In accordance with the Council Procedure Rules (Section 8.3) of the Council's Constitution, to receive oral questions from Members of the Council
Minutes:
Question from Councillor P D Reeve to the Executive Leader, Councillor J D Ablewhite
In response to a question which had requested the support for County Councillor P Bullen in his campaign to prevent Luminus Group from demolishing the sheltered housing scheme at Langley Court and Langley Close, St. Ives, the Executive Leader questioned the accuracy of the statements that had been made by the County Councillor on the subject, indicated his support for the provision of adult social care and for the contribution made to this by registered social landlords and suggested that he would await further information on the subject before the District Council proceeds to determine the planning application for a new extra care facility on the site.
Question from Councillor R D Farrer to the Executive Councillor for Planning and Housing Strategy, Councillor N J Guyatt
In response to a question regarding an explanation for a perceived increase in the time being taken to determine a planning application, Councillor Guyatt assured the questioner that, when necessary, additional resources would be diverted to ensure the delivery of the service. As Chairman of the Development Management Panel, Councillor D B Dew added that in a recent report on the activities of the Division, it had been reported that the service had determined 85% of all applications received during the specified period and continued to meet the performance targets set for the service.
Question from Councillor R J West to the Executive Leader, Councillor J D Ablewhite
The Executive Leader assured the questioner that he too had felt uplifted at the response to a recent Coffee Morning held to raise funds for the McMillan Charity.
Question from Councillor M F Shellens to the Executive Councillor for Customer Services, Councillor B S Chapman
Having been requested to state how many District residents had paid extra tax for an additional bedroom, whether this had had an impact on the number of people on the homeless list and how many families had moved into a vacated large property because the previous occupant had decided to downsize, Councillor Chapman undertook to respond in writing to the questioner.
Question from Councillor M F Shellens to the Executive Leader, Councillor J D Ablewhite
In connection with the challenges facing the Council in managing future budgets, Councillor Ablewhite assured the questioner that the authority would continue to lobby the Government, through the Local Government Association, to seek improvements to its position and would seek the views of local residents in terms of the services that they would wish to retain in the future.
Question from Councillor R G Tuplin to the Executive Councillor for Healthy and Active Communities, Councillor R B Howe
The assertion having been made that Sawtry Community College could lose £80,000 from Cambridgeshire County Council from March 2014 for funding day time use of Sawtry Leisure Centre, the Executive Councillor undertook to respond to the questioner, in writing, on the attempts that have been made to secure future use of the facility once this funding had been withdrawn.
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