South Cambridgeshire
The Launch of South Cambridgeshire Youth Council
The South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) Youth Council will be having its formal launch on Wednesday 23rd January 2013. In a previous article, I wrote that SCDC was asking for nominations from young people to join the Youth Council, giving young people in the district a chance to have a voice and to influence the development […]
Time to Design your own Local Bus Services
The County Council is committed to a three year phased programme of reducing the £2.7 million used to subsidise bus services. Cambridgeshire County Cabinet on the 6th March 2012 approved a programme of subsidy withdrawal which seeks to reduce the funding to £1.5m by 2014/15 in a more targetted manner, and groups the county into […]
South Cambridgeshire District unveils more house building plans for consultation
In summer 2012 South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) held the first consultation on its proposals for the Local Development Plan, which will set out how land in South Cambridgeshire is to be developed from now to 2031. SCDC has now unveiled more house building plans which is to be open to public consultation starting on […]
Transport On Demand
South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is proposing a new type of solution to meet the transport needs of our rural community. Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) or transport-on-demand as I like to call it, is ideal for people living in rural areas with limited or no access to conventional public transport. It aims to take passengers […]
Event for Local Businesses Seeking Funding Advice
There is a lot of focus being placed on supporting local businesses, both by Central Government, and our own local authority South Cambridgeshire District Council. One of the more recent initiatives was the launch of the South Cambridgeshire Business Group by MP Andrew Lansley in September. The first meeting was well attended but perhaps attendance […]
Connecting Cambridgeshire by Faster Broadband
A county-wide broadband campaign to Get Cambridgeshire Connected has been launched through the Connecting Cambridgeshire website at www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk . This project has been set up by the County council in a bid to get broadband services to all parts of the county that BT did not consider viable. The plan is to provide access […]
McDonalds told plans for Caxton Gibbet site not good enough
The Cambridge News reported yesterday (31 July) that Costa Coffee and McDonald’s are set to get permission to replace a Chinese restaurant which was gutted by fire, despite opposition from villagers. The two drive-through restaurants would be built on the site of the Yim Wah House next to the A428 at Caxton Gibbet, which has […]
Call for Nominations for Village Hero and Community Pride Awards
South Cambridgeshire District Council is on its annual hunt for the unsung heroes and heroines of the local community. The council gives two awards every year, one for a Village Hero, and the other for a Village or Community Group. The Village Hero is considered as someone who goes out of their way or over […]
Enforcement Action at Touring Caravan Park
The decision notice granting approval for the Caravan park was issued on 31 May 2012. The site owner subsequently went on site and put up a newt barrier, which is required as part of the newt mitigation requirements. I notified SCDC at the weekend that this work had taken place. However, the site owner […]