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COUNCILLORS’ BULLETIN
WEDNESDAY, 2 DECEMBER 2015
CONTENTS
1. Meetings and events from Thursday 3 December to Friday 18 December 2015
Date Time Name Venue Contact
Thu 3 Dec 2pm Greater Cambridge City Deal Executive
Board
Swansley Room Graham Watts
Fri 4 Dec 10am Planning Portfolio Holder’s Meeting Monkfield Room Ian Senior
Mon 7 Dec
Tue 8 Dec 6:30pm Cabinet & Parish Liaison Meeting Council Chamber Patrick Adams
Wed 9 Dec 2pm Economic Development Portfolio
Holder - POSTPONED
Thu 10 Dec
Fri 11 Dec
Mon 14 Dec
11am Licensing Committee Monkfield Room Victoria Wallace
Tue 15 Dec
Wed 16 Dec
10am
10:30am
Leader’s Portfolio Holder’s Meeting
Joint Development Control Committee
– Cambridge Fringes
Leader’s Room
City Council
Patrick Adams
Guildhall
Thu 17 Dec
2pm Greater Cambridge City Deal Joint
Assembly
City Council Graham Watts
Fri 18 Dec
INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND PARISH COUNCILS
2. Assets of Community Value (ACV)
ACV – New Listings The Council has considered the nominations for one ACV and has made the decision to include it in the register from the 27/11/15:
• 22 South Street, Comberton, Cambridge, CB23 7DZ ACV – Open Interim Moratorium The Ancient Shepherds Public House, Fen Ditton has entered the six week interim moratorium following receipt of the owners intent to enter into a relevant disposal. There is now an opportunity for local, eligible community interest groups to express an interest in being treated as a bidder using the ‘intent to bid’ form on our website: https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid This form constitutes an expression of interest only and does not require financial or business plans. Questions should be directed to Kathryn.Hawkes@scambs.gov.uk The deadline for completed forms is 5pm Tuesday 5th January. For further information visit https://www.scambs.gov.uk/community-right-bid
3. Open for Business
Read the current issue of Open for Business (attached). To receive the latest edition of Open For Business direct to your inbox, simply email ‘subscribe’ to openforbusiness@scambs.gov.uk
4. Northstowe Drop-in at Longstanton: Sat 5 December
There is a Northstowe Drop in on Saturday the 5th of December at the Longstanton Village Institute between 10am-12pm. There will be opportunities to see what’s been happening on site, what was found in the archaeological dig, the development timeline and current status, plus the opportunity to ask the experts – if there are any questions you would like answered.
GENERAL INFORMATION
5. Media Monitoring
Arising from the results of the Member Communication Needs Survey, many members highlighted the fact that residents found out about SCDC matters through the media. The Council’s Communications Team will produce a weekly summary of recent news items to be published in the Bulletin to help keep members informed of recent coverage of SCDC. Contact the Communications Team for further information.
Date Publication Details
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News and
online
'Prepare for even worse congestion'
(City Deal)
P1, 6
and
link
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Stark warning to tackle congestion
(opinion piece)
P6
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Fresh revolt over busway plans (City
Deal)
P13
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News -
Cambourne
Edition
'Prepare for even worse congestion'
(City Deal)
P1
and 6
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News -
Cambourne
Edition
Stark warning to tackle congestion
(opinion piece)
P6
25/11/2015 Cambridge
News -
Cambourne
Edition
Fresh revolt over busway plans (City
Deal)
P13
26/11/2015 Cambridge
News online
Cambridge University and city council
pledge support for LGBT equality
Link
26/11/2015 Cambridge
News and
online
Enterprise zone plan spreads city
economy
P6
and
link
26/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Better ways to beat traffic (letter - City
Deal)
P20
26/11/2015 Letsrecycle.com Vanston to leave Kent for
Cambridgeshire council pair
Link
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Chance to question city deal bus plans P4
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Local Plan consultation set to get
approval
P5
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Urgent questions over new town
(opinion piece)
P6
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Housing project plans for growth P8
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Councillor joins the 'Mo Bro' brigade P11
27/11/2015 Cambridge
News and
online
Frustration at delays over new town's
homes
P12
and
link
28/11/2015 Cambridge
News and
online
Residents should pay congestion
charge (City Deal)
P1. 6
and
link
