CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL

EAST AREA COMMITTEE

Chair: Councillor Durrant

Liberal Democrat spokesperson: Councillor Smart

City Councillors for the following wards:

Abbey: John Durrant, Caroline Hart, Richard Smith

Coleridge: Jeremy Benstead, Berni Callaghan, Lewis Herbert

Petersfield: Kevin Blencowe, Ben Bradnack, Victoria Phillips

Romsey: Iain Coleman, Sarah Ellis-Miller, Catherine Smart

Co-opted non-voting members: County Councillors: Colin Shaw (Abbey), Martin Ballard (Coleridge), Bachan Bhalla (Petersfield), Joe Gluza (Romsey)

Committee Manager: John Blunt (01223 457012 or john.blunt@cambridge.gov.uk or write c/o Room 11, The Guildhall, Cambridge CB2 3QJ)

Date: Wednesday 28 July 2004

Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start

Place: The Youth Centre, East Barnwell Community Centre, Newmarket Road,

Cambridge CB5 8RS

AGENDA

1 OPEN FORUM

Members of the public are invited to ask any question, or make a statement on any matter related to their local area covered by the City Council Wards listed above.

The Forum will last up to 30 minutes, but may be extended at the Chair’s discretion. The Chair may also time limit public speakers to ensure as many are accommodated as practicable.

Stagecoach Restructuring of Routes

Stagecoach is to restructure the Citi routes on the 25th of July. The objective of the new network is to increase the level of bus patronage within the existing level of capital investment and operating costs. To achieve this, Stagecoach is to strengthen the day and evening frequencies along core routes and run off-peak hourly bus shuttles in the areas that are the most affected by this bus restructuring.

Philip Norwell, Stagecoach’s Commercial Director, has attended Area Committee meetings to present the new network on the 29th of June (North) and the 8th of July (South) as these areas will undergo most of the changes. He will also attend East Area on 28 July and respond to questions from the members of the public.

Basil Jackson, Head of Public Transport at the County Council, will also attend.

2 MINUTES

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 17 June 2004.

3 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

4 declarations of interest

Members of the committee are asked to declare any interests in the items on the agenda. In the case of any doubt the advice of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services should be sought before the meeting.

5 APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

(Report by Director of Environment and Planning, Contact Peter Carter 01223 457155)

PUBLIC SPEAKING RULES RELATING TO PLANNING APPLICATIONS

Anyone wishing to speak about one of these applications, may do so provided that they have made a representation in writing within the consultation period and have notified the Area Committee Manager shown above by 12 Noon on the day before the meeting of the Area Committee.

The applications for planning permission shown in the attached reports require determination. A report on each application is attached with a plan showing the location of the relevant site. Detailed plans relating to each application will be displayed at the meeting. The names of the individual planning officers dealing with the applications are indicated on the index.

1 C/04/0351/FP 102 Mill Road, Cambridge

(R Lucy)

2 C/04/0397/FP 254 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge

(D Poole)

3 C/04/0533/FP 171 Coleridge Road, Cambridge

(D Poole)

4 C/04/0538/FP 25 Romsey Road, Cambridge

(A Thompson)

5 C/04/0564/OP Rear of 224-226, Coldhams Lane,

(A Thompson) Cambridge

6 C/04/0609/VC 31 Ross Street, Cambridge

(T Collins)

7 C/04/0606/FP Antwerp House Dental Practice,

(T Collins) 36 Brookfields, Cambridge

8 C/03/1362/OP 264 Newmarket Road, Cambridge

(R Flood)

6 Applications for Community Development & Leisure Grants (Report by Grants Manager, Chris Freeman 457862)

7 LICENSING REFORM – INTRODUCTION OF THE LICENSING ACT 2003: PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE STATEMENT OF LICENSING POLICY (Head of Environmental Health and Waste Strategy, Contact Christine Allison Tel 457899)

Appendix 1: Consultation Draft of Cambridge City Council Statement of Licensing Policy

Appendix 2: Licensing Policy Consultation Questionnaire

The new licensing act requires the council to prepare and publish a statement of its licensing policy. Before determining the policy, the council must undertake extensive consultation in accordance with Government guidance. We will be achieving consultation by means of letters to businesses, leaflets, press articles, a licensing forum, an open day and through presentations at area committees. (Roger Coey)

To all members of the Public

Any comments that you want to make about the way the Council is running Area Committees are very welcome. Please contact the Committee Manager listed at the top of this agenda or complete the forms supplied at the meeting.

The next meeting of the Area Committee will be held on 30 September at the Bharat Bhavan, formerly the Mill Road Library, Mill Road, Cambridge.