Councillors' Bulletin Wednesday, 30 January 2008
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COUNCILLORS’ BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2008 CONTENTS 1. Committee Meetings from 31 January to 15 February 2008 Date Time Name Venue Contact Thu 31 10 am Licensing Committee: Taxi Jeavons Room Maggie Jan Hearing Jennings 2 pm Council Council Chamber Richard May Fri 1 Feb 10 am Planning Sub-Committee Swansley Room Ian Senior Mon 4 10 am Planning Committee Chairman’s Mezzanine Emma George Feb Delegation 10 am Licensing Committee: Taxi Jeavons Room Maggie Hearing Jennings 12 noon Deadline for registration of public speakers at Ian Senior Planning Committee Tue 5 Feb Wed 6 10 am Joint Strategic Growth New Hall College Sally Feb Implementation Committee Hutchinson 2 pm Planning Committee Council Chamber Ian Senior Thu 7 Feb 10.30 Standards Committee Members’ Holly Adams am Appointments Procedures Task Lounge and Finish Group Fri 8 Feb 2 pm Electoral Arrangements Monkfield Room Holly Adams Committee Mon 11 10 am Housing and Environmental Jeavons Room Maggie Feb Services Portfolio Holder Jennings 5.30 pm Budget Scrutiny Training Monkfield Room Jackie Sayers Tue 12 10 am Northstowe Briefing: Planning Swansley Room Susan Davies Feb Application 10 am Housing Options Portfolio Holder Mezzanine Guy Moody 1 pm Influencing Skills Training – Council Chamber Guy Moody Local Leadership Academy Wed 13 10 am Planning Committee Chairman’s Swansley Room Emma George Feb Delegation Thu 14 5.30 pm Scrutiny and Overview Swansley Room Patrick Adams Feb Committee Fri 15 Feb INFORMATION FOR DISTRICT COUNCILLORS 2. Council Meeting 31 January 2008 - Changes to the Cambridge East Area Action Plan The attached schedule has been published with the Agenda for the next Council meeting. It contains amendments to the version of the Cambridge East Area Action Plan (AAP) which is recommended for adoption at the Council meeting on Thursday 31 January . One relates to an error in the Inspector's Report and the others are cases where the Inspector's changes have not found their way into the AAP. Please accept officers' apologies for these omissions. Whilst unfortunate, the errors have been spotted before the plan is adopted and the Council is beyond the point of no return. The attached report should be self-explanatory. However, if you have any queries ahead of the Council meeting or would like a briefing, please contact Caroline Hunt, Principal Planning Policy Officer, telephone 01954 713196 e-mail [email protected] . The schedule has been published with the Agenda papers and is available to view on the Council's website and Intranet. 3. Council Meeting 31 January 2008 - Background Information for Items 5c and 15 Attached is supporting information to be read in conjunction with Items 5c (Question from Councillor MJ Mason for the Growth and Sustainable Communities Portfolio Holder: Cambridge Guided Busways contract) and 15 (Updates from Members Appointed to Outside Bodies) on the Council agenda for 31 January 2008 . Paper copies will be available at the meeting, but all members are asked to read the documentation before these items are reached, to reduce the amount of time required at the meeting to provide background to the issue. 4. Find out more about the Local Area Agreement (LAA) Three ways to learn more about the Local Area Agreements: • Read the magazine about Cambridgeshire Together , the Cambridgeshire LAA • Read a Councillor’s Guide to LAAs • Read the County Council’s explanation of Scrutiny of the LAA For any more info, contact the Strategic Partnerships Officer, Gemma Webb on 01954 713340. 5. Planning Committee 8 February 2008 Information Items In the interests of sustainability, these information reports will appear on the Weekly Bulletin, rather than in paper form on the 6 February 2008 Planning Committee agenda. They will be available as electronic attachments to the agenda, and will be circulated to Elected Members, officers and agenda subscribers via e-mail. For those wishing to register as public speakers, the absolute deadline for the registration of public / parish council / local member speaking is noon on Monday 4 February . Once it is known which items have such speakers and which do not, the agenda order will be changed so that items without public speakers are dealt with after all items with have been determined. The website version of the agenda will also be republished next week (if the order of items changes). 