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Apologies Minutes: No apologies were received. |
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Declarations of Interest Minutes:
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Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 4 August 2020 were approved as a
correct record and signed by the Chair subject to the following amendments
(deleted text On page 9 of the agenda, 4th bullet point, 3rd
line ‘vantage points such as the back On page 9 of the agenda, 5th bullet point ‘The applications
made comparison with Orchard Park, 120 metres away, five storey
buildings with no buildings in-between’. |
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Update report on JDCC Standing Orders and Scheme of Delegation PDF 265 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee received an update report on the JDCC Standing
Orders and Scheme of Delegation, following a report brought to the 4 August
2020 JDCC meeting. The minor changes were detailed in paragraph 3 of the
officer’s report on p22 of the agenda.
These were also shown by tracked changes in Appendix A. Since the publication of the report there was an update to
the tracked changed arrangements shown on p28 of the agenda dealing with the
appointment of the Chair and Vice-Chair.
The amendments proposed: i.
The deletion of the tracked changed additional
wording so that paragraph 1.1 would read: “The Committee shall, at its first
meeting, and as a minimum annually thereafter, elect a Chair and Vice
Chair. The Chair and Vice Chair shall be
drawn alternately from each of the two Councils comprising the Committee.” The reason for the deletion of the tracked changed wording
was that the reference to Lead members was erroneous and dated back to when the
JDCC was a tri-authority committee where one of the three Lead members would
not hold the Chair or the Vice-Chair position. ii.
Delete paragraph 2 ‘Appointment of
Spokespersons’ entirely. The reason for the deletion of paragraph 2 in its entirety
was that there was no requirement for a spokesperson which again dated back to
when the JDCC was a tri-authority committee. Councillor Bradnam asked for two further amendments to the
Standing Orders (deleted text struck through and additional text underlined)
as follows: The Committee: Resolved (unanimously) to accept the officer recommendation
to approve the JDCC Standing Orders and Scheme of Delegation subject to: i. The amendment of paragraph 1.1 (Appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair) of the Standing Orders to read: “The Committee shall, at its first meeting, and as a minimum annually thereafter, elect a Chair and Vice Chair. The Chair and Vice Chair shall be ... view the full minutes text for item 20/10/JDCC |
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270 Cambridge Science Park, Milton - 20/03590/FUL PDF 331 KB Additional documents:
Minutes: The Committee received an application for
full planning permission for external refurbishment works to the existing
office building and minor development within the application site to bring the
building up to a lettable standard. The Committee noted the following amendments presented in the
Amendment Sheet: ·
The application was a Regulation 3 application
under the Town and Country Planning General Regulations 1992 as
a consequence of South Cambridgeshire District Council being the
applicant and owner of the site. ·
The recommendation covering an additional
condition 4 in the following terms: Prior to occupation of the building,
details of facilities for the covered, secure parking of bicycles at the front
of the site for use in connection with the development hereby permitted shall
be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing. The
approved facilities shall be provided in accordance with the details before the
use commences. Reason: To ensure satisfactory provision for the secure storage
of bicycles. (Cambridge Local Plan 2006 policy 8/6) ·
An additional Informative: The applicant is
advised to ensure appropriate signage is displayed directing site users to the
covered, secure cycle parking provision within the multi-storey parking
building. David Ousby (Applicant’s Agent)
addressed the Committee in support of the application. The Committee made the following comments in response to the
report.
i.
Questioned whether the JDCC should be
determining the application.
ii.
Queried whether the cycle parking was for this
building and not the rest of the area and whether the cycle parking could
include Sheffield stands.
iii.
Queried whether the location of the cycle
parking would deter people from using it.
iv.
Asked if one of the disabled parking spaces
could include EV charging provision.
v.
Asked if the EV charging provision could be more
flexibility located.
vi.
Asked for more detail regarding landscaping. vii.
The application proposed 2 EV charging points
out of the 125 car parking spaces and commented that 10% of the spaces should
be EV charging enabled. viii.
Asked for an informative to be added if the
application was approved to ensure that people could
access the cycle parking comfortably. In response to Members’ questions the Assistant Director Delivery
and the Interim Management Support Officer said the following:
i.
The
JDCC’s Scheme of Delegation permitted officers to exercise discretion to refer
applications to the JDCC for determination.
The application had been brought to the JDCC in this particular
case because South Cambridgeshire District Council was the applicant.
This will be reviewed as to whether it is appropriate for similar future
applications.
ii.
There
were some Sheffield cycle parking stands in the parking area on the left-hand
side. An informative regarding Sheffield cycle parking stands could be included
if the application was approved. iii. The building had an allocation of 208 cycle parking spaces. The cycle parking provision had to be provided in accordance with the 2016 planning application. The door which served the cycle parking was 65m from the rear access door to the building itself. The existing cycle parking was ... view the full minutes text for item 20/11/JDCC |
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Cambridge South Station proposals led by Network Rail Minutes: The
Committee received a presentation from Network Rail representatives on Cambridge
South train station proposals. 1.
Expressed concerns about Hobsons Park becoming a
major cycle route and asked whether consideration had been given to
incorporating the station structure into the cycle route. 2.
Expressed concerns about vehicular access to the
station excluding access by taxis or disabled vehicular access. 3.
Queried lift access to the station compared with
other train station lift access. 4.
Questioned if there was enough space under the existing
busway bridge to accommodate the extra tracks. 5.
Asked if Network Rail had been in contact with
the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to ensure proposals
could link into the CAM (Cambridge Autonomous Metro) project. 6.
Queried why the presentation had not mentioned
the Chisholm Trail as it was one of the major cycle routes within the City. 7.
Questioned if the closure of the existing cycle
route was necessary and if so, how long this would be for. 8.
Questioned how outpatients were meant to get
from the train station to the hospital. 9.
Asked if there would be a taxi rank at the train
station. 10. Questioned
if the spoil dug up as part of the development should be left on the site. 11. Asked
if there were only 5 disabled parking spaces, how people could be confident
that they would be able to access a disabled parking space when they arrived at
the station. 12. Expressed
concerns as to whether there was sufficient room on site to accommodate taxi
pick up and drops off and the impact that this could have on the neighbouring
streets. 13. Questioned
where the surplus soil would be located. |