Agenda

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

Items
No. Item

1.

Meetings and events from Thursday 21 May to Friday 5 June 2020

Date

Time

Name

Venue

Contact

Thu 21 May

2pm

Council

Virtual – Online Meeting

Kathrin John

Fri 22 May

2pm

Licensing (2003 Act) Sub-Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Victoria Wallace

Mon 25 May

Tue 26 May

2pm

Planning Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Ian Senior

Wed 27 May

Thu 28 May

Fri 29 May

 

Mon 1 Jun

Tue 2 Jun

10am

Civic Affairs Committee

Virtual – Online Meeting

Patrick Adams

Wed 3 Jun

Thu 4 Jun

Fri 5 Jun

 

INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS

2.

A14 Road Closures for Week Commencing Monday 11 May pdf icon PDF 735 KB

To contact your A14 sections stakeholder manager, please use the email addresses below or the A14 helpline.

 

John Birchall has now left the project. For all queries in relation to Section 1 & 2: Alconbury to the East Coast Main Line & Section 3: East Coast Main Line to Swavesey, please email A14CambridgeHuntingdon@highwaysengland.co.uk

 

Section 4 & 5: Swavesey to Milton

John Akester - John.Akester@thea14.com

 

Section 6: Huntingdon town centre

Liam Heath liam.heath@thea14.com

 

A14 helpline 0800 270 0114 - This will be answered by a team member during site hours 8am - 5pm and messages can be left at other times. Further updates as the scheme progresses can be found on the website.

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

13/05/2020

Cambridge Network online

Cambridge caterers work with volunteers to feed families during lockdown

Link

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge News

5,000 more homes planned for new town

P1 & P8

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge News

Chef Liz teams up with council to feed villagers

P3

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Bin there, seen your lovely notes

P12

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Web of helpers providing food and prescriptions to village

P19

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

New town plans for 5,000 homes

P23

 

13/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

Forum to help firms restart

P44

 

13/05/2020

Royston Crow online

It was like a comedy sketch' - Villagers' VE Day street party 'spoilt' by construction work

Link

 

14/05/2020

Cambridge News

New forum aims to help firms recover from lockdown losses

P6

 

15/05/2020

Transport Xtra online

Cambs CA consults on CAM vision

Link

CA article

15/05/2020

Royston Crow online

South Cambs District Council planning decision quashed by High Court over unlawful public consultation

Link

 

16/05/2020

Cambridge News

Residents win in Fews Lane case

P6

 

16/05/2020

Cambridge News

Crews work extra hard on green bin collections

P8

 

19/05/2020

Haverhill Echo online

South Cambs opposition propose alternative planning delegation system

Link

 

19/05/2020

Cambridge Network online

Help shape further plans for Northstowe

Link

 

19/05/2020

Cambridge News online

More plans for Northstowe development revealed including schools and skate park

Link

 

19/05/2020

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Cllr Tumi Hawkins interviewed on drive about start of Northstowe 3A consultation

3'40'' into show

 

20/05/2020

Cambridge News

Looking to a greener future

P1 & P11

GCP article. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted in GCP role

20/05/2020

Cambridge News

4,000 homes in next phase of Northstowe

P3

 

20/05/2020

Cambridge News

Conservatives call for stronger local voice in planning process

P7

 

20/05/2020

Cambridge News

Letter: Changes to planning permission process

 

 

20/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

£400m fund for transport and housing

P3

GCP article. Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer quoted in GCP role

20/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

4,000 homes plan unveiled

P9

 

20/05/2020

Cambridge Independent

High Court quashes planning decision but row over Council's process goes on

P14

 

 

4.

Items of Interest from the Local Government Association (LGA)

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 14 May, BBC Radio 4 You & Yours: Taxi licensing and equality laws

A blind man who has been refused a taxi more than 100 times because he needs to travel with his guide dog is suing taxi company Uber for a breach of equality laws.

 

Thursday 14 May, BBC Online: Housing market and building sector to restart

The Government has set out plans to restart England’s housing market, to be carried out under social distancing and safety rules.

 

Saturday 16 May, Telegraph: Boris Johnson: No public sector pay freeze and no austerity

Boris Johnson said there was “no question” of freezing public sector workers’ pay, and that he would “double down” on funding new transport projects in the north of England, the Telegraph reports.

 

Saturday 16 May, Mirror: Fly-tipping increases 75% in lockdown

The ClearWaste app used to report fly-tipping has revealed cases have soared by an average 75%, with some areas hit by a 100% increase.

 

Sunday 17 May, Sunday Times: Coronavirus crisis causes £10bn financial hole for councils

Councils are facing an “existential crisis” as many face Section 114 notices because of the cost of dealing with coronavirus, the Local Government Association has warned.

 

Monday 18 May, FT: Small businesses in shared premises face missing out on grants

Thousands of small companies in shared workspaces will be unable to secure lockdown, according to councils and business groups.

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 below to find details of decisions made by officers under delegated authority:

https://www.scambs.gov.uk/your-council-and-democracy/access-to-information/

OTHER INFORMATION

6.

Newly-Published Items on modern.gov

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Agendas

·                      Council 21 May

·                      Licensing Sub-Committee 22 May

·                      Planning Committee 26 May

 

Decisions

·                      Planning Committee 13 May

 

Library Items

·                      Public Speaking at Planning Committee

 

7.

SCDC Starters and Leavers

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New Employees at the Council

 

Name: Tony Collins

Job title: Principal Conservation Officer

Date started: 12 May 2020

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Staff who have left

 

Name: Sherri Lee

Job title: Interim Housing Services Team Leader

Date left: 27 March 2020.