Social Value Ideas for South Cambridgeshire District Council

Refusal of 100-home Linton scheme

The committee refused an outline application for up to 100 dwellings at land off Horse Heath Road, Linton. The refusal was driven by its location outside the development framework, landscape harm, los…

“There are some material considerations that weigh in favor of the post development in terms of provision of housing, 40% of which would be affordable.…”

Regulation 19 Local Plan Publication

Both councils approved the Greater Cambridge Local Plan proposed submission for Regulation 19 consultation, with publication planned before submission to government for inspection by the end of the ye…

“Speaker 7: Thank you chair. Yes, we thought we would just run through a little bit how we got here and where we're going next. We gave very substantia…”

Delegation scheme retained

The committee agreed to keep the current scheme of delegation unchanged while noting that a mandatory national scheme of delegation is expected to come into force in October 2026. The report says the …

“Speaker 7: So, to add to that, those the mandated national scheme of delegation that will be coming in in October, which is another reason why to make…”

Refusal of Great Shelford scheme

The committee refused an outline application for up to 110 homes between Hinton Way and Mingle Lane, Great Shelford and Stapleford. The decision rested on Green Belt and village framework conflict, ha…

“The development would be considered inappropriate under paragraph one five three of the MPPF. However, as the application site is consistent with the …”

Transport Infrastructure Dependencies

The officers confirmed that the local plan depends on delivery of transport infrastructure by other bodies, including the combined authority and county council. This creates a procurement dependency f…

“Speaker 7: So the remote working policy that was a proposal that we included in the first proposals in 2021. And it was actually something that we det…”

Housing Revenue Account Rental Increases 4.8%

Housing rents increased by 4.8% (inflation plus 1%), which is the maximum permissible under government formula. This is necessary to fund the new build program while maintaining existing stock. All En…

“we are having to put um rents up by 4.8% which is the maximum that we are allowed to do which is inflation plus 1%”

Housing New Build Program - 113+ Homes Delivered

Council has exceeded 100 new council homes in the last 12 months, heading towards 113 by end of financial year. Forward program includes over 600 homes planned over next 2-3 years. This represents hig…

“we've passed the 100 um counter home this this year heading towards that sort of sort of in the region of 113 by the end of this financial year... ove…”

Cambourne retirement scheme refused

A 58-apartment retirement living scheme on Back Lane, Cambourne was recommended for refusal and members supported that recommendation. Officers and speakers raised concerns about excessive scale, inad…

“Speaker 21: So in terms of the recommendation due to the excessive scale, bulk, and intensity of the development, the application is being recommended…”

Rebuild assurance project

KPMG confirmed a separate, additional programme of work is needed to rebuild audit assurance after years of disclaimer opinions. The work starts with a risk assessment using council-supplied informati…

“So what we've got today is our audit plan. So you've seen an indicative audit plan previously, but this is our sort of more finalised version. I won't…”

Internal audit charter approved

The committee was asked to endorse the risk-based forward audit plan, note the governance and internal control reports, and approve the internal audit charter. Officers said the charter underpins the …

“So first of all, the quarter report, which is on page 200 of the packs. It is our quarterly report to the committee. There have been three audit revie…”