Local Issues Caldecote

How to Save Money on Heating Oil this Winter

As the weather begins to turn colder, for some of us, our minds begin to turn to preparing our heating systems for some vigorous use in the next 6 months. It is particularly important for those in rural areas who have oil fired heating systems.   Oil is the most commonly used off-grid energy source […]

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Madingley Exchange to get super fast broadband to the premises

BT Openreach yesterday confirmed that  Madingley Exchange is in the next phase of its roll-out of super-fast fibre broadband services, as it unveiled a 156 strong list of more exchanges to be upgraded. The new locations announced include the 10 exchange areas that won the recent BT Race to Infinity competition, where members of the […]

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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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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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