6. Planning Committee Chairman's Delegation Meeting Agenda 4 February 2008 Attached is the agenda for the Planning Committee Chairman’s Delegation Meeting on 4 February 2008 at 10 am. PARISH COUNCIL INFORMATION 7. GREAT SHELFORD: Hunt for Relatives of Pre-War Certificate’s Owner South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is seeking the public’s help to reunite a unique certificate with a relative of the original owner. The certificate was presented to Frederick Bunnett for nearly 40 years’ service when he left Chesterton Rural District Council, one of SCDC’s two predecessor authorities, in 1940. Mr Bunnett worked at the council as a sanitary inspector and the certificate is handwritten with a poignant message to Mr Bunnett in pre-war Britain. The certificate was found in legal services and staff are hoping to reunite it with Mr Bunnett’s family. From research carried out by staff members the following information is known about Mr Bunnett: • he was born in Needingworth in 1878 • he lived at 44 Rock Road in Cambridge and died in 1966 • his parents were Frederick Bunnett ( born 1857) of Cambridge and Isabella Dean (1853- 1917) of Great Shelford • he married in 1902 • he had one daughter called Marjorie who was born in 1906 and died in 1982, unmarried • he had a younger brother called Albert Victor Bunnett who married Grace Willson • Albert Bunnett had three sons, Leslie and twins Claude and Stanley. Leslie was born in 1912 and died in 2000. Claude and Stanley were born in 1913 and Stanley died in 1992 and Claude in 1996. All three sons’ deaths were registered in Cheshire and Stockport. Cllr Jim Stewart, chairman of SCDC, said, “We are very keen to give this beautiful certificate back to a relative of Mr Bunnett. The certificate has been painstakingly handwritten in an intricate style and really is a look back in time. We suspect when his daughter died whoever was responsible for her estate could have returned the certificate to SCDC. “We really hope to find a relative of Mr Bunnett so that the certificate can be returned. If we cannot find a relative then perhaps a local history museum might be interested in displaying this valuable piece of local history.” Anyone with information on Frederick Bunnett or any living relatives can contact Helen Simpson at SCDC on (01954) 713262 or [email protected] The certificate reads: To Frederick Bunnett We Members of Chesterton Rural District Council record our deep appreciation of the great service which you have given to the public during your long tenure of the office of Sanitary Inspector. From your joining the Council’s staff in 1901 till your retirement on December 31st 1939 you have seen great changes in the District, in the Council, and in the conditions and life in the villages, indeed, in bringing about many of these changes you have yourself with your wide knowledge and rich experience wisely guided the Council. At a time when few of us care to look forward, you can look back with satisfaction to a very memorable record of useful achievement in the service of the public. We wish you many years of health, happiness and leisure; may you be with us to see the clouds of war lifted and peace and goodwill restored to the world. 30th April 1940 The certificate is signed by the thirty-four members and the Clerk of Chesterton RDC. 8. Proposed Schedule of Meetings for parishes and residents regarding NORTHSTOWE Application: February - March 2008 Parish Councils are asked to note the schedule of Northstowe briefings, in particular the one scheduled for next Monday, 4 February, at Longstanton Village Hall. Clerks are asked to contact Susan Davies, Administrative Officer (Growth Areas), 01954 713430 ([email protected] ) to confirm attendance so refreshments can be organised. Meeting Date /Time Venue Invitees Officers Parish Monday Longstanton Representatives SCDC Officers / meetings/ 4 February Village Hall from County Officers surgeries 2008 01954 781621 Longstanton , Bar Jane Green 7.30pm – Hill , Dry Drayton , Julie Ayre 9.30pm Lolworth Parish Joseph Whelan Councils Parish Wednesday Methodist Representatives SCDC Officers / meetings/ 6 February Church Hall – from Cottenham , County Officers surgeries 2008 Oakington Oakington , 7.30pm – ( L Davis – Histon/Impington/ Julie Ayre 9.30pm 01223 232745) Girton Parish Joseph Whelan Councils Parish Tuesday 5 Willingham Representatives SCDC Officers / meetings/ February 2008 Primary School from Over , County Officers surgeries 7.30pm – Willingham Swavesey , 9.30pm 01954 283030 Willingham , Jane Green Rampton Parish Julie Ayre Councils Joseph Whelan Themed Thursday 6 Oakington SCDC Officers / Meeting - March 2008 Primary School All Parish Councils County Officers Drainage 7.30 pm –10.30 01223 232328 / Environment pm Agency/ IDB/Developers /Consultants Peter Studdert Julie Ayre Pat Matthews Joseph Whelan David Atkinson EA Simon Darch (IDB) Themed Tuesday 4 Longstanton All Parish Councils SCDC Officers / Meeting March 2008 Village Hall County Officers - Highways 8.00 pm –10.30 / Highways pm Agency/ Developers /Consultants Peter Studdert Jane Green Julie Ayre Joseph Whelan David Abbott General Public Saturday 9 Longstanton Open to general SCDC Officers / Surgery February 2008 Village Hall Public County Officers 10.00 am – Julie Ayre 12.30 Joseph Whelan General Public Monday 18 Oakington Open to general SCDC Officers / Surgery February 2008 Primary School Public County Officers 7.30 pm– 9.30 Julie Ayre pm Joseph Whelan Contact Details: Environment Agency – Owen Pitt – 01480 483944 Highways Agency- David Abbott – [email protected] Anglian Water – Gary Parsons - [email protected] Old West IDB And Swavesey IDB – Simon Darch - [email protected] GENERAL INFORMATION 9.