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: Thursday 30 September 2004

Time: 7.15pm for 7.30pm start

Place: Bharat Bhavan, formerly the Mill Road Library, Mill Road, Cambridge.

AGENDA

INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SPEAKING

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

Committee reports by Council officers: It would be helpful if you wish to speak to inform a Council officer before the meeting starts, alternatively raise your hand and the Chair will call you to speak. You will have up to three minutes to speak. The Chair has discretion over these rules.

Applications for planning permission: public speaking rules are different and are shown under the agenda heading.

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.

2 MINUTES

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 28 July 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 COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP

Tom Jefford, a Board member from the Partnership will give a brief outline of the process to develop the new Community Safety Strategy 2005-08. The audience will then be invited to take part in a discussion with a view to identifying the crime priorities in the local area. There will also be an opportunity to complete a questionnaire on the same subject.

6 CAMBRIDGE EAST AREA ACTION PLAN - PROGRESS REPORT – With Appendix A: Extract from the Redeposit Draft Cambridge Local Plan and Appendix B: Comments of Development Plan Steering Group 15 July 2004 on the draft Cambridge East AAP Preferred Options Report

Appendix C: Preferred Options Report

Appendix D: Cambridge East AAP Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report / Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report

Map: Preferred Option

Map: Rejected Option

Map: Preferred Approach

(Report by Head of Policy and Projects, David Roberts 01223 457172)

7 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
Site	69-77 Ditton Walk
Proposal	Outline application for redevelopment of site for residential purposes.
Officer Recommendation	Refuse
Application No	C/04/0559
Applicant	Orion Insulation & Construction Services Ltd, 77 Ditton Walk
Case Officer	Andrew Thompson
Contact No	457152

2
Site	271 Mill Road
Proposal	Change of use from hobby/store room to a single self-contained dwelling (retrospective application)
Officer Recommendation	Refuse
Application No	C/04/0797
Applicant	Mr I Wyness, c/o First Site, 17 Norfolk Street
Case Officer	Janine Barker
Contact No	457147

3
Site	8 Ainsworth Street
Proposal	Change of use from annexe to separate residential use (retrospective).
Officer Recommendation	Refuse
Application No	C/04/0880
Applicant	CD 2001 Settlement c/o Dudley Management, Regal Lodge, Swan Lane, Exning
Case Officer	Toby Williams
Contact No	457148

4
Site	5 Fanshawe Road
Proposal	Conversion of single dwelling house to two flats.
Officer Recommendation	Refuse
Application No	C/04/0770
Applicant	Mr F Russo, 5 Radigund Road
Case Officer	Tony Collins
Contact No	457157

5
Site	102 Cherry Hinton Road
Proposal	Section 73 application to vary condition 6 of C/00/0178/FP to allow the use of a premises by a party other than Mr Keith Carter, namely Spires International.
Officer Recommendation	Refuse
Application No	C/04/0676
Applicant	Spires International, 185 East Road
Case Officer	Tony Collins
Contact No	457157

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 25 November at Brickfields City Church, 15/16 Cheddars Lane, Cambridge CB5 8LD