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South Cambs District Council – Coronavirus Coordination HUB information
Parish Council Meetings
Meetings (Updated 15th April 2020) – The Government have amended legislation to allow Councils to hold meetings remotely. Where possible Willingham Parish Council will hold remote meetings and the link to those meetings will be added to the agendas. Members of the public wishing to speak during the public forum are asked to make their request known to the Clerk ahead of the meeting.
The next scheduled meetings are:
Planning – Thursday 23rd April 2020
Full Council meeting: Wednesday 6th May 2020
A14 C 2 H Road Closures week commencing 13th April 2020
South Cambridgeshire District Council A14 Cambridge-Huntingdon Residents Survey
South Cambridgeshire District Council have just published an online survey on residents opinion on the A14 Cambridge-Huntingdon Upgrade.
To take part please follow the links below
Twitter; https://twitter.com/SouthCambs/status/1247432342731403265
Cambridgeshire Police Neighbourhood Weekly Update
Good afternoon subscribers
Please find below the South Cambridgeshire weekly updates, providing
information on local crime trends, antisocial behaviour, success stories and
upcoming events.
We have recently been carrying out community patrols making everyone is abiding
by the new rules set in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus. If you
believe people aren’t adhering to the stay at home instruction then please
report via sCambscops.pnn.police.uk. If you would like see what we are up to
then please follow us on Policing South Cambridgeshire on Facebook.
Crime trends
Recently there has been an increase in criminal damage being caused to vehicles
a place that has been targeted in particular is Caldecote with vehicles being
scratched and wing mirrors being broken. We have increased our patrols in
relation to this. If you suspect something please report it.
I would like to make you aware of a scam
An email or text message that sates it’s from HMRC.GOV.UK
The government has taken urgent action to list coronavirus as a notifiable disease
in law as a result of this they are issuing a new tax refund programme. You are
eligible for a refund of…….
Access your fund now.
Emails, text messages, instant messages such as the one below are a scam. Do
not click on blue or any colour links within electronic messages unless you
have verified who the sender is.
If in doubt, don’t click.
Links are just a shortcut to a website.
Instead, you could consider logging into your account the message refers to,
using your tried, tested and trusted way.
So, if the message appears to be from HMRC and you do actually have a HMRC
account, then come out of your email account and visit www.gov.uk and login that way rather than clicking
on a link.
If you don’t have a HMRC account then be very suspicious and ignore it.
Visit Action Fraud www.actionfraud.police.uk
the national reporting centre for fraud and computer crime
A14 C 2 H Road closures week commencing 6th April 2020
Our apologies, the below closure was omitted from this week’s closure information:
Saturday 11th 8pm – 8am
- Brampton Road B1514 between station car park and Edison Bell Way
Vehicles on the Huntingdon town centre side will be diverted onto the ring road, Ermine Street B1044 to Spittals roundabout, A141 west to Brampton / Brampton Racecourse junction and into Brampton via B1514. Vehicles on the Brampton side of the closure will follow this diversion in reverse
Changes to bus services across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
As Government social distancing during the Covid-19 outbreak continues, a number of bus companies across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have announced changes to their timetables.
- Call Connect in Peterborough – Call Connect has decided not to operate its services on Good Friday, Easter Sunday or Easter Monday. Bookings will still be taken for the Saturday service from 8.30am to 4pm (Welland) and 9am to 4.30pm (Lincolnshire). Visit the Call Connect website
- Stagecoach timetable changes in Peterborough and Cambs – Updates
to bus services – Further temporary changes to Stagecoach bus
timetables will be introduced in Cambridge and Peterborough from Sunday,
5th April. Critical routes will be maintained wherever possible. Visit the
Stagecoach website
- Cambridge – Changes to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 13A, 13B and 13X, 16A, 18, 19, 25, H, X8 and 39.
- Peterborough – Changes to services 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6.
Some revisions to the Busway A, B and D timetables have also been made
Planning Application for Consideration
Due to Coronavirus the Parish Council are not holding Planning Committee Meetings for the time being. Any applications received will be posted on our website with a date for residents to send any representations to us by. The following application has been received.
Proposal:
Application No: Location:
Construction of irrigation reservoirs by the extraction, processing and export of sand and gravel; widening vehicular access onto the A1123 (Hillrow Causeway) at Doles Drove; mineral processing plant, weighbridge and three 6 metre x 3 metre temporary office buildings
E/3003/18/CM
Willow Hall Farm, Hillrow Causeway, Haddenham, Ely, CB6 3PA,
http://planning.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
All representations must be received by the Parish Council no later than Friday 17th April 2020. The Council will then consider the application remotely and make their recommendation to SCDC.
