Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 22 July to Friday 6 August

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 22 Jul

2 pm

Council

Council Chamber

Rebecca Dobson

Fri 23 Jul

-

-

-

-

Mon 26 Jul

-

-

-

-

Tue 27 Jul

10 am

Planning Committee

Council Chamber

Ian Senior

 

5.20 pm

Scrutiny and Overview Committee - CANCELLED

 

 

Wed 28 Jul

-

-

-

-

Thu 29 Jul

10 am

Audit and Corporate Governance Committee

Council Chamber

Patrick Adams

Fri 30 Jul

-

-

-

-

 

Mon 2 Aug

-

-

-

-

Tue 3 Aug

-

-

-

-

Wed 4 Aug

-

-

-

-

Thu 5 Aug

-

-

-

-

Fri 6 Aug

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planned Road Closures for Week Commencing 19 July due to A14 Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 24 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing Monday 19 July 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.

General Information

3.

Media Monitoring

A picture of newspaper. It has the heading "Local News".

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

14/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Success for self-driving shuttles

P8

GCP article. Cllr Neil Gough quoted in GCP role

14/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Business park plan on agenda

P12

Planning Committee preview

14/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Consultation launched on plans for 275 homes

P20

SCIP engagement work at Cambourne Business Park

14/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Northstowe appeal to businesses

P50

14/07/2021

PBC Today online

Keepmoat to deliver 300 homes at new Northstowe town

-

-

14/07/2021

Cambridge Network online

Council thanks residents and businesses for supporting public services through pandemic

-

-

16/07/2021

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Zero Carbon Communities grant recipient (Great Shelford Parish Council) featured on PM show

N/A

-

19/07/2021

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending July 19 | Part 1

-

-

19/07/2021

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending July 18 | Part 2

-

-

20/07/2021

Cambridge Network online

Councils’ new housing policies to create mixed communities and provide more affordable homes

-

-

20/07/2021

Architect's Journal online

Tim Poulson wins approval to build himself ‘country house clause’ home

-

-

21/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Innovation Park plans approved

P4

-

21/07/2021

Cambridge Independent

Affordable housing and build-to-rent policies are agreed

P23

-

 

4.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

This the logo for the Local Government Association.

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 15 July, Times: Environmental bodies predict a surge in planning litigation

Legislative efforts to ease the housing crisis in England are too vague and will result in court challenges, according to conservation charities who recently wrote to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to voice concerns about the planning bill.

 

Friday 16 July, FT: Councils’ role in net zero

According to a report by the National Audit Office Councils have an “essential” role to play in reaching the UK’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050 but have not received adequate information from Government.

 

Saturday 17 July, Telegraph: Home retrofit costs

Green alternatives to gas boilers will cost £11.8 billion more than the Government has budgeted for over the next four years because ministers have vastly underestimated the scale of home retrofits, it has been suggested.

 

Sunday 18 July, Telegraph: Planning reforms

Almost 90 councillors – including some Conservative councillors – have written to Shadow Local Government Secretary Steve Reed expressing support for a Labour motion warning that the reforms to the planning system would “curtail residents’ rights to influence development where they live”.

 

Monday 19 July, Guardian: MPs call for “long overdue” reform of council tax property values

The Government should carry out a “long overdue” reform of council tax property values in England, a cross-party group of MPs have urged.

 

Monday 19 July, Times: Younger buyers back homes on the green belt

According to a survey by think tank Bright Blue, young people are considerably more likely to support building homes on the green belt than older generations.

5.

View Planning Applications

A hand drawing on a set of plans. A yellow hard hat and hammer is resting on the plan.

An outline floor plan for a large building.

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 14 July 2021

A yellow road sign displaying the words "Decisions Ahead".

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’

6.

Waiver of Local Land Charge Relating to Disabled Facilities Grants

The Lead Cabinet Member for Housing agree to approve the request to waiver the local land charge of £7,010.

 

This decision was first published on Wednesday 14 July and so the deadline for call-in is 5pm on Wednesday 21 July.

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

7.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

8.

The Council's Starters and Leavers

A multi-coloured background with the words "Welcome to the Team" in white text.

New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Dominic Daniels

Job title: Housing Administrative Apprentice

Date started: 19 July 2021

 

Name: Matthew Powell

Job Title: Refuse Driver

Date started: 19 July 2021