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Published, Weekly Bulletin - Wednesday, 15 December 2021 12.00 p.m.

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

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Meetings and events from Thursday 16 December to Friday 31 December

Date	Time	Name	Venue	Contact
Thu 16 Dec	5:20 pm	Scrutiny & Overview Committee	Council Chamber	Ian Senior
Fri 17 Dec	2 pm	Grants Advisory Committee	Council Chamber	Aaron Clarke

Mon 20 Dec	-	-	-	-
Tue 21 Dec	-	-	-	-
Wed 22 Dec	-	-	-	-
Thu 23 Dec	-	-	-	-
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Mon 27 Dec		Christmas Day (substitute day)
Tue 28 Dec		Boxing Day (substitute day)
Wed 29 Dec	-	-	-	-
Thu 30 Dec	-	-	-	-
Fri 31 Dec	-	-	-	-

Information for District Councillors

Planned Road Closures Due to A14 Improvements

Please find attachedroad closures information for week commencing 13 December 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.

Community Right to Bid and Assets of Community Value

The following asset has entered the six-week interim moratorium period ending on 19 January 2022:

In Bassingbourn – The Belle Public House, 61 North End, Bassingbourn

The Council has also received the following nomination:

In Little Shelford – The Navigator, 63 High Street, Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

The Council will make its decision by 7 February 2022.

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

Update on Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation Project

Anglian Water would like to provide you with an update on the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation project:

“Following our phase two public consultation that took place in the summer, we can announce that we have now published the phase two consultation summary report. This report contains information on the consultation, the feedback we received, how we are progressing our designs and the decision on the traffic & access route that we are taking forward.

“Please find a link to the document here

“We would like to thank everyone who took part in our consultation, the feedback we received was integral in developing the designs that were presented at phase two. We continue to progress these designs further whilst undergoing more technical assessments in the build up to our phase three consultation, which we anticipated to take place in early 2022.

“If you have any questions, please get in touch via our information lines:

Email: info@cwwtpr.com

Phone: 0808 196 1661

FREEPOST: CWWTPR

Message ends”

General Information

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

08/12/21	Cambridge Independent	I saw fire engulf my home - but I'm so touched by support'	P3	-
08/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Wind and mud force market to be called off	P16	-
08/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Architects draft vision for major new green space	P20	Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced
08/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Letter: Make voices heard to shape Local Plan	P26	Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced
08/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Letter: Event offered little to inform decisions	P26	Greater Cambridge Local Plan referenced
08/12/21	Cambridge Independent online	Green bin collections suspended in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire amid Covid absences	Link	-
08/12/21	Cambridge Network online	South Cambridgeshire community groups can apply for double the funding from Council’s grants chest	Link	-
08/12/21	BBC News online	Cambridgeshire: Garden waste collections suspended until 2022	Link	-
08/12/12	Royston Crow online	Green bin collections suspended	Link	-
09/12/21	Cambridgeshire Live online	Green bin collections suspended in two Cambs areas until January due to Covid-related staff shortages	Link	-
09/12/21	Cambridge News	Green waste collections suspended due to virus outbreak	P1 & P7	-
09/12/12	Let's Recycle online	Pandemic hits Cambridgeshire garden waste collections	Link	-
09/12/21	Resource Magazine online	CAMBRIDGESHIRE GREEN BIN COLLECTIONS SUSPENDED UNTIL 2022	Link	-
09/12/21	LGA online	Case study: South Cambridgeshire District Council: Visit South Cambs website	Link	-
13/12/21	Property Wire online	First Residents Move in at New Development in Highfields Caldecote	Link	-
13/12/21	In Your Area online	Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire planning applications for week ending December 13	Link	-
13/12/21	Cambridgeshire Live online	Foxton Travel Hub branded 'accident waiting to happen' as plans move forward	Link	GCP article
14/12/21	Cambridge News	Safety concerns for travel hub	P6	-
15/12/21	Cambridge Independent	The battle goes on over Foxton travel hub proposals	P8	GCP article
15/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Green bin rounds are suspended	P22	-
15/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Consult on Local Plan for longer'	P25	-
15/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Freedom of parish for Paul's exemplary contribution to the school and more	P33	Cllr Richard Williams pictured
15/12/21	Cambridge Independent	Design and construction entries open	P45	-

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 9 December, Guardian: Fly-tipping in England increases during pandemic

Fly-tipping incidents in England increased last year during the pandemic according to government figures.

Friday 10 December, BBC News: Dozens eyeing council tax rise

Two thirds of Councils in England are considering a rise in Council Tax next year in order to help fund services, with many unable to rule it out, BBC research finds.

Friday 10 December, Independent: Plans to radically after Local Government

The Government reportedly plan to use the upcoming levelling up white paper to introduce a single-tier mayoral-style system across the whole of local government, according to a leaked draft document.

Friday 10 December, Express: Fly-tipping incidents surge

Councils dealt with 1.13 million cases of fly-tipping between March 2020 and March 2021, in increase of 16 per cent on the 980,000 reported the previous year.

Saturday 11 December, Express: Millions could face council tax rise

Millions across the UK could see their council tax rise as two thirds of councils in England are considering an increase in order to help fund services, with many more unable to rule it out.

Monday 13 December, BBC Online: Government to spend £500m to tackle benefit fraud

The Government is to spend £510m to tackle record levels of benefit fraud, after £8.4 billion was lost last year, mainly due to overpayments on the universal credit benefit fraud.

Monday 13 December, BBC Online: MPs urge government to rethink plans for voter ID

The Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee has said the Government should rethink its plans to require voters to show photo ID at polling stages.

Monday 13 December, Mail: Fly-tipping

Three in five councils did not carry out any prosecutions last year for fly-tipping while one if five issued no fixed penalty notices, according to data obtained under Freedom of Information requests.

Tuesday 14 December, Times: Businesses to get more funding and possible furlough support if further lockdown is imposed

The Times reports that businesses will be supported with new state funding including a potential return to furlough, if the Government orders further lockdown restrictions to tackle the Omicron variant.

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 8 December

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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’.

Review of Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy