Agenda

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

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1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 3 June to Friday 18 June 2021

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 3 Jun

-

-

-

-

Fri 4 Jun

-

-

-

-

Mon 7 Jun

-

-

-

-

Tue 8 Jun

-

-

-

-

Wed 9 Jun

10 am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

Thu 10 Jun

10 am

Civic Affairs Committee

Council Chamber

Patrick Adams

Fri 11 Jun

-

-

-

-

 

Mon 14 Jun

2pm

Climate & Environment Advisory Committee

Council Chamber

Patrick Adams

Tue 15 Jun

5:20 pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee - Postponed

-

-

Wed 16 Jun

-

-

-

-

Thu 17 Jun

-

-

-

-

Fri 18 Jun

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors

2.

Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 31 May - A14 Improvements pdf icon PDF 196 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing 31 May 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 their website.

3.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value (Longstanton)

The Council has received the following re-nomination:

 

In Longstanton – The Recreation Ground Extension

The Council will make its decision by 15th July 2021.

 

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

4.

Sport England Webinar on 10 June at 10:30am

Sport England’s new strategy and implementation plan – webinar for councillors with a portfolio or interest in sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing

Thursday 10 June 2021, 10.30am - 12.30pm

Booking page https://lgaevents.local.gov.uk/lga/1217/home

 

This webinar is for Councillors with a portfolio or interest in sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing.

 

Uniting the Movement, is Sport England’s new strategy, which comes at a critical time for public leisure and activity services. The strategy acknowledges these challenges alongside the need to increase participation among less active groups, capturing and using data to inform delivery, and more effectively collaborating with the health and care system. This webinar will introduce councillors to the strategy and seek their contribution to the development of the longer-term implementation plan and investment programme, highlighting what support their communities need to be more active and relaunching our refreshed Leadership Essentials programme for elected members with a portfolio or interest in sport, physical activity, health and wellbeing.

 

Join us for a conversation with Tim Hollingsworth, Chief Executive Officer, Sport England to hear about the new Sport England strategy and to help shape implementation plans. Our other confirmed speakers include Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson CBE, Chair, LGA Culture, Tourism and Sport Board and Leader, Portsmouth City Council.

General Information

5.

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

26/05/21

Cambridge Network online

Council responds to East West Rail consultation

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-

26/05/21

Cambridge News

Call for Council to 'toughen up' over rail link proposals

P1 & P3

-

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent

Villages demand stop to gas works

P12

Cllr Anna Bradnam quoted

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent

Plan unveiled for 74 homes

P15

-

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent

Free wellbeing activities for teens

P18

-

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent

Residents given a say in future developments

P21

-

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent

Deputy steps down after election loss

P21

-

26/05/21

Property Funds Worldwide online

U+I sells Cambourne Park sites to South Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership

-

-

26/05/21

Insider Media online

SCIP Makes Maiden Land Acquisition in £12.9m Deal

-

-

26/05/21

Cambridge Independent online

East West Rail could yet be scrapped, says South Cambridgeshire District Council leader

-

-

26/05/21

IQ Stock Market online

U+I sells Cambourne Park sites to South Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership

-

-

26/05/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

South Cambs councillors critical of East West Rail over 'lack of detail' in consultation

-

-

26/05/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

Nearly 300 homes and more office space to be built in Cambourne by South Cambs District Council

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-

26/05/21

Property Week online

South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership purchases Cambourne Business Park

-

-

27/05/21

Housing Today online

Hill teams up with local council to buy 275-home Cambridgeshire site

-

-

27/05/21

Cambridge News

Land is bought by council to build homes as investment

P7

-

27/05/21

LABM online

£14.3m of deals agreed by Investment Partnership and South Cambridgeshire District Council

-

-

27/05/21

HI Hub online

Council gives cautious backing to East West rail plans

-

-

28/05/21

Cambridge News

Council 'gambling' taxpayers' money on homes and offices

P4 & P5

-

28/05/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

South Cambs District Council criticised for 'gambling' with taxpayer money on property investments

-

-

28/05/21

Commercial News Media online

U+I sells Cambourne Park sites to South Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire Investment Partnership

-

-

29/05/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

South Cambs leader avoids commitment to East West Rail route preference

-

-

31/05/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

South Cambs MP calls for 'pause' on new busway plans

-

-

02/06/21

Cambridge 105 radio

Cllr Bridget Smith interviewed on OxCam Arc Episode of The 7th Generation

-

 -

 

6.