28/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Another solution needed for traffic
(opinion piece)
P6
28/11/2015 Cambridge
News
New homes for Citizens Advice Hub P7
30/11/2015 Cambridge
News
Smart transport needed to help
businesses grow (City Deal)
P43
01/12/2015 Cambridge
News
Is cemetery plan dead and buried? P14
01/12/2015 Cambridge
News
Funds to help three charities grow P14
6. 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 26 November: BBC: Very significant spending cuts to come, think tank warns “Very significant” government spending cuts will still be imposed before the next general election, influential think tank Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned. Sunday 29 November: Mail online: Warning of funding gap for local authorities Councils in England have warned they are facing a £13 billion funding gap by the end of the decade after the spending review. Monday 30 November: BBC online: Councils pick up £1.7million bill for paupers funerals The cost to local councils of so-called “paupers funerals” has risen almost 30% to £1.7 million in the past four years. Tuesday 1 December: Times: Fewer affordable homes to be built The Head of the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned that fewer new homes will be built by housing associations in the next tow years due to last week’s Spending Review. Wednesday 2 December: BBC online: Why are so many British homes empty? There are 610,123 empty homes in England, according to government figures, of which 205,821 have been unoccupied for six months or more, the official definition of “long-term” emptiness.
Wednesday 2 December: Mail: Paxman is bitter on litter Jeremy Paxman has branded Britain a “rubbish dump that depresses me” after a Populus poll revealed 72 per cent of people think fines are no deterrent to the problem. Wednesday 2 December: Telegraph: Dog walkers cry foul over £100 fine if they do not have a poop bag with them Daventry District Council has introduced new powers to fine dog owners £100 if they leave the house without a poop bag.
7. Weekly Planning List
To view the list of planning applications submitted in the past seven days, please visit the Council’s on-line Planning Application Search. Once the page has loaded, select the Planning Weekly List option to see planning applications determined or registered each week for the past ten weeks, or use the Search option to set your own criteria. 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/content/access-information
OTHER INFORMATION
8. Newly-Published Items on modern.gov
Agendas • Greater Cambridge City Deal Executive
Board 3 Dec 2015 • Planning Portfolio Holder’s Meeting 4 Dec
2015 Decisions • Council 26 Nov 2015 • Council 30 Nov 2015 Minutes • Cabinet 12 Nov 2015 • Civic Affairs Committee 12 Nov 2015 • Scrutiny Committee 5 Nov 2015
9. SCDC Starters and Leavers
Staff who have moved jobs Name: Alexandra Ellwood Old job: Project Officer (Partnerships) New job: Project Surveyor (Planned Maintenance) Date moving: 7 December 2015
November 2015
OPEN FOR BUSINESSSouth Cambridgeshire
In this edition
P2
P5
P8Join our business register
for even more support and
information.
www.scambs.gov.uk/
businessregister
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Battle
congestion
with TFC’s
grants for
businesses
Issue 12
Protect your
business from
CyberCrime
Small
Business
Saturday, free
marketing
packs
Looking to expand overseas? £3,000 funding support is
up for grabsOpen to Export is offering
businesses the chance to win
£3,000 worth of funding to help
kick-start your export journey.
To win this resource, businesses need to
complete an Open to Export Action Plan and
then submit it to be in with a chance of winning
up to £3,000 funding to implement the action
plan with additional UK Trade & Investment
(UKTI) support.
Open to Export is an online community helping UK businesses get ready to sell overseas.
helping UK companies grow through export.
The action plan asks businesses about the ‘5 steps to
export’, which are:
Am I ready to export?
Which product should I export?
Where should I export to?
How will I cover the additional costs?
The deadline for submitting an action plan to the competition is Friday 18 December.
For more information on the competition, and how to apply,
visit: www.opentoexport.com/info/export-action-plan
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Welcome to November’s
edition of Open for
Business.
be in with a chance of receiving £3,000
funding towards an overseas expansion.
We have important news on how you
can be extra vigilant and protect your
business from cyber crime.
Businesses are being urged to apply
for grants to help them battle congestion.
There is advice on how you can prepare
you business for work that will be taking
place on the A14.
