authorities	P19
25/10/19	Cambridge Network online	New jobs and homes approved at expanded Wellcome Genome Campus	Link
25/10/19	Saffron Walden Reporter online	Plans to expand 'internationally significant' science campus approved by council	Link
25/10/19	Planning Resource online	1,500-home expansion of Cambs research campus approved despite plan conflict	Link
26/10/19	Cambridge News	Campus expansion will 'inspire a new direction for humans'	P1, 4, 5
28/10/19	DeSmog UK	Local Councils commit £2 million to tackle climate emergency	Link
29/10/19	Cambridge News	Council among those doing the most to combat climate change	P6
30/10/19	Cambridge News online	Staff shortages in council planning departments having knock-on effect on residents	Link
30/10/19	Cambridge News	Improved route for cyclists	P15	GCP article
30/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Safer cycling and walking paths on school route	P2	GCP article
30/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Wellcome expansion or a scheme too far?	P16 & P17
30/10/19	Cambridge Independent	Letter: So many new homes, but who are they all for?	P26

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 24 October, Times: Developers warned over poor quality houses

The Housing Secretary has warned that developers building poor-quality homes will have to “change their practices”.

Thursday 24 October, Independent Online: First fully electric London taxis since 1899

The first fully electric taxi is set to take to London’s streets in over a 110 years and it can go up to 187 miles on a single charge.

Sunday 27 October, Sunday Telegraph: Country landowners urge more affordable homes in rural areas

Country estate owners building more affordable homes on their land to help local people get on the property ladder are calling on others to follow their suit, according to the Country Land and Business Association.

Tuesday 29 October, Guardian: Councils building a housing revolution against all the odds

Council house building is on the rise as visiting professor at University College London, Dr Janice Morphet, says that councils are “doing a lot more to build housing than we generally think”.

View Planning Applications

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. Once the page has loaded, you can use the Search option to set your own criteria of parish, area and date range.

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 23 OCTOBER 2019

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’.

Community Chest: Funding Applications

View the background to item 7.

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance AGREED with the recommendation made by the Grants Advisory Committee to award grants to organisations affecting the villages of Cottenham, Sawston, Shepreth, South Trumpington and Whittlesford. A grant affecting the village of Duxford was deferred.

This decision was first published on Tuesday 29 October and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Tuesday 5 November.

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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