South Cambridgeshire
Local Plan Adopted by South Cambridgeshire Councillors
The much awaited South Cambridgeshire Local Plan finally got to be presented to Full Council at its meeting on Thursday 27th September 2018. This was a date that for me came with very mixed emotions, given the events that led up to that point in time. I had spent considerable time thinking about what I […]
Is Submission of Planning Application for Bourn Airfield Imminent?
That is the question I had to ask after I and other residents of Highfields Caldecote received a glossy A5 leaflet from Countryside Properties last week, inviting us to view their exhibition on their proposals for the “new village” at Bourn Airfield. They called it public consultation – I guess it ticks
New Consultation on Bourn Airfield Development & Infrastructure
SCDC has launched the next stage of the process for the Local Development Plan. It is a consultation on the changes and modifications that the Council has proposed as well as extra work that the Inspectors have asked the Council to do. The Consultation runs from Friday 5th January 2018 to Friday 16th February 2018. You […]
Date Set For Paper Caddy To Go
NEWS RELEASE Council waste bosses have confirmed there will be no need for South Cambridgeshire residents to use paper caddies from mid-December, in a move to simplify the recycling process. From 11 December 2017, residents should place used paper directly into their blue wheelie bins for recycling.
South Cambridgeshire District Council named one of worst offenders in credit card fee racket
Lib Dems in South Cambs are demanding that the council immediately ceases its practice of charging people who want to pay bills by credit card a fee of 2.5% which has been exposed in a report in The Times. The Treasury
Children’s Centre Consultation Now Live!
Finally, the “consultation” promised by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) on the future of the Children’s Centres is now live. The proposed changes will affect the Centre in Caldecote, co-located with the Caldecote Primary School, as part of the wider changes to be made in South Cambridgeshire, which you will find
Children’s Centres in South Cambridgeshire Are Changing
Once again, we find that a vital service to our communities, the Children’s Centres, is to be “redesigned” in a cost-cutting exercise by the Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC). The Council hopes to achieve a savings of
South Cambridgeshire announces strategic partnership with Huntingdonshire and City Councils
Tuesday 1 July 2014 Over half a million pounds to be saved as first steps in strategic partnership announced Sharing building control, legal and ICT services could save neighbouring councils over half a million pounds under a planned new strategic partnership. In cabinet papers published today (Tuesday 1 July) by South Cambridgeshire […]
Tumi Hawkins re-elected in Caldecote Ward South Cambridgeshire 2014 Election
The result is official – I have held onto my seat in the recently concluded local elections in South Cambridgeshire District. The turnout was 46.15% of the electorate and it was good to see so many people turn out, despite the sometimes awful weather that we experienced during the day. The final count took […]
The SCDC Local Development Plan – How Councillors Voted
The debate, if one can call it that, that took place on 13th March 2014 on the proposed draft local development plan ended in a vote that was closer than most people expected. I have already given you a flavour of what occurred in a previous article. The voting was recorded and following is the […]