Agenda

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No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 6 May to Friday 28 May 2021

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 6 May

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-

-

-

Fri 7 May

-

-

-

-

Mon 10 May

11:59 pm

Deadline for Members’ Questions for Council

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-

Tue 11 May

-

-

-

-

Wed 12 May

10 am

Planning Committee – Deferred to 26 May

-

-

Thu 13 May

12 noon

Deadline for Public Questions for Council

-

-

Fri 14 May

-

-

-

-

 

Mon 17 May

-

-

-

-

Tue 18 May

5:20 pm

Scrutiny and Overview Committee

To be confirmed

Democratic Services

Wed 19 May

-

-

-

-

Thu 20 May

2 pm

Council

Duxford Imperial War Museum

Rebecca Dobson

Fri 21 May

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Net Zero Now Training Programme

Are you based in South Cambridgeshire and concerned about climate change?

The Net Zero Now training programme offers free training in in carbon reduction strategies, behaviour change and effective communication. The course is open to people of all backgrounds and will equip you with all the necessary skills, tools and resources to support you and your Community.

The deadline for Applications is 9th May

You can find out more and view a recording on what’s involved here

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

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28/04/2021

Star Radio Cambs

AM bulletins: CPRE and Greater Cambridge Planning Service accuse each other of publishing misleading information regarding Local Plan survey

N/A

-

28/04/2021

Cambridge News

Row erupts over Local Plan survey

P12

-

28/04/2021

Cambridge Independent

Railfuture delivers its verdict on East West Rail and argues southern approach into Cambridge is needed

P8 & P9

-

28/04/2021

Cambridge Independent

Revised bin collection dates

P15

-

28/04/2021

Cambridge Independent

Support for Covid-secure measures

P46

-

28/04/2021

Cambridgeshire Live online

Councils' local plan survey data 'misleading', charity says

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-

29/04/2021

Cambridge News

Red tape costing cabbies in need of support

P1 & P3

-

29/04/2021

Cambridgeshire Live online

Taxi drivers miss out on support payment over 'administrative nonsense'

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-

29/04/2021

BBC Look East

PM Bulletins: Jon Hall interviewed as part of report into joint working with HSE on business spot checks for Covid-19 measures

N/A

-

29/04/2021

Cambridge Independent online

Virtual stage set for Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards

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-

29/04/2021

Cambridge Independent online

Winners of the Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards 2020-21 revealed

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04/06/2021

Cambridge News

University's planned solar park would provide 'clean' energy source

P4

Mention of possible upcoming planning application

04/06/2021

Cambridge News

Greater Cambridge Partnership

P13

Mention of upcoming SCDC by-elections

04/06/2021

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending May 3

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-

04/06/2021

Cambridgeshire Live online

Cambridge University planning new solar park on farmland near the city

-

Mention of possible upcoming planning application

05/06/2021

Cambridge News

Emergency proxy votes are available

P6

-

05/06/2021

Cambridge Independent

Taxi drivers 'missing out' on support

P21

-

05/06/2021

Cambridge Independent

Winners of SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards revealed virtually

P44 & P45

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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 29 April, BBC Online: Council meetings online must stop

A bid to continue online council meetings after 7 May has been rejected by the High Court.

 

Friday 30 April, Independent: Clean air campaigners concerned

Clean air campaigners have expressed concern at the announcement that Uber will recruit a further 20,000 drivers in the UK to meet a surge in demand post-lockdown.

 

Monday 3 May, Times: Planning reforms to feature in Queen’s Speech

Reforms to the English planning system are due to feature in the upcoming Queen’s Speech, it has been reported.

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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