Cambourne to Cambridge Busway Consultation launched
The Greater Cambridgeshire Partnership (GCP) have launched a public consultation on 3 potential routes for the busway that is being planned for the A428 corridor. Remember that there are plans for 2,350 houses in West Cambourne, and 3,500 in Bourn Airfield, not to mention further nearly 3000 in St Neots. Residents can participate in the […]
Date Set For Paper Caddy To Go
NEWS RELEASE Council waste bosses have confirmed there will be no need for South Cambridgeshire residents to use paper caddies from mid-December, in a move to simplify the recycling process. From 11 December 2017, residents should place used paper directly into their blue wheelie bins for recycling.
Government Passes Controversial Power Grab Motion To Bypass Parliament on Brexit
So, with this vote on the evening of Tuesday 12th September 2017, we in the United Kingdom are on our way to having a dictatorship by the Conservative party that is set to bypass parliament! Its about what has become a controversial motion that will grant the government the power to scrutinise Brexit-related legislation without involvement […]
Greater Cambridge Deserves Better
Greater Cambridge is a fast growing subregion, with Cambridge City at its centre, a city constrained by its medevial centre and the green belt that surrounds it. The growth is welcome by some, and unwanted by many due in part to the soaring cost of housing and the difficulty of transport into and within the […]
Bourn Airfield Park & Ride Site Coming to Highfields Caldecote
At the July 2017 meeting, the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) Executive Board (EB) received a report of eight potential Park and Ride (P&R) sites for the A428 transport corridor. This was as a result of the first phase of the P&R sites assessment showing up environmental concerns about the 3 options that had been looked […]
South Cambridgeshire District Council named one of worst offenders in credit card fee racket
Lib Dems in South Cambs are demanding that the council immediately ceases its practice of charging people who want to pay bills by credit card a fee of 2.5% which has been exposed in a report in The Times. The Treasury
Children’s Centre Consultation Now Live!
Finally, the “consultation” promised by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) on the future of the Children’s Centres is now live. The proposed changes will affect the Centre in Caldecote, co-located with the Caldecote Primary School, as part of the wider changes to be made in South Cambridgeshire, which you will find
Children’s Centres in South Cambridgeshire Are Changing
Once again, we find that a vital service to our communities, the Children’s Centres, is to be “redesigned” in a cost-cutting exercise by the Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC). The Council hopes to achieve a savings of
Political leadership needed to solve housing crisis
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has stated in a briefing that the government’s failure to tackle the housing crisis is due to its unwillingness to confront the root cause of the problem and organised ‘Nimbyism’. It went on to say that “this is a short sighted strategy considering rising housing costs cause more widespread […]
Public Examination of SCDC Policy for Proposed Bourn Airfield New Village
The long awaited public examination of the South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) Policy SS/6, New Village at Bourn Airfield, finally got scheduled for 4th – 6th April 2017. This is the SCDC plan to build 3,500 homes on the airfield, together with schools, shops, etc. The hearing on 4th April was to continue the examination of […]