Agenda

Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12.00 p.m.

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 28 October to Friday 12 November

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 28 Oct

-

-

-

-

Fri 29 Oct

2 pm

Grants Advisory Committee - CANCELLED

-

-

Mon 1 Nov

-

-

-

-

Tue 2 Nov

-

-

-

-

Wed 3 Nov

-

-

-

-

Thu 4 Nov

-

-

-

-

Fri 5 Nov

-

-

-

-

 

Mon 8 Nov

-

-

-

-

Tue 9 Nov

-

-

-

-

Wed 10 Nov

10 am

Planning Committee

City Council

Ian Senior

Thu 11 Nov

4:30 pm

Scrutiny & Overview Committee

To be confirmed

Ian Senior

Fri 12 Nov

-

-

-

-

 

Information for District Councillors and Parish Councils

2.

Planned Road Closures Week Commencing 25 October - A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme pdf icon PDF 195 KB

Please find attachedroad closures information for Monday week commencing 25 October 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.

3.

Community Right to Bid - Assets of Community Value

The following asset has entered the protected period ending on 09 March 2023

In Arrington – The Hardwicke Arms Hotel

 

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

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

20/10/21

Cambridge News

Concerns over delay of 2018/19 accounts

P12

-

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Act now or face terrible climate change impact'

P1

Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Stark vision of 'devastating' climate impact laid bare

P8 & P9

Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Homes proposal rejected due to 'flooding issues'

P15

-

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

300 new homes win approval

P18

-

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Calls for East West Main Line connecting coast to coast

P19

-

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

MP survey finds many oppose route

P19

Cllr Richard Williams pictured

20/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Awards for building projects and considerate contractors

P74

-

20/10/21

Ely Standard online

Questions over safety of politicians after murder of MP Sir David Amess

Link

-

21/10/21

Cambridge News

Planning applications

P34 & P35

Latest planning applications submitted

21/10/21

Cambridge Independent online

Outstanding building projects and considerate contractors in Cambridge region honoured

Link

-

21/10/21

HI Hub online

Countdown to COP26 – local action on a global crisis

Link

-

22/10/21

Cambridge Network online

Fresh batch of grass roots green projects receives funding to help zero carbon drive

Link

-

22/10/21

Planning Resource online

Local Plan Watch: Council adopts site allocations plan after nearly three-year examination

Link

Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced

23/10/21

Cambridge Independent online

£250,000 starter homes among 300 new properties approved for Northstowe

Link

-

23/10/21

The Cambridge Town Owl online

OxCam Arc publishes environmental principles

Link

-

25/10/21

In Your Area online

Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending October 25

Link

-

25/10/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

Traveller communities 'face systemic racism' in Cambridge

Link

Reference to South Cambs within City Council report

25/10/21

The MJ online

Councils offer almost 1,000 properties in Afghan asylum drive

Link

Cllr John Batchelor quoted

26/10/21

Planning Resource online

Government reveals 13 councils to pilot new ‘innovative’ digital planning tools

Link

-

26/10/21

Cambridgeshire Live online

Former pub to be turned into homes after series of 'unsuccessful' businesses

Link

-

27/10/21

Cambridge News

Seven new homes to be built on site of former pub

P5

-

27/10/21

Cambridge News

Meeting hears Traveller communities face 'systemic racism' in Cambridge

P6 & P7

Reference to South Cambs within City Council report

27/10/21

Cambridge Independent

New promise over sewage in rivers

P1

Cllr Ian Sollom quoted

27/10/21

Cambridge Independent

Have your say on housing blueprint

P20

-

 

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.

 

Friday 22 October, Guardian: “Councillors ‘need to be protected’ from threat and abuse

Council leaders say urgent measures are needed to tackle a rise in abuse against councillors, potentially including a specific law against intimidating public officials.

 

Friday 22 October, BBC Radio 4 Your and Yours: Household Support Fund

LGA Resources Board Chair Cllr Shaun Davies told BBC Radio 4 that the recently announced £500 million Household Support Fund was positive step but “a drop in the ocean” compared to the £6 billion that low-income households have lost by the withdrawal of the Universal Credit uplift.

 

Friday 22 October, Guardian: Pilot to trial incentives for people to lose weight

Ministers will offer rewards and incentives to people in return for them exercising and eating healthy, under a pilot scheme announced by the Government to tackle Britain’s obesity crisis.

 

Saturday 23 October, Telegraph: Green waste collections

The LGA has called on the Government not to implement free garden waste collections for every home, warning it would cost taxpayers £564 million a year as well as an initial cost of £176 million to implement.

 

Saturday 23 October, BBC Online: Home working likely to be best way to curb virus – scientists

Scientists advising the Government state that people should work from home to stop the coronavirus spreading this winter.

 

Saturday 23 October, Telegraph: £850m cash boost for high streets to regenerate old buildings

More than 65 high streets will get £850 million in funding to transform disused and run-down buildings into new homes, shops, offices and community spaces.

 

Saturday 23 October, Guardian: Government pledges £56m to help vulnerable renters in arrears in England

Vulnerable renters who have fallen into arrears during the pandemic will be helped with a £65 million support package this winter, the Government has announced.

 

Sunday 24 October, Observer: Christmas bin collections in UK at risk as lorry drivers quit

Households are being warned of a “Christmas crisis” in bin collections as drivers quit their jobs for better salaries working for supermarkets and food hauliers.

 

Monday 25 October, Guardian: Green jobs policy

The Environmental Audit Committee has criticised government for its “inconsistent” policy on green jobs, highlighting that despites pledging millions of pounds to green jobs initiatives, ministers are yet to define what a “green job” is.

 

Monday 25 October, BBC Online: £2bn for new homes on derelict or unused land

The Chancellor is expected to announce in this week’s Budgets that almost £2 billion will be invested in building 160,000 greener homes on brownfield land in England £9 million in creating 100 new urban “pocket parks” across the UK.

 

Monday 25 October, Guardian: Conservative MPs back plan to give people a vote on new housing in their areas

Conservative MPs are urging Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, to hand greater decision-making powers over new housing to local people in an attempt to boost acceptance of new developments.

 

Tuesday 26 October, iNews: Housing reform could boost public finances by £9bn, Sunak told by building adviser

The Government’s building adviser is urging the Chancellor to back radical housing reform in order to fund “levelling up”, in light of a paper which suggests an overhaul of the system could raise more than £9 billion for the Treasury.

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 20 October 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’

7.

Greater Cambridge Local Plan First Proposals (preferred options) Regulation 18 consultation

The Lead Cabinet Member for Planning Agreed to confirm the amendments to the Greater Cambridge Local Plan First Proposals document and supporting documents as set out in the schedule to this decision.

 

This decision was first published on 21 October and so the deadline for call-in is Thursday 28 October at 5 pm.

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

8.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

9.

The Council's Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Tom Chenery

Job title: Planner

Date started: 25 October 2021

 

Name: Otilia Cojocaru

Job title: Estates Support Officer

Date started: 25 October 2021

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Staff who have left

 

Name: Katie Duckworth

Date leaving: 31 October 2021

 

Name: Charlie Fretwell

Date leaving: 27 October 2021

 

Name: Khoi Hoang

Date left: 5 October 2021

 

Name: Jonathan Hurst

Date leaving: 31 October 2021

 

Name: Ollie Parsell

Date left: 22 October 2021

 

Name: Vanessa Reed

Date left: 16 July 2021

 

Name: Tan St John-Ives

Date leaving: 29 October 2021

 

Name: Emma-Clare Togher

Date left: 14 October 2021