You can learn how you can get your
business involved with Small Business
Saturday. We feature the recently
launched GreatBritishStore; a great new
way to buy or sell British products and
services around the world.
There is exciting news about the
Energy Innovation Awards 2016. Find out
whether your business can apply to one of
the nomination categories.
If you know any other business who
would like to receive tailored business
news please encourage them to sign up
to our business register by visiting here.
We would also like to hear from you if
you would like to feature as our local
case study in the next edition of ‘Open for
Business’
Cllr Nick Wright
Cabinet member for planning and
economic development
Welcome
Local businesses are being urged to act fast to
claim a Travel 4 Cambridgeshire (TFC) green
grant to combat the county’s every-growing
congestion problem.
Aimed at getting Cambridgeshire to work, TfC - a partnership
organisation based within the County Council in Cambridge - is
willing companies on to claim a slice of the original £1 million given to
them by the Government’s Department of Transport from the ‘Local
Sustainable Transport Fund’ before the 31 December deadline. This
is to help employers to increase the number of travel services and
facilities on offer to their staff so that sustainable transport solutions
that hit congestion hard, while reducing carbon emissions and
supporting economic growth, can be fully achieved.
The grants, covering three strategic growth areas (the St Neots
to Cambridge and Royston to Cambridge corridors, as well as
Wisbech Town), will also provide an opportunity to deliver additional
communities.
Kate Day, TfC Project Manager, said: “Ultimately we are trying to
achieve a change in commuting behaviour by employees.
However, we recognise that this is not a straight forward option
for many people, so the grants are there to try and increase travel
choices. By changing to a car free or car sharing journey for one day
Grants available to help businesses battle congestion
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a week, we can all make a huge change to the congestion
issues, saving money, as well as improving our health and
that of the environment.”
The Workplace Sustainable Travel Grant is available
to improve the travel infrastructure at workplaces. This is
worth up to 75% of the costs to a maximum of £3,000 per
company and can be spent on initiatives such as car park
management, lockers, showers, pool bicycles and cycle
parking. Up to two applications are permitted per business.
The Workplace Sustainable Travel Event Grant, is
offering up to a maximum of £500 per business for running
and promoting sustainable travel events at the workplace
for employees (including those from several companies in
the case of area-wide events), such as Bike Week, Liftshare
Week, or the launch of a pool bike scheme or travel plan.
For businesses who promote car sharing, there is also
the Guaranteed Ride Home Grant. this means that if an
employee is unable to car share, for example in the case
of an emergency, the grant will help pay for the costs of
alternative travel to get them to and from work as part of a
scheme that will be set up. This eliminates the worry for all
concerned.
It is vital for companies who wish to claim these grants
to move quickly, as they are proving very popular with
Cambridgeshire’s businesses. “To date, there have been
11 applications for events and promotions, as well as nine
applications and expressions of interest for infrastructure
grants”.
For employers to be eligible, they need to be members
of TfC and must be located within the Cambridgeshire Local
Sustainable Transport Fund 2015-2016 area, details of which can be found on the TfC website at www.tfw.org.uk/aboutLSTF.php
To join the scheme and to
make the most of their grants,
email info@tfw.org.uk
or phone 01223 715550 to
application before
31 December.
Email: Kate.Day@cambridgshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01223715615
Founding Partners of Travel for Cambridgeshire
include:
Cambridgeshire County Council;
Cambridge University;
Addenbrookes University Hospitals & NHS Trust
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce;
Cambridge Cycling Campaign;
Cambridge City Council;
South Cambs District Council
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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon
improvement schemeCongestion is common on the A14
between Cambridge and Huntingdon.
The road doesn’t have enough capacity
there are weekly lane and carriageway
address this, Government has committed
to invest up to £1.5 billion to improve this
stretch of road. The proposed improvements cover 21 miles of road
and will combat congestion, improve safety, unlock
economic growth and connect communities. Upgrades
include a major new bypass through the south of
Huntingdon, widening part of the existing A14 between Swavesey and Girton, widening part of the A14 Cambridge Northern
bypass, widening a section of the A1 between Brampton and Alconbury and demolition of the A14 viaduct at Huntingdon.
The examination period for the scheme’s Development Consent Order application concluded on 13 November. The Planning
Inspectorate now has three months to provide a report and recommendation to the Secretary of State for Transport.
