Contact: Patrick Adams 01954 713408 Email: democratic.services@scambs.gov.uk
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Meetings and events from Thursday 9 January to Friday 24 January 2020
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Please find attached details of this week’s road closures.
To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.
John Birchall has now left the project. For all queries in relation to Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line & Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk
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. |
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Northstowe Community Forum on Wed 22 Jan at 6pm PDF 307 KB Please note that the Northstowe Community Forum will be held on Wednesday 22 January at the Northstowe Community Wing, Pathfinder Way CB24 1AA. This is an opportunity for the public to talk to the planners, developers and decision makers of Northstowe. The event will commence with a drop-in at 6pm, with presentations starting at 7pm. |
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Media Monitoring
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Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)
Friday 3 January, Telegraph: Cash for councils to tackle rogue landlords The Government has announced more than 100 councils across England will share £4 million to tackle poor standards in the private rented sector, including using technology to identify homes with inadequate heating and forcing landlords to take action.
Saturday 4 January, Mail: Fly-tipping cases soar at councils demand courts hit offenders with bigger fines The LGA is calling on the courts to issue fly-tippers with bigger fines after figures showed that fly-tipping incidents have risen by more than half in six years.
Sunday 5 January, Sunday Telegraph: Almshouses built at fastest rate since the Victorian era Charitable almshouses are being built at their fastest rate since the Victorian era and are being touted as a possible solution to Britain’s social housing shortage.
Sunday 5 January, Sunday Times: Built-up Britain: Green land gobbled up by urban sprawl Britain’s green and pleasant land is turning grey, with land occupied by buildings growing by more than 11 per cent in a decade.
Wednesday 8 January, Times: Thousands build properties without planning permission Forty planning applications are being made every day for building work that has already started or been completed, with homeowners risking being forced to tear down home extensions.
Wednesday 8 January, Mail Online:Public health funerals Freedom of Information requests by Royal London suggests relatives of people given a pauper’s funerals face being barred from the service and charged for the ashes, as the cost to councils last year hit £6.3m.
Wednesday 8 January, Independent Online: Net zero carbon plans The Government’s strategy to reach the net zero carbon target by 2050 will be released to the public by December, more than a year after the commitment was enshrined into law. |
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EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE THURSDAY 2 JANUARY 2020
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’. |
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Appointment of Representative on GCP Joint Assembly The Leader agreed to appoint Councillor Heather Williams onto the Greater Cambridge City Deal Joint Assembly.
This decision was first published on Tuesday 7 January and so the deadline for calling in the decision is 5pm on Tuesday 14 January. |
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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/ |
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Newly-Published Items on modern.gov
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SCDC Starters and Leavers
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