Cambridge City
Changes to Bin Collections for Festive Season
South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge residents should double-check their bin collection dates during the Christmas and New Year festive period. The Council is also requesting that residents recycle as much as possible during the festivities.
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 […]
Communities secretary Eric Pickles criticizes Cambridge as too anti-car
It is rare that I agree with sentiments expressed by a government minister, and this is one of them, especially in the ongoing context of the transport plans for Bourn Airfield Development as contained in the draft county council transport strategy document. Cabinet minister and Communities secretary Eric Pickles lashed out at Cambridge city’s […]
Fly to Australia, Kruger, Abu Dhabi and Phuket from Cambridge Airport
I saw this article in the Cambridge News and thought it was interesting … and definitely not surprising having once gone on a tour of the airport arranged specifically for councillors. The news is that the revolution in Cambridge air travel is continuing at a dizzying pace. Local travellers will now be able to […]
New Transport Strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire
The County Council is preparing a new Transport Strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire in parallel with the South Cambridgeshire and the Cambridge Local Plans. The draft strategy is looking at ways to improve transport in Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire up to 2031, and affects the viability of the proposed Bourn Airfield Development. The […]
Council runs Local Plan Exhibitions for residents
The Future of South Cambridgeshire is at stake as the District Council goes into the final stages of preparing a new Local Plan that will set out the vision for the district over the coming years up to 2031. A public consultation for the Proposed Submission Local Plan began on Friday 19 July running […]
City residents campaign to stop 430 homes in Worts Causeway and keep green belt
This article in the Cambridge News caught my eye because it is very topical right now as people in Caldecote and Bourn Wards campaign to Stop Bourn Airfield Development plans. Hundreds of Cambridge city residents are opposing the proposed construction of 430 homes either side of Worts’ Causeway, warning the project would destroy beautiful countryside […]