Agenda

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

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 12 November to Friday 27 November 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 12 Nov

5:20pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Fri 13 Nov

-

-

-

-

Mon 16 Nov

11am

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

 

11:59pm

Deadline for councillors’ questions for Council

 

Tue 17 Nov

11am

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Wed 18 Nov

-

-

-

-

Thu 19 Nov

-

-

-

-

Fri 20 Nov

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Aaron Clarke

 

Mon 23 Nov

11am

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Victoria Wallace

Tue 24 Nov

9:30am

Audit & Corporate Governance Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Patrick Adams

 

5:30pm

Joint Local Planning Advisory Group

Virtual Meeting - Online

 

Wed 25 Nov

-

-

-

-

Thu 26 Nov

2pm

Council

Virtual Meeting – Online

Patrick Adams

Fri 27 Nov

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Virtual Meeting – Online

Aaron Clarke

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Road Closures Relating to the A14 Improvements pdf icon PDF 26 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for the week commencing Monday 9 November 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.

 

3.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The Council has received the following re nominations:

 

In Sawston – The Kings Head Public House, Sawston.

In Arrington – The Hardwicke Arms Hotel, Arrington.

 

The Council will make its decisions by 4th January 2021.

 

Further information about the Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value can be found on our webpage.

General Information

4.

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

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

New busway route proposed for controversial C2C project

P4

CA / GCP article

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Join our campaign to save village homes from demolition

P5

GCP article

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Please follow the guidance - and we'll be there for you'

P8

 -

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Roundabout plans paused

P15

CA article

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Cllr Bridget Smith column: There's nothing good to say about Planning White Paper

P26 & P27

 -

04/11/2020

In Your Area online

Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service goes green with first electric bin lorry

-

 -

04/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Councils unveil first all-electric bin lorry

-

 -

04/11/2020

Cambridge News

First electric bin lorry for waste service

P14

 -

05/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Mayor James Palmer’s alternative Cambourne to Cambridge busway scheme fails to secure backing of his own transport committee

-

CA / GCP article

05/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Plans for new primary school and nursery approved for Cambridge

-

 

05/11/2020

Cambridge News online

Mayor hints at disagreement over south east Cambridge busway route

-

CA / GCP article

05/11/2020

Cambridge News online

Mayor Palmer's bid to take new Cambourne to Cambridge route to GCP fails

-

CA / GCP article

05/11/2020

Cambridge News online

Plans for huge new primary school given the green light in Cambridge

-

 -

06/11/2020

Cambridge News

Plans for new primary school taking shape

P4

-

06/11/2020

Cambridge News

Mayor questions busway plan

P6

CA / GCP article

06/11/2020

Cambridge News

Alternative plans for transport link are criticised by councillor

P10

CA / GCP article

07/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Joe Biden wins US presidency: Cambridgeshire politician delighted ‘nightmare of Donald Trump as a world leader’ is over

-

-

09/11/2020

Cambridge News

New bridge 'will make life easier'

P6

GCP article

09/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Abbey Chesterton bridge is installed over River Cam

-

GCP article

09/11/2020

Cambridge Independent online

Final call for entries to Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards 2020

-

-

10/11/2020

In Your Area online

South Cambs volunteers to keep providing hot meals to vulnerable residents thanks to government funding

-

-

11/11/2020

Cambridge Network online

Funding means vital meals scheme can continue to provide lifeline for vulnerable for next six months

-

-

11/11/2020

Cambridge News

Funding sees scheme that takes meals to vulnerable extended

P10

 -

11/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Major step forward for safer cycling as new bridge installed over Cam

P4

GCP article

11/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Free meals scheme to continue

P6

 -

11/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Homes plan for former village pub

P9

Planning application submitted

11/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Hundreds sign to save homes

P11

GCP article

11/11/2020

Cambridge Independent

Mayor's alternative busway route hits surprise roadblock

P18

GCP / CA article

 

5.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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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 5 November, BBC Online: Extend scheme for cosy homes, green groups say

The Government’s Green Homes scheme, which currently offers grants up to £5,000 to help households with insulation but ends in March and is vastly over-subscribed, should be extended through to 2030, according to the Climate Coalition.

6.

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 4 November 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’

7.

BT Telephone Kiosk Removals Consultation

The Lead Cabinet Member for Community Resilience and Health & Wellbeing agreed to the respond to BT’s consultation on the removal of 9 telephone kiosks. This decision has been taken as an urgent decision and so cannot be called in.

Decisions Made By Officers and Reported For Information

Please click on the link to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority.

Other Information

8.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

9.

The Council's Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Tan St John-Ives

Job title: Refuse Driver

Date started: 9 November 2020