Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 22 April 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 23 April to Friday 8 May

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 23 Apr
Fri 24 Apr	11am	Grants Advisory Committee	Virtual Meeting - Online	Aaron Clarke

Mon 27 Apr
Tue 28 Apr
Wed 29 Apr
Thu 30 Apr
Fri 1 May


Mon 4 May
Tue 5 May
Wed 6 May	9:30am	Cabinet	Virtual Meeting – Online	Ian Senior
Thu 7 May
Fri 8 May		May Day Bank Holiday

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 20 April - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme PDF 211 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for w/c 20 April, 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.

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

15/04/2020	Cambridge News	Government dismisses appeal over refusal of agritech park	P3
15/04/2020	Cambridge Independent	Secretary of State rules against plans for agritech park	P4
15/04/2020	Cambridge Independent	Small firms delighted at speed of grants from Councils	P38
15/04/2020	Cambridge News online	Plans for agritech park near Hinxton have been rejected by the Government	Link
16/04/2020	Cambridge Independent online	Secretary of State rejects Smithson Hill's plans for agritech park near Hinxton	Link
16/04/2020	Cambridge Independent online	Small firms delighted at speed of grants from Councils	Link
17/04/2020	Cambridge News	Council has paid out more than half its grant money	P3
17/04/2020	Cambridge News	County under fire for bid to axe 'vital' forum	P5
17/04/2020	Cambridge News online	South Cambs has distributed more than half its government grant money for small businesses	Link
21/04/2020	Cambridge News	Shock and outrage over changes to committees	P10	Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted
21/04/2020	Cambridge News online	Political opponents and residents hit out at county council proposals to change Cambridge committees	Link	Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted
22/04/2020	Cambridge Independent	Volunteer task force forced to bring help to the vulnerable	P10
22/04/2020	Cambridge Independent	100-plus village volunteers get connected with grant funding	P12

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.

Friday 17 April, BBC news: Coronavirus: Fly-tipping rise prompts plea to reopen tips

Politicians have said rubbish tips should reopen to curb an increase in fly-tipping during the coronavirus crisis.

Saturday 18 April, Guardian: Coronavirus: English councils “on brink of financial failure”

The LGA has warned that the coronavirus crisis is pushing them to the brink of financial failure, with increased costs from supporting vulnerable people at the same time as income from fees and rates is failing.

Sunday 19 April, Telegraph: Coronavirus: Small business grants only paid out to as few as one in 10 firms

One in 10 small businesses have received government grant support in some areas of the country, according to a snap survey by the Sunday Telegraph.

Tuesday 21 April, Guardian: Coronavirus: MPs investigate commercial property purchases by councils

A parliament spending watchdog inquiry will investigate local authorities’ commercial investments.

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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