Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Strategic Growth Manager providing an update on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements Scheme Development Consent Order application and the next stage as the programme moves into the pre-examination stage and Examination in Public.

Executive Councillor: J Neish.

The Cabinet has

(a)  noted the update on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements Scheme Development Consent Order application to the Planning Inspectorate and the next stages and timescales in the process;

(b)  noted the emerging principles of concern identified from the technical analysis and provide member direction and comment on the key issues as outlined in paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2 of the report now submitted and any other areas for consideration;

(c)  confirmed the Council’s continued support of the A428 Scheme, subject to reaching agreement on identified issues with Highways England;

(d)  delegated authority to the Executive Leader and the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning in consultation with the Managing Director and the Strategic Growth Manager to finalise the preparation and submission of the documents required from the Council as part of the legal Development Consent Order process, including the joint response with Cambridgeshire County Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council including the Local Impact Report, the Statement of Common Ground and Relevant and Written Representations.

Consideration was given to a report prepared by the Strategic Growth Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) providing an update on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements Scheme Development Consent Order (A428 DC0) application and the next stage as the programme moves into the pre-examination stage and Examination in Public.

Following a brief introduction by the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning and having had their attention drawn to the addendum to the report (a copy of which is also appended in the Minute Book) together with the views of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Performance and Growth), the Cabinet

RESOLVED

(a)  to note the update on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements Scheme Development Consent Order application to the Planning Inspectorate and the next stages and timescales in the process;

(b)  to note the emerging principles of concern identified from the technical analysis and provide member direction and comment on the key issues as outlined in paragraphs 5.1 and 5.2 of the report now submitted and any other areas for consideration;

(c)  to confirm the Council’s continued support of the A428 Scheme, subject to reaching agreement on identified issues with Highways England; and

(d)  to delegate authority to the Executive Leader and the Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning in consultation with the Managing Director and the Strategic Growth Manager to finalise the preparation and submission of the documents required from the Council as part of the legal Development Consent Order process, including the joint response with Cambridgeshire County Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council including the Local Impact Report, the Statement of Common Ground and Relevant and Written Representations.

The panel is invited to note the update and next steps on the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements Scheme.

With the aid of a report by the Strategic Growth Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) The A428 Development Consent Order Update and Delegated Authority Report was presented to the Panel. The Executive Councillor for Strategic Planning apprised Members of the background to the report.

Councillor Chapman expressed concerns that the proposals would result in changes to the traffic flow within St Neots itself. Concern was expressed that agencies were not working collaboratively to ensure both local infrastructure and future developments were being considered.

It was thereupon,

RESOLVED

that the Cabinet be encouraged to endorse the recommendations contained within the report.