Update from South Cambs District Council for local businesses
Supporting local businesses – guidance for parish councils and community groups
As part of the Council’s Covid-19 response, we are trying to urgently support businesses in the district who are struggling during this difficult period. We don’t have a single database for all businesses in the district, as not all businesses are registered for business rates. To help us get a list together as quickly as possible, could you help by sharing with us any mailing lists or databases you have on this including:
- Sole traders
- Home based businesses
- Community enterprises and charities including CICs
We want to ensure that we can put in place, as quickly as possible, appropriate support to help businesses through the next few months, and fill the gaps around the central government support offer where we can. We will be proactively contacting businesses to find out what they need, so any help you can give in providing details for our emerging database would be very helpful.
Please could you send any lists to our colleagues at the Greater Cambridge Partnership who are helping us with this work via greatercambridge.business@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Please also use whatever communications channels you have (social media, websites etc) to spread the word about this appeal, and encourage any businesses of these types to flag themselves to us by emailing greatercambridge.business@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Additionally, information for businesses is being updated frequently on the Coronavirus section of our website at www.scambs.gov.uk/business/coronavirus-information-for-businesses
Council provides essential supplies for most vulnerable shielding from Coronavirus
Council provides essential supplies for most vulnerable shielding from Coronavirus
Parcels of food and emergency supplies for the most vulnerable in our communities who are shielding from the Coronavirus are being delivered to residents across the county from this week.
The Government has promised that a national food distribution scheme will be up and running very soon, to support 1.5million people nationally who need to be shielded from the virus for at least 12 weeks because of serious health and medical conditions.
Every one of those people is being contacted by the NHS to advise them of this, and to ask whether or not they have a reliable support network in place to make sure they receive food and medicines, and other supplies, to prevent them from having to leave their homes.
Those who don’t have such a network will be provided with food and medicines via a national scheme which is being developed with food wholesalers, supermarkets and community pharmacies.
In the period up until this national scheme is fully operational, Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council have been working with the British Red Cross to ensure that those residents who need food, medicine and emergency supplies are looked after.
During the weekend council staff telephoned residents who they knew were shielding to see if they needed help and then arranged deliveries of items to those that did.
Yesterday (Monday) a team of council staff and British Red Cross volunteers packed tens of boxes with emergency supplies which have been delivered by the Government, which will be delivered to residents who are shielding at home in the coming days and weeks.
The council and British Red Cross have also been supported by a planner from the military and staff from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service.
A warehouse facility has been secured in the centre of the county, from which distribution of the parcels will take place via the local hubs network.
Residents are asked to note that they will NOT be asked for payment or bank card details, either at the door or by any other contact.
If you are at home and shielding because of serious health or medical conditions and we have not been in touch, please visit our Coordination Hub page or call us on 0345 045 5219
Please visit our Cambridgeshire or Peterborough websites for further contacts details.
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Shielded Patients List
NHS Digital has published the shielded patients list (SPL) which is enabling partner organisations across government to support and protect those who need shielding at this time.
People who have not yet received a text or letter from NHS, can self-register (or register a family member) if they are extremely vulnerable and think they should be on the NHS Shielded Patient list https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus-extremely-vulnerable
People who believe they have been included in error on the list can ignore the communication provided they have checked the list of identified conditions does not apply to them, and may wish to contact their GP or clinical specialist for advice
Planning application for consideration – Land to the South of Haden Way – Approval of matters reserved for appearance landscaping layout and scale following outline planning permission S/2456/15/OL for residential development of up to 64 units estate road open space and associated works.
Due to Coronavirus the Parish Council is not holding planning committee meetings for the time being. Any applications received will be posted on our website with a date for residents to send any representations to us by.
The following application has been received:
Proposal: Approval of matters reserved for appearance landscaping layout and scale following outline planning permission S/2456/15/OL for residential development of up to 64 units estate road open space and associated works.
Site address: Land To The South Haden Way Willingham
Reference: S/4441/18/RM
Public Access link: https://applications.greatercambridgeplanning.org/online-applications/PLAN/S/4441/18/RM
All representations must be received by the Parish Council no later than Monday 6th April 2020. The Council will then consider the application remotely and make their recommendation to SCDC
Roadworks and events in and around Willingham 1st – 15th April 2020
Due to the advice issued by the Government changing daily, the dates of these works may change or get cancelled at short notice. To check any works, please use the link provided which will take you to One.network – this updates automatically with any date changes, and will disappear if cancelled.
Just a reminder that this only includes works that are due to start between 1st – 15th April and longer term works that are still in progress will have been included on previous reports. Alternatively please refer to https://one.network/ which will include details on emergency roadworks.