Agenda

Through the Better Care Fund and in accordance with the Cambridgeshire Housing Adaptations & Repairs Policy, we are pleased to be able to offer assistance to help low income households to boost the energy efficiency of their homes and to help with repairs.  For example, if people are struggling to heat their homes due to an old, faulty or inefficient boiler, we may be able to help pay for a new one through our Discretionary Grants scheme. 

To qualify for a grant, householders will need to have owned and lived in their home for at least two years and be in receipt of one of the following means tested benefits:

·         Universal Credit

·         Income Support

·         Income based Job Seekers Allowance or Income Based Employment Support Alliance

·         Working Tax Credit with gross income less than £18,000

·         Council Tax Support

·         Guaranteed Pension Credit

·         Or child tax credit with a relevant income less than £18,000

We may also be able to help with improving homes’ insulation, replacing draughty windows and doors and carrying out a range of other essential repairs.  Work is carried out by our partners at the Cambridgeshire Home Improvement Agency who also carry out works for disabled adaptations, such as ramps, level access showers, stairlifts, etc.

If you know of anyone within your ward who may benefit from this support, please contact the Home Improvement Agency on 01954 713330 or HIA@CambsHIA.org

See home improvement grants for more information.

The attached Annual Report to Tenants and Leaseholders 2018/19 has a wealth of information and highlights the impressive amount of work the Council did on behalf of its tenants and leaseholders in 2018/19.

The Report is also available on the Council’s website:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/housing/council-tenants/your-tenancy/annual-report-for-tenants-leaseholders/

In Toft:

The Council will update the asset register accordingly.

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/acv

Thursday 19 December, Guardian: Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new global study

People living with air pollution have higher rates of depression and suicide, according to a systematic review of global data led by University College London.

Thursday 19 December, i paper: Council generates own electricity

A council is to become the first in the UK to produce all its own electricity after buying the first of two solar farms.

Monday 23 December, Guardian: PM urged to overhaul flood defence funding

Boris Johnson needs to overhaul the system for deciding where flood-defence funding is spent and launch an emergency response unit to prevent a repeat of the damage caused by the November floods.

Thursday 26 December, Independent Online: Amount of flood-prone land used for new houses in England doubles in a year

The amount of land being used to build new homes in England’s most flood-prone areas has more than doubled in a year, figures reveal.

Friday 27 December, Guardian: Inquiry ordered into insufficient insurance for flood hit homes

Theresa Villiers, the Environment Secretary, said she was commissioning in inquiry into why some flooded communities were unable to get sufficient insurance, despite an agreement between insurers and the government in 2015 that was supposed to mean everyone would have access to affordable cover.

Monday 30 December, Telegraph: Rubbish could be turned into fuel

Household waste, surplus farmyard straw and discarded wood could be turned into fuel in a government-backed environmental scheme.

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 confirm the proposed content of the supporting documents for the Issues and Options consultation including the SA Scoping Report and NTS, SA of the Issues and Options Report and NTS, and Scoping Report of the HRA as set out in the documents appended to this decision.

The Lead Cabinet Member for Planning AGREED to confirm that the representations set out in Appendix 2 of this decision should be made to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Minerals and Waste Local Plan Proposed Submission (Publication) Draft.

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/