Agenda

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

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 18 June to Friday 3 July 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 18 Jun

10:30am

Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Fri 19 Jun

Mon 22 Jun

Tue 23 Jun

Wed 24 Jun

Thu 25 Jun

10am

Planning Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Ian Senior

Fri 26 Jun

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Aaron Clarke

 

Mon 29 Jun

10am

Cabinet

Virtual – Online Meeting

Ian Senior

 

2pm

Licensing Sub-Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Tue 30 Jun

2pm

Climate and Environment Advisory Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Patrick Adams

Wed 1 Jul

10am

Civic Affairs Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Patrick Adams

Thu 2 Jul

10:30am

Licensing Sub-Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Fri 3 Jul

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

July 1st Northstowe Online Community Forum pdf icon PDF 172 KB

Please find attached poster for the Northstowe Online Community Forum on 1 July, which will be held as a livestream on the Northstowe Community Facebook page.

3.

Reopening of High Streets Safely Fund , supporting local small to medium customer facing businesses

South Cambridgeshire District Council will be receiving ERDF funding for supporting local small and medium customer facing businesses, and we are interested in finding out how our businesses are getting on with reopening and their plans for implementing Covid-19 safety measures. Can we ask our parishes to please share this survey on their own social media platforms to help support us obtain information so that we can provide additional support for our businesses.

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/business/coronavirus-information-for-businesses/reopening-businesses/

 

For further information please contact Katherine Southwood, Katherine.southwood@scambs.gov.uk or 07704 019381

4.

Planned Road Closures Week Commencing 15 June - A14 Improvements pdf icon PDF 128 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing 15 June, in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

 

Please note, this weekend’s planned closure of Grafham Road has been cancelled.

See below for confirmation of the full weekend closures this weekend:

 

*Friday 8pm - Monday 6am*

 

·         A1307 between B1050 Hattons Road junction and Oakington roundabout and Dry Drayton overbridge

 

Our main carriageway closures are mapped along with the diversion routes here: https://highwaysengland.co.uk/a14-cambridge-to-huntingdon-improvement-scheme-roadworks/

 

To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or our A14 helpline.

 

For all queries in relation to the main scheme Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line, Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey & Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

 

Section 6: Huntingdon town centre

Samantha Kedie samantha.kedie@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

5.

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

10/06/20

Cambridge News

Letter: Lib Dems' U-turn on promises made at election

P17

 

10/06/20

Cambridge Independent

Van de Weyer to take on 'aggressive' Palmer in mayoral vote

P6

 

10/06/20

Cambridge Independent

Scrap off-road busway idea' urge Lib Dem city councillors

P6

GCP article. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted in GCP role

10/06/20

Cambridge Independent

Campaigners want new route consultation

P7

GCP article

10/06/20

Cambridge Independent

Letter: C2C: A reckless use of £200m

P28

 

10/06/20

ITV News Anglia online

Almost £3m to be spent on getting Cambridgeshire walking and cycling post lockdown

Link

CA article

10/06/20

Royston Crow online

New funding to aid small South Cambs businesses in Covid-19 recovery

Link

 

11/06/20

Peterborough Telegraph online

Combined Authority approves £2.9M for rapid improvements to cycleways and paths

Link

CA article

11/06/20

Planning Resource online

Council asks High Court to rescind its own planning consent after 'administrative errors'

Link

 

11/06/20

Cambridge News online

Plans for 21 'affordable homes for local people' in Cambs village approved

Link

 

11/06/20

Environment Journal online

New partnership to help Cambridge reach net-zero emissions

Link

 

12/06/20

Cambridge Network online

Design code seals the quality vision for Waterbeach development

Link

 

12/06/20

Cambridge News

Charity's 'inspired' plan for 21 almhouses is approved

P1 & P3

 

12/06/20

Cambridge Network online

Deadline approaches for small business grants

Link

 

12/06/20

Transport Xtra online

Will Cambridgeshire's transport power struggle end up in court?

Link

GCP / CA article

12/06/20

Cambridge Independent online

Small businesses in South Cambs urged to apply for grants

Link

 

15/06/20

Cambridge Network online

Spend locally' plea as South Cambs shops re-open after lockdown

Link

 

16/06/20

Local Government Chronicle online

Pandemic emergency plans 'didn’t do the job'

Link

 

16/06/20

Ely Standard online

Historic Denny Abbey plays a part in scuppering Amey's proposals for a £320m waste plant

Link

Reference to South Cambridgeshire Local Plan

 

6.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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 11 June: Independent: LGA: 1m new jobs as economy goes green

A report from the LGA calls for more than a million jobs could be created in the low-carbon and renewable energy economy in a “green jobs bonanza”.

 

Thursday 11 June, FT: England’s planning system set for shake-up

Ministers are reportedly preparing for a major overhaul of the planning system in England to speed up approvals for new developments, as part of the Government’s attempts to kick-start the economy.

 

Thursday 11 June, Express: Council tax: Sunak urged to ban debt-collecting bailiffs

MPs and peers have called on the Chancellor to end “heavy-handed” debt collection by local authorities and warned there is a “growing tendency” for councils to rely on bailiffs to collect tax arrears.

 

Saturday 13 June, Telegraph: Super-sized housing developments set to be fast-tracked

Major housing developments could be fast-tracked through the planning system under post-pandemic government proposals to be revealed in a White Paper on planning.

 

Monday 15 June, Independent: Councils demand more powers for housebuilding

Councils are calling for more powers over housebuilding to help the economy recover from the coronavirus crisis.

 

Tuesday 16 June, BBC: Garden community projects could create 200,000 car-dependent families, study suggests

A flagship project to build more than 50 green housing developments looks set to create more than 200,000 car-dependent families, a study warns.

7.

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.

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2020

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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’

8.

Community Chest Grants

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance agreed the Community Chest Grant awards recommended by the Grants Advisory Committee on 29 May 2020.

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

9.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

·                      Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee 18 June

·                      Planning Committee 25 June

 

Decisions

·                      Community Chest Grants

·                      Amendments to Constitution – Covid 19

·                      Final amendments to Constitution

·                      Planning Committee 10 June

 

Minutes

·                      Licensing Appeals Sub-Committee 12 June

 

Issues

·                      Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan – Decision to proceed to referendum

 

10.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: John Cornell

Job title: Built & Natural Environment Team Leader

Date started: 15 June 2020

 

Name: Paul Hunt

Job title: Planner

Date started: 10 June 2020