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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Planning, Building Control, and Infrastructure
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To ensure that the Council responds within the consultation period, the Executive Member is now seeking to finalise the attached Cambridge City Council response outside of the committee cycle.
Non Key CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL
Record of Executive Decision
East West Rail routes consultation response |
Decision of: |
Councillor Blencowe. Executive
Councillor for Planning Policy and Transport |
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Reference: |
19/URGENCY/P&T/2 |
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Date of decision: |
05/03/19 |
Published on: |
13/03/19 |
Decision Type: |
Non Key |
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Matter for Decision:
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To ensure that the Council responds within the
consultation period, the Executive Member is now seeking to finalise the
attached Cambridge City Council response outside of the committee cycle. |
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Why the decision had to be made (and any alternative
options): |
Five routes
between Bedford and Cambridge are being consulted upon, with the closing date
March 11 2019. The preferred route is due to be announced later in the year. This
decision will be reported in March 19 2019 to the Planning and Transport
Scrutiny Committee. |
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The Executive Councillor’s decision(s): |
To support the principle of East West Rail which will support key priorities set out in the Council’s Corporate Plan 2019-22. |
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Reasons for the decision: |
As set out in the briefing paper from the Principal Planning Policy Officer |
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Scrutiny consideration: Report: |
The Chair and Spokespersons of Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee were consulted prior to the action being authorised. No adverse comments were made. Attached documents can be viewed with this document titled ‘Member Consultation’ and ‘Cambridge City Council response to the East-West Rail Bedford to Cambridge consultation’ on the Planning and Transport Agenda, 19 March Meeting |
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Conflicts of
interest: |
None known |
Publication date: 13/03/2019
Date of decision: 05/03/2019