Celebrating Christmas – Joy to The World
Christmas is a celebration to remember the birth of Jesus Christ. It is a world wide event, celebrated by Christians and non Christians alike. It has become a time when families get together and is marked by the giving of gifts. The practice of gift giving has taken a very commercial turn, especially
Creating Great Places in South Cambridgeshire
Great Places are where people are happy to live,, work or study, and play. The role of town and country planning in creating Great Places is a significant one. To get it right, planning team receives support from a select group of experts.
Greater Cambridge Local Plan
SCDC started work on creating a new joint Development Local Plan for Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire. In the past, each council has created its own plan, but this time, it will be a single plan covering the areas of both councils, now called “Greater Cambridge”.
Battling for Direct Access to A428 from Bourn Airfield New Village
The planned new village of up to 3,500 houses at Bourn Airfield took another step forward in its journey to become reality on Wednesday 2nd October 2019. The Cabinet approved the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which sets out the design principles for the new village but without a direct access to A428 dual carriageway.
Black History Month 2019 Celebrations
The United Kingdom is a multi-cultural society today. Many people have emmigrated from all over the world to make their home here. None more so than peoples from the Commonwealth, former colonies of Great Britain. Most of these people are black and their history is has often been forgotten or overlooked. Black History Month of […]
Jo Swinson Elected new Lib Dem Leader
The LibDem leadership contest ended at 1pm today, following weeks of campaigning and hustings by the two contenders Sir Ed Davey and Jo Swinson. Both were vying to succeed Vince Cable the outgoing leader. The results of the contest announced by Sal Brinton, the party President just after 4.20pm is as follows: Jo Swinson 47,997 […]
New Affordable Homes By Accent Housing in Fulbourn
Accent Housing has laid the first bricks in a new development of affordable new homes in Fulbourn, South Cambridgeshire. Working closely with development partner Hill, one of the country’s top housebuilders and South Cambridgeshire District Council, the 14 new homes will provide much needed affordable housing for local people in housing
Competition Launched To Encourage Children To Be Creative With Recycling
How can drink cans turn into a satellite, jam jars into a window of a rocket ship, plastic drink bottles into football shirts and magazines into loo rolls? Was it Magic? Alien Forces? A Mad Scientist? Children can decide! An exciting competition for children launches this week to celebrate the power of imagination and encourage […]
South Cambs Retains Top Spot in National Rates Collection Table
Council tax is levied on every residential property, owned or rented in the country which helps to pay for a wide range of local services including refuse collection, policing, social care and more. South Cambridgeshire collects council tax on behalf of all the local authorities. Central government records the amount of council tax due and […]
Countryside Properties Gag attempts on Bourn Airfield Development
The allocation of Bourn Airfield in the 2014 draft Local Plan met with a lot of opposition, from the neighbouring parishes and me. There were several reasons as already stated in a number of my previous blog articles. The Planning Inspector subsequently found the plan sound, and the Council adopted it in October 2018. Despite […]