Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 4 March 2020 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 5 March to Friday 20 March

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 5 Mar
Fri 6 Mar

Mon 9 Mar
Tue 10 Mar
Wed 11 Mar	10am	Planning Committee	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Thu 12 Mar	5:20pm	Scrutiny and Overview Committee	Swansley Room	Victoria Wallace
Fri 13 Mar


Mon 16 Mar
Tue 17 Mar
Wed 18 Mar	10am	Employment and Staffing Committee	Swansley Room A	Patrick Adams
Thu 19 Mar
Fri 20 Mar

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

A14 Road Closures for Week Commencing 2 March 2020 PDF 130 KB

Please find attached road closures information for week commencing 2 March 2020, 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.

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.

Update - Joint Community Safety Event and Zero Carbon Communities Workshop - Saturday 7 March 2020

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the morning ONLY Community Safety Event has been cancelled.

The afternoon - Zero Carbon Communities Workshop Is still going ahead as planned at 13.30pm

Lunch will still take place at 12.30pm- 13.30pm

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

UPCOMING DISTRICT COUNCILLOR TRAINING

Unless otherwise specified, please confirm your availability to attend any of the following briefing or training events by contacting Jonathan Malton. This will ensure your training records are kept up to date and suitable venue and catering booking can be made. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Investment Partnerships Training - 12 March 2020 12pm to 4pm

It is proposed that Investment Partnerships will fulfil a substantial role in the delivery of the Council’s Investment Strategy, with a £170m funding allocation in this investment stream anticipated by March 2024. It is proposed that Full Council will, on 2nd April, consider the recommendation from Cabinet on 4th March to enter into Limited Liability Partnerships with two Partners, Hill Partnerships Limited and Balfour Beatty Investments. It is essential that members who will be scrutinising this proposal are properly informed as to the nature and extent of these Partnerships. To this end, specific training on this issue has been organised on 12 March, timed to start and finish before the Scrutiny and Overview committee meeting.

The training will cover the following issues:

· The role of investment partnerships within the SCDC Investment Strategy

· Key ingredients for successful partnerships

· What the parties bring to the table

· Governance challenges within the investment partnerships

· Initial business case development and approval

· Exit strategies on investments

· Interaction between investment partnerships and Council policy framework

· Community engagement and public perceptions

· Case studies / experiences from elsewhere

· Legal basis (Haringey Case)

The training will be delivered by Chris Brain, an expert in the field who has previously provided member training to the Council on its Investment Strategy in April 2019. He is an expert in this field, able to easily disseminate what can sometimes seem an impenetrable subject in a highly accessible and enjoyable way.

Please advise Democratic Services if you can attend the training on Thursday 12 March from 12 noon to 4pm in the Council Chamber. Lunch will be provided.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Media Monitoring

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

Please contact the Communications Team for further information.

Date	Publication	Details

26/02/20	BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	Cllr Bill Handley interview on taxi licensing policy	9.22am, 10am bulletin
26/02/20	ITV News Anglia	Cllr Bill Handley interview on taxi licensing policy	6.10pm
26/02/20	Cambridge Network	Council extends deadline to apply for funding for VE Day commemorations	Link
27/02/20	Cambridge News	City Council approves rise in tax share	P17	SCDC increase referenced
27/02/20	Cambridge Independent online	Cambridgeshire council to spend £5m on tackling the climate emergency	Link
27/02/20	Property Week online	Cambridge takes a new tack with its shared local plan	Link
27/02/20	Royston Crow	A new review on council changes	P1
27/02/20	Royston Crow	Deadline extended for groups to apply for VE Day celebrations	P3
28/02/20	Cambridge Independent online	Cambourne Village College pupils and volunteers help plant hedgerow around Great Cambourne cricket pitch	Link
01/03/20	Cambridge Independent online	East West Rail seeks feedback from communities along route at series of public events	Link
02/03/20	Cambridge News online	How much council tax Cambridge residents will pay from April	Link	SCDC increase referenced
02/03/20	GP Online	How social prescribing is helping patients in our practices	Link	SCDC funding referenced
02/03/20	Cambridge News online	Planning applications 'may be delayed' in South Cambridgeshire after legal challenge	Link
02/03/20	ITV News Anglia	The energy-efficient homes helping to tackle climate change in the region	Link	Online article
02/03/20	ITV News Anglia	The energy-efficient homes helping to tackle climate change in the region	Link 9.54 mins	TV coverage
02/03/20	Royston Crow online	Cyclists using Meldreth railway station to benefit from funding boost	Link
03/03/20	Cambridge News	Driver angered at being forced to pay for CCTV	P6
03/03/20	Cambridge News	Some planning applications face delays at council	P8
03/03/20	Royston Crow online	Third judicial review against South Cambridgeshire District Council after alleged changes to constitution	Link
03/03/20	Cambridge News online	Residents 'in limbo' over South Cambs planning 'pickle'	Link
04/03/20	Cambridge News	Residents 'in limbo' over South Cambs planning 'pickle'	P8

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.

3 March 2020, Independent Online: Ban lifted on subsidies for new onshore windfarms

A ban on subsidies for new onshore wind farms is to be lifted by the Government, reversing a four-year ban introduced by David Cameron.

View Planning Applications

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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.

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.

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

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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