Banner Homes Appeal – Proposed 97 Houses in Caldecote

. On 7th July 2010, the SCDC Planning Committee refused to grant outline planning permission for 97 houses to be built on the land East of 18-28 Highfields Road, Caldecote. The decision notice was issued on 2nd August 2010. . Reasons for Refusal The reasons cited for refusal were: that the land was no longer […]

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BT Announces the Winners of the Race to Infinity

The telecom giant BT Retail has announced six towns in the UK as winners in the recently concluded Race to Infinity campaign. . The three-month competition which started on 4th October 2010,  is intended to bring superfast broadband to the rural areas of the UK that have shown the highest demand. . The competition winners […]

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Benefits Shakeup – It pays to work

I was on the road yesterday (I seem to do too much driving for my own good), and listening to Jeremy Vine show on Radio2. The comments and calls on the issue of Benefits was interesting, but perhaps overshadowed by the violence of the student’s protest the day before. The announcements of the shakeup of […]

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Do you want Superfast Broadband for Caldecote?

If your answer is YES, then please read on. Even if you don’t want it for yourself, please consider reading on anyway, as your contribution will help your community. At the moment, anyone using internet in Caldecote knows that the speed is slow, and service is “not brilliant”, and that is being polite! We are […]

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Caldecote Broadband? Vote to get BT fibre broadband

Race to Infinity for Madingley exchange to get enabled for fibre broadband service

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Speed Thumps – County Highways Boss to visit Caldecote

The saga of the Caldecote Speed thumps moves into a new phase. I have it on good authority that the Head of Highways at the County Council is set to visit Caldecote on Thursday 7th October 2010 to meet and discuss with the Parish Councillors this rather long drawn out saga, with a view to […]

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Speed thumps – what the heck are those?

. As residents of Caldecote Village know only too well, driving in or out of the village means doing battle with the “traffic calming” measures installed by Taylor Wimpey years and years ago when the new housing developments were built. Looking at available records, when the new developments were approved, it was decided (not sure […]

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Merger of two Councils or Value for Money?

Money is tight, savings must be made and all that stuff. The phrase “value for money” is so “in” at the moment, its unreal. I’ve just found out  that Councillors at East Lindsey and South Holland gave the green light to the creation of the merged service company which will, they claim, save ratepayers in […]

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Coalition – what coalition?

I attended my first full Council meeting barely two weeks after the elections in May. It was also the Annual General Meeting, and as I didn’t know what to expect, I went in eager to see how things worked and all that. What transpired was so unexpected, so inexplicable, so outrageous that it took a […]

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Government to review Guided Bus Policy

It was revealed yesterday that Government transport chiefs are to look at options for reviewing the guided bus policy and will “draw on the Cambridgeshire experience”. This came about following the call by the Cambridge City MP Julian Huppert, for a public enquiry into the guided bus scheme being built in Cambridge. . . The […]

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