Approval of Touring Caravan Park Unpopular with Caldecote Residents
The saga of the Touring Caravan Park approved by South Cambs Planning Committee continues, and is getting increasingly more difficult. As outlined in a previous post, the park was given approval on 4 June 2012, for up to 20 spaces to the dismay of Caldecote residents. The Parish council subsequently wrote to the Interim Head […]
A Retrospective Look at the 2011 Municipal Year
I have now come to the end of my second year as your District Councillor, a year that was busier than the previous one. I remained on the Scrutiny and Overview Committee, and continued as Scrutiny Monitor for the Finance Portfolio and the Economic Development Portfolio. I was involved in one task and finish […]
Touring Caravan Park given the nod by South Cambs Planning Committee
South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) Planning Committee at its meeting in April 2012 considered an application for change of use of land from countryside to touring caravan park. The land in question is on the old A428 St Neots Road approach to Caldecote, situated between the bungalow Nimitabel and the white spanish style bungalow Casa […]
South Cambridgeshire District Council is nominated for Award
Recent good news to rave about is that innovative work by South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) officers who help councillors in their role as community champions has been recognised by a national body. SCDC’s democratic services team has been shortlisted by The Municipal Journal for best team in their field. Winners of the prestigious local […]
Super Fast Broadband in slow going
Yesterday, the Madingley Exchange Race To Infinity Team received the latest update from BT, relating to the progress of the target dates for super fast broad band (SFBB). The statement reads, “Thank you for forwarding the comments from your campaign team, I understand their frustration and I am happy to confirm that we have not […]
Government plans to withdraw housing benefit from under-25s
Housing charities and campaign groups have been outraged by an idea floated by Downing Street to strip housing benefits from under-25s and make them move in with “mum and dad” as a way to “make work pay” and save the UK from growing welfare expenditure. The proposal – which was floated by No 10 earlier […]
Call for Candidates for South Cambs Youth Council
The Young People of South Cambridgeshire now have an opportunity to have a bigger say in how their neighbourhood is run by becoming “youth councillors” in the South Cambs Youth Council. This follows on from the development of the South Cambridgeshire Young People’s Plan (YPP) which was put together with the help of young people […]
Cambridge Airport Opens New Route to Burgundy France
Flyers from Cambridge Airport have been handed a new service to the Burgundy region of France, starting this summer. Cambridge Airport says that European regional airline, Danube Wings, will launch its first ever UK scheduled services from the Cambridge region with twice-weekly non-stop flights to the Dole-Jura Airport starting in June. The regional airport of […]
Bus Subsidies – What Cambridgeshire County Want You To Know
Recently, we received the brief below from the Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) Passenger Transport Service, to inform about what CCC is doing with bus subsidies and the so called Cambridgeshire Future Transport (CFT) Project. Enjoy ….. __________________________________ Around 80 per cent of public transport in Cambridgeshire is run commercially with the remaining 20 per cent […]
Sunny South Cambridgeshire is Open for Business with Cambridge Plus
According to a recent article by Cambridge First, local business leaders have welcomed a ‘one-stop shop’ website aimed at making it easier to do business in South Cambridgeshire. The Cambridge Plus site at www.cambridge-plus.com, brings together information about what the district can offer businesses, and a picture of what life is like in South Cambridgeshire. […]