Councillor Steve Count

Port Operations Update (Confidential)

From: Cabinet - Monday, 15th December, 2025 2.00 pm - December 15, 2025

For Determination

Whittlesey Relief Road Update

From: Cabinet - Monday, 15th December, 2025 2.00 pm - December 15, 2025

...to progress the Whittlesey Relief Road project, the Cabinet agreed to request funding from the CPCA and Whittlesey Town Council for further assessment work, while also considering including funding in Fenland District Council's budget as a backup.

Recommendations Approved

Local Plan Update

From: Cabinet - Monday, 15th December, 2025 2.00 pm - December 15, 2025

  In February 2019, Fenland District Council agreed to prepare a new Local Plan. Progress has been slower than expected since publication of the Draft Local Plan due to the uncertainty created by ongoing national planning reforms, Covid 19, updated flood-risk data, resourcing and procurement challenges, and the potential for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). It is now necessary to rethink our approach to ensure Fenland continues to have a strong voice after LGR.   This report therefore recommends formally withdrawing the Draft Fenland Local Plan (2019–2040) and beginning work on a new Local Plan under the new plan making system introduced by the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. Much of the work done to date can be updated and carried forward into this new process.   The new Plan will provide a more streamlined, responsive, and forward-looking framework that reflects local priorities and clearly articulates the district’s ambitions. It will place people and place at its core—ensuring future development supports quality homes, good jobs, town centres, services, and resilient communities. It will also have a facilitative and inward investment focus which is increasingly important given the sluggish national economic context.  

Recommendations Approved

Local Government Reorganisation - Submission to Government

From: Cabinet - Friday, 7th November, 2025 5.15 pm - November 07, 2025

...to submit Option D – Greater Peterborough (Cambridgeshire Fens Unitary Authority) as their preferred option for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to the government, while also delegating authority to the Leader and Chief Executive to handle the submission regarding electoral arrangements and other related matters.

Recommendations Approved

Acceptance of £1.5m Pride in Place Impact Fund Allocation

From: Cabinet - Friday, 7th November, 2025 2.00 pm - November 07, 2025

Fenland District Council has been awarded £1.5m from the Pride in Place Impact Fund to support regeneration initiatives across the district.   This report seeks approval to accept the funding and delegate authority to the Section 151 Officer to enter all necessary legal and financial arrangements to secure and manage the funding, including the MOU with Government.

Recommendations Approved