Subject to the Secretary of State’s decision, the proposed scheme is expected to start in late 2016. The new bypass and
More information on the proposed scheme and the examination process can be found on the National Infrastructure
planning website at http://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/A14
You can stay up to date with progress on the scheme by signing up to our email alert service at
www.highways.gov.uk/A14C2H
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Small Business SaturdayFive million small businesses, 1 big day.
Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-
commercial campaign, which highlights small business success
and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small
businesses in their communities
Prepare by taking advantage of the free marketing pack for small
business.
This pack has 2 posters and a window sticker to help you make the
most of SBS UK on Saturday 5 December 2015. If you don’t have
www.smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com
This website also contains tips and advice as well as the new
My Small Business Finder. This is a great free promotional tool
for SBS.
The SBS campaign highlights small business success and
encourages consumers to support businesses like yours in your
community.
Take advantage of this by signing up to this long-lasting support now.
GreatBritishStore.com
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) launched GreatBritishStore.com; a new and easy way to buy or sell
British products and services around the world.
GreatBritishStore.com is a unique global business-to-business platform, showcasing British products and services,
supported by UKTI in over 106 global markets. Global buyers can now search for British products and services knowing that
Both buyers and sellers can register at www.greatbritishstore.com
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UK Energy Innovation
Awards 2016These awards showcase the notable achievements of businesses
operating in the UK's energy innovation sector.
The UK Energy Innovation Awards celebrate ground-breaking pioneers who are working to develop the next generation of
while also being a shop window for more developed concepts.
identifying new technologies and turning them into commercial reality.
Innovators, their advisors or clients, can nominate in one or more of the
following categories:
Best Electricity Network Improvement
Best Gas Network Improvement
Best Innovation Implemented or Adopted by a Contractor
Best Innovation Contributing to Customer Quality and Reliability of Gas or Electricity Supply
Best International Trade Award
Best Offshore Renewable Energy Innovation
Best Safety Innovation
Environmental Impact Award
Best Smart Grid Innovation
Best University Technology
Innovators and inventors operating a business in the UK's energy sector and those undertaking innovations that will have a
positive impact on the country's environment may enter the Awards.
Entries are now open for the 2016 Awards. The deadline for submitting entries is Friday 11 December 2015.
www.energyinnovationcentre.com/awards
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Editorial informationThis newsletter is produced for local businesses by South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Editorial enquiries should be emailed to openforbusiness@scambs.gov.uk
The opinions and views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of South Cambridgeshire
District Council.
All data is accepted in good faith at the time of going to press.
Advice for South Cambs Business to protect from Cyber CrimeWith the increasing use
of the internet to do
business, cyber security is
something all businesses
should be aware of.
Cyber security is about
protecting your computer-
based equipment
and information
from unintended or
unauthorised access,
change or destruction.
Here are some top tips from our local policing team
Have an IT usage policy which provides guidance to employees on what is acceptable use of company IT systems. Ensure
that employees read and sign this and a copy is archived for future reference.
Ensure this policy has a procedure of actions to be taken when an employee leaves the company. Removing their login
details from the company server will prevent them gaining access to company information after their employment is
terminated.
Maintain a robust password policy and ensure employees follow this policy through education and awareness. Numerous
crimes have been facilitated through the disclosure of passwords. This is normally done through password sharing with
social engineering and technical methods such as key logging.
Educate your accounts department that they shouldn’t change account payment details when instructed to over the phone
to recover losses even minutes after the crime has occurred. If a request is received to change account payment details then
the accounts department should contact the requester using contact details that they know to be genuine. In most cases
using known genuine contact details will reveal that the original request is fraudulent.
For more information on how to protect your business from fraud visit Action Fraud's website
www.actionfraud.police.uk/small-businesses-know-your-business.
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T H I N G S
A R E
H A P P E N I N G
A T
N O R T H S T O W E
Join us for an informal drop-in session
Saturday 5th
December, 10am - 12pm
The Village Institute, 24 High Street, Longstanton, CB24 3BS
There will be lots to see and do including:
· Aerial photographs of the site
· Photographs from the recent archaeological dig
· The development timeline and current status
· Ask the experts – if you have questions you would like answered
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