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 27 May, Guardian: Environment Bill “fails to protect green spaces, air quality or wildlife”

The Environment Bill will fail to protect against developers concreting over valuable green space, lacks provisions for improving air quality, and contains inadequate protections for wildlife, according to campaigners.

 

Saturday 29 May, BBC Online: Call for delay to calorie labels on restaurant menus

UK Hospitality says plans to display the calorie content of food on menus in England should be delayed while the sector recovers from the pandemic.

 

Tuesday 1 June, Times: Parkrun return

The founder of Parkrun has accused councils in London of blocking its return.

 

Wednesday 2 June, Times: Housebuilders criticise councils for housing shortage

The Home Builders Federation have called on councils to grant between 104,000 and 115,000 extra planning permissions per year in the next two to three years to ensure the Government can deliver 300,000 homes a year in England.

7.

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 ...

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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’

8.

Pioneer Park Licence Agreement

Cabinet

 

Agreed          to accept the Deed of Variation proposed by L&Q, which regularises the licenced area described in the agreement with the actual location of the outdoor gym equipment.

 

This decision was first published on 26 May 2021, so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 3 June, a day later than usual due to the Spring Bank Holiday.

9.

East West Rail Bedford to Cambridge route alignments and station locations consultation response

Cabinet:

 

a)    Approved the Council’s response to the East West Rail consultation as set out in Appendix A of the report.

b)    Delegated authority to the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development to make further technical comments in consultation with the Lead Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

 

This decision was first published on 26 May 2021, so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Thursday 3 June, a day later than usual due to the Spring Bank Holiday.

10.

Write off of debt in excess of £25,000

The Lead Cabinet Member agreed to write off the debt as set out in the report dated 26 May 2021.

 

This decision was first published on 27 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Friday 4 June, a day later than usual due to the Spring Bank Holiday.

11.

Gamlingay Mobile Warden Scheme Grant

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance

 

Agreed

 

      i.        To continue to support the Gamlingay Guardians Community Warden Scheme in accordance with the new proposal, i.e. fewer client contacts, reduced fees (and with no requirement for additional funding).

 

     ii.        To reassign the c. £8k funding that was ring-fenced for the Gamlingay Guardians Community Warden Scheme and use it instead towards the agreed increase in Service Support Grants for 2022-25 (along with the remaining unspent Mobile Warden Scheme funding agreed at the Grants Advisory Committee 30 April 2021).

 

This decision was first published on Friday 28 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 7 June, a day later than usual due to the Spring Bank Holiday.

12.

Criteria for grant awards for Dual Use Leisure Facilities

The Lead Cabinet Member for Finance agreed to the criteria and evaluation methodology for applications, with award recommendations to be made by officers, as presented to the Grants Advisory Committee.

 

This decision was first published on Friday 28 May and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Monday 7 June. A working day later than usual due to the Spring Bank Holiday.

13.

A428 DCO Relevant Representations

The Deputy Leader agreed the relevant representation attached as part of this decision are an appropriate response to the details that have been submitted as part of the A428 Developed Consent Order.

 

This decision was first published on Tuesday 1 June and so the deadline for call-in is Tuesday 8 June at 5pm.

14.

Appointments to Employment Committee, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

The Leader agreed to appoint Councillor Bridget Smith as the Council’s representative on the Combined Authority Employment Committee and Councillor Neil Gough as Substitute Member.

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

15.

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