Agenda

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 4 March to Friday 19 March 2021

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 4 Mar

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-

-

-

Fri 5 Mar

10:30am

Licensing Appeal Sub-Committee

Online

Victoria Wallace

Mon 8 Mar

-

-

-

-

Tue 9 Mar

2pm

Climate & Environment Advisory Committee

Online

Patrick Adams

Wed 10 Mar

10am

Planning Committee

Online

Ian Senior

Thu 11 Mar

-

-

-

-

Fri 12 Mar

-

-

-

-

 

Mon 15 Mar

2pm

Employment & Staffing Committee

Online

Patrick Adams

Tue 16 Mar

-

-

-

-

Wed 17 Mar

-

-

-

-

Thu 18 Mar

5.20pm

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

-

-

Fri 19 Mar

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planned Road Closures week commencing 1 March - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 24 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing Monday 1 March in relation to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme.

 

For all queries relating to the scheme, please email: A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

 

Further updateson scheme progress 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

24/02/21

Cambridge Network online

North East Cambridge Community Forum launched

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-

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

Community thanked for its support

P6

-

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

We'll make Oxford-Cambridge Arc a world-leading growth corridor'

P8 & P9

Cllr Bridget Smith quoted in Arc Environment role

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

Grave concern over planning'

P9

Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer reaction to Arc paper

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

Map shows size of new town

P11

 -

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

3,500-home village approved - but transport link required

P12

-

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

Plan to limit buses to zero emissions

P18

GCP article

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

2,800 homes and school are proposed for green belt site

P21

Reference to Greater Cambridge Local Plan

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent

Letter: Over-development affects quality of life

P26

-

24/02/21

Arch Daily online

Scott Brownrigg's Cambridge Biomedical Campus Project Receives Planning Permission

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-

24/02/21

Cambridge Independent online

Council tax increase agreed by South Cambridgeshire District Council

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-

25/02/21

Cambridge Network online

Councillors agree latest budget

-

-

25/02/21

Housing Today online

Urban & Civic pick Stonebond for Waterbeach first phase

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-

25/02/21

Cambridge News

District council votes for a rise in its tax share

P12

-

25/02/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

Council tax increase: South Cambs residents' council tax to increase from April

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-

25/02/21

Hunts Post online

Court case to challenge noise from wind farm at Graveley is dismissed

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-

25/02/21

Planning Resource online

Neighbourhood Watch: Report by influential think tank proposes ‘street-level’ neighbourhood planning

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Waterbeach neighbourhood development plan submission referenced

25/02/21

In Your Area online

Around 31 fly tipping incidents recorded every single day in Cambs last year

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-

26/02/21

Cambridge News

City partnership 'needs to be bolder' over transport plans

P4

GCP article. Cllr Eileen Wilson quoted

26/02/21

Cambridge News

Have a say on vision for future

P11

Waterbeach Neighbourhood Plan article

26/02/21

Royston Crow online

Council tax set to rise in South Cambs to help support frontline services

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-

26/02/21

Varsity online

University proposes new housing development on green belt land

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-

26/02/21

The Planner online

Climate and community need to be at the heart of government’s Arc plans

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-

27/02/21

In Your Area online

Cambs May local elections 2021: County council candidates on green travel and the Mill Road Bridge

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-

27/02/21

Cambridge News

A bridge too far for green travel in city?

P10

-

01/03/21

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending March 1

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-

01/03/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

Don't miss chance to avoid return to car-based transport', GCP told

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GCP article. Cllr Eileen Wilson quoted

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

Judicial review threatened over homes decision

P5

-

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

Charity puts forward an alternative to C2C busway

P10

GCP article

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

Government may decide on city's new Park & Ride site

P10

GCP article

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

New forum for the city's north-east

P19

-

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

South Cambridgeshire increases tax bill by maximum 3.4%

P21

-

03/03/21

Cambridge Independent

Cllr Bridget Smith column: Arc can create a dynamic economy away from London's dominance

P26 & P27

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4.

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 25 February, BBC Online: Figures show pre-pandemic fly-tipping rise across England

Councils in England dealt with more than 976,000 fly-tipping cases in the year up to the start of the coronavirus pandemic, up two per cent on the 950,000 in 2018/19.

 

Thursday 25 February, BBC Online: Insulate homes better or miss carbon targets, minister told

The Climate Change Committee has said the UK will never meet its carbon targets unless homes are better insulated.

 

Friday 26 February, Telegraph: Covid 19 grants for small businesses

The Government has said some councils are “taking far too long” to get emergency Covid-19 grants to small businesses.

 

Friday 26 February, Guardian: Green homes grant

The green homes grant scheme will help just 8 per cent of its target 600,000 households make the switch to renewable energy by the end of March, when the £2 billions for the scheme is being withdrawn, according to analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit think-tank.

 

Saturday 27 February, Guardian: Doorstep campaigning for local elections to resume in England

Door-to-door political campaigning will be allowed to resume in England from 8 March in the run-up to local elections in May, the Government has announced.

 

Sunday 28 February, Mail on Sunday: Planning permission for pubs ahead of reopening

Pub and restaurant landlords say they need to pay hundreds of pounds for planning permission to put up marquees and temporary shelters over their beer gardens, ahead of the hospitality industry reopening in April.

 

Tuesday 2 March, Mirror: 6m households on Universal Credit urged to claim council tax discount

The Government is urging anyone on state support to apply for a council tax discount “straight away” to avoid falling into arrears.

 

Tuesday 2 March, Guardian: UK urged to create green apprenticeship to held Covid recovery

Green apprenticeships would prepare young people for jobs in renewable energy and the restoration of the UK’s natural landscape, and stop young people having their careers blighted by Covid-19.

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 to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority.

Other Information

6.

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