south cambridgeshire
£500m Zero Carbon Communities grants given to South Cambridgeshire community groups
Press Release The District Council is awarding green grants to 10 South Cambridgeshire community groups marking a £500,000 total since the scheme began four years ago. This year’s round of projects, aimed at reducing carbon emissions and engaging communities on climate change, will receive grant funding totalling more than £125,000.
Cabinet Confirmed at South Cambs 2022 Annual Meeting
The South Cambs 2022 Annual Council meeting today is a milestone. It marks the start of the second 4-year term of South Cambridgeshire Lib Dems running the District Council. The May 5th elections results where we increased our seats from 30 in 2018 to 37 in 2022 reflects the confidence communities have in what we […]
Local Plan Adopted by South Cambridgeshire Councillors
The much awaited South Cambridgeshire Local Plan finally got to be presented to Full Council at its meeting on Thursday 27th September 2018. This was a date that for me came with very mixed emotions, given the events that led up to that point in time. I had spent considerable time thinking about what I […]
The Tory Deal That Signals Disaster For Rural Communities near Northstowe
“Multi-million pound deal struck to provide community facilities at Northstowe” This is the spin that South Cambridgeshire District Council put on the recent agreement to let developers off with a bonus of £30 million! According to the press release, a report presented to the Northstowe Joint Development Control Committee today (Wednesday 29 January) outlines […]
Bedroom tax policy adopted by Housing Portfolio holder
From April 2013 Welfare Reform changes have taken place which means Housing Benefit is potentially reduced for households deemed to be under-occupying a property. This is the so-called “bedroom tax” that has been much talked about. There is no definition of a minimum bedroom size set out in legislation. The Department of Work and […]
Free business workshops back again in South Cambridgeshire
Following the success of the South Cambridgeshire Business Support Service, a series of free workