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

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1.

Meetings and events from 21 January to 5 February 2021

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 21 Jan

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-

-

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Fri 22 Jan

-

-

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Mon 25 Jan

-

-

-

-

Tue 26 Jan

-

-

-

-

Wed 27 Jan

-

-

-

-

Thu 28 Jan

-

-

-

-

Fri 29 Jan

10am

Planning Committee (Waterbeach)

Online

Ian Senior

 

10am

Grants Advisory Committee

Online

Aaron Clarke

 

Mon 1 Feb

-

-

-

-

Tue 2 Feb

-

-

-

-

Wed 3 Feb

10am

Cabinet

Online

Jonathan Malton

Thu 4 Feb

-

-

-

-

Fri 5 Feb

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planning Service Consults on Conservation Area Appraisals

The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning?Service?is?consulting?on?five?Draft Conservation Area Appraisals from Monday 18 January to Monday 15 February?and welcomes?comments from the public as well as interested groups.?

 

Conservation Areas?are areas of special architectural or historic interest, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.?They have?Conservation Area Appraisals?which give recommendations for their conservation and enhancement, and we periodically review these to ensure they continue to reflect circumstances on the ground.?? 

We have published five?draft?Appraisals?for informal consultation, for the following Conservation Areas:? 

·         De Freville? 

·         Fulbourn? 

·         Fulbourn?Hospital? 

·         Melbourn? 

·         Stapleford? 

The?Draft Appraisals and?links to the online?surveys for public comment and feedback?are available on the?Conservation Area Appraisal Consultations?webpage.?There is no?statutory requirement to consult with local communities or?stakeholders,?but we?consider?it important to hear a range of views on the draft appraisals before they are finalised.? 

3.

A14 Road Closures Relating to work on A14 for Week Beginning 18 January 2021 pdf icon PDF 26 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing 18 January 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

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

14/01/2021

Cambridge News

District council proposes tax rise

P10

 -

14/01/2021

Cambridge News

Green light for Bourn Quarter plan

P12

 -

14/01/2021

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on breakfast about DfT haulier scheme at Cambridge Bar Hill Hotel

2'25'' into show

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14/01/2021

Cambridgeshire Live online

South Cambs Tories and Lib Dems clash over government role in 25,000 new home development

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 -

14/01/2021

Cambridge Network online

Local councils support DfT’s scheme to help lorry drivers to isolate

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 -

14/01/2021

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed about flooding

1'53'' into show

 -

14/01/2021

Ely Standard online

Lorry drivers who test Covid-19 positive to isolate at hotel before completing journeys

-

 -

15/01/2021

Cambridge News

Covid-positive hauliers put up at village hotel

P5

 -

15/01/2021

Cambridge News

Report highlights issues with Council planning committee

P10

 -

15/01/2021

Suffolk News online

New planning groups raises concern at South Cambridgeshire District Council

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 -

15/01/2021

The MJ online

LGA to call in conspiracy theory experts

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Cllr Bridget Smith quoted as Deputy Chair of LGA’s safer and stronger communities board

16/01/2021

Cambridge News

Developers hit sticking point as smell could end retirement village plan

P11

Planning application submitted

16/01/2021

Cambridge News

Proposals for solar farm on land at the Childerley Estate

P14

Planning application to be submitted

18/01/2021

In Your Area online

Cambridge planning applications week ending January 17

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 -

18/01/2021

Cambridge Independent online

Bourn Quarter business park approved - and Cambridge Design Partnership plans to move there

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18/01/2021

Cambridgeshire Live online

Solar farm that could power 18,000 homes proposed near Cambridge

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Planning application to be submitted

20/01/2021

Cambridge News

Lib Dem leaflet distribution row

P14

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

More experimental traffic changes take effect in Newtown

P5

GCP article

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

£2.35m cost of pandemic for Council

P8

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Hotel becomes isolation base for Covid positive lorry drivers

P8

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Help pledged at last for our globally-rare chalk streams

P10

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Amended proposals for 28 new units

P19

Planning application submitted

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Plans for retirement complex

P19

Planning application submitted

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Comment on conservation area appraisals

P20

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Bourn business park approved

P21

 -

20/01/2021

Cambridge Independent

Five-storey lab and office building on Biomedical Campus due for approval

P46

Preview of Joint Development Control Committee

 

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.

 

Saturday 16 January, Daily Mail: Right to regenerate to allow public purchase of vacant council land and buildings

The public will be able to force councils to sell vacant plots of land or derelict buildings under a new law proposed.

 

Saturday 16 January, BBC Online: Local elections

Cabinet Office Minister Chloe Smith told MPs this week that while the date for this year’s local elections on May 6 is officially under review, she’s not in favour of delay.

 

Sunday 17 January, Sky News: Councils losing millions supporting businesses

A survey shows 45 per cent of councils have lost income as a result of their own business support measures.

 

Monday 18 January, Guardian: May elections in England

Labour is urging ministers to make May’s elections in England more Covid-safe.

 

Monday 18 January, Times: Green belt at risk

Campaigners Keep Our Green Belt Green have claimed that thousands of acres of green space around towns and cities could be build on because of “implausible” population forecasts.

 

Tuesday 19 January, Times: Opinion audits regulation

In an opinion piece, the Times’ financial editor Peter Hosking writes that while the private sector is learning the lesson from accounting irregularities and supports audit reform, progress in the public sector is slower.

 

Wednesday 20 January, Guardian: English pubs “still waiting for grants”

The British Beer and Pub Association said nearly three-quarters of pubs eligible for a £1,000 grant to help the survive through Christmas have yet to receive the money from their local council.

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 13 January 2021

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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’

Decisions Made By Officers and Reported For Information

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

7.

Joint Response to Government Consultation - Supporting Housing Delivery & Public Service Infrastructure

The Lead Cabinet Member for Planning Agreed to respond to the Government’s consultation as detailed in the appendix to the report and to delegate any further minor editing changes to the Joint Director for Planning and Economic Development.

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: Jonathan Bell

Job title: Green Energy Investment Manager

Date started: 11 January 2021

 

Name: Christine German

Job title: Support Administrator

Date started 4 January 2021

 

Name: Ria Griffiths

Job title: Senior Recovery Officer

Date started: 4 January 2021

 

Name: Khoi Hoang

Job title: Benefits Customer Resource Officer

Date started: 11 January 2021

 

Name: Liz Morrow

Job title: Technical Officer

Date started: 21 December 2020

 

Name: Alan Shaw

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 11 January 2021

 

Name: Sidkat Tope Olufowobi

Job title: NNDR & Council Tax (Pool) Project Officer

Date started: 11 January 2021

 

Name: Adam Ward

Job title: Refuse Loader

Date started: 11 January 2021

 

Name: Kerri Warren

Job title: HR Advisor

Date started: 11 January 2021