Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 13 August to Friday 28 August 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 13 Aug

5:20pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee - CANCELLED

Fri 14 Aug

11am

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Mon 17 Aug

Tue 18 Aug

11am

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Wed 19 Aug

Thu 20 Aug

Fri 21 Aug

 

Mon 24 Aug

Tue 25 Aug

2pm

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Wed 26 Aug

10am

Planning Committee

Virtual meeting – Online

Ian Senior

Thu 27 Aug

Fri 28 Aug

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Virtual meeting – Online

Aaron Clarke

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planned road closures for Week Commencing 3 August - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 125 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing 10 August, 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.

 

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

3.

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

05/08/2020

Cambridge News

Investigation into cause of fire at village school

P5

Cllr Peter McDonald quoted

05/08/2020

Cambridge News

Work begins on building a modern new town

P12

Start of Urban Splash work at Inholm, Northstowe. Cllr Dr. Tumi Hawkins quoted

05/08/2020

Cambridge News

Letter: Political dig at Labour is just hypocrisy

P17

 

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

New road measures set to be introduced across the city

P4

GCP article

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

We'll recover from blaze' says head

P5

Cllr Peter McDonald quoted

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Palmer seeks 'diplomatic' leader for metro plans

P6 & P7

 

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

How our mayor can help county fulfil its potential

P7

Column from Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Community centre and council flats plan given approval

P10

JDCC decision

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Fury at delay in building access road

P17

Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service mentioned about Trumpington Meadows access road

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Visit Cambridge and Beyond closed as tourist numbers fall

P18

 

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Cllr Bridget Smith column: Aiming to make district healthiest in the country

P30

 

05/08/2020

Cambridge Independent

Letter from Cllr Brian Milnes: Almost zero chance of Sawston rail funds

P30

 

05/08/2020

The Planner online

Low-carbon city district proposed for Cambridgeshire

Link

Behind paywall. Unable to read full article

05/08/2020

Cambridge News online

Photos show plans for controversial new community hub and council flats approved in Cambridge park

Link

JDCC decision

06/08/2020

Cambridge News

Go-ahead for council flats and community hub

P12 & P13

JDCC decision

06/08/2020

Ely Standard online

£2m to set up company to develop the revolutionary Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro - or CAM as we will learn to call it

Link

CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

06/08/2020

Cambridge Network online

Cambridge Investment Partnership gets go-ahead for new community hub and council homes at The Meadows and Buchan Street

Link

JDCC decision

07/08/2020

Cambridge News

Special purpose vehicle' set up to drive delivery of ambitious metro project

P16 & P17

CA article. Cllr Bridget Smith quoted

07/08/2020

Transport Xtra online

Cambs CA to recruit top team for CAM rapid transit company

Link

CA article

11/08/2020

Cambridge News

North-east development Q&A reveals a focus on the future

P12 & P13

 

11/08/2020

Cambridge News online

North East Cambridge: More details revealed about new city district planned near Cambridge North Station

Link

 

 

4.

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 6 August, Guardian: Reform to planning system could be “catastrophic”

Oliver Wainwright warns the Government’s planning reforms could cut democratic input in the planning process.

 

Friday 7 August, BBC Online: PM defends planning reforms

Boris Johnson has defended proposals to reform the planning system amid growing concern about a lack of local say over developments.

 

Saturday 8 August, LBC Online: Tougher licensing powers needed to crack down on Covid-19 safety breaches

The LGA argues that pubs and other licensed premises should be made to comply with Covid-19 safety guidelines with councils given the powers to close down venues where rules are being flouted.

 

Saturday 8 August, BBC Online: Millions for small business “sitting in council accounts”

Emergency coronavirus funding for businesses will go back to the Treasury at the end of the month it if is not claimed, the Federation of Small Businesses has warned.

 

Tuesday 11 August, FT: Business warning over resumption of rates collection

Some businesses have said they will struggle to survive due to the resumption of business rates collection by councils.

5.

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

6.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

·                      Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee 14 August

·                      Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee 18 August

 

Minutes

·                      Employment & Staffing Committee 3 August

·                      Scrutiny & Overview Committee 16 July

 

7.

The Council's Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Runaz Ali

Job title: Neighbourhood Services

Date started: 7 August 2020

 

Name: Timothy Cliff

Job title: GIS Data Technical Officer

Date started: 3 August 2020

 

Name: Pam Cowels

Job title: Tenant Engagement Officer

Date started: 10 August 2020

 

Name: Mark Deas

Job title: Senior Policy Planner

Date started: 20 July 2020

 

Name: Paul Jenkins-Green

Job title: Assist Business Development Officer

Date started: 20 July 2020

 

Name: Samantha Menezes

Job title: Housing Admin Support

Date started: 20 July 2020

 

Name: Oliver Parsell

Job title: High Street Business Support Officer

Date started: 29 July 2020

 

Name: Alan Radford

Job title: Neighbourhood Support Officer

Date started: 3 August 2020

 

Name: Ashley Williams

Job title: Refuse & Recycling Operative

Date started: 10 August 2020

 

Angharad Yerbery

Job title: Policy & Performance Officer

Date started: 30 July 2020

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Staff who have left/ will be leaving

 

Name: Kathrin John

Job title: Democratic Services Team Leader

Date leaving: 16 August 2020

 

Name: Bradley Perry

Job title: Business Support Officer

Date leaving: 14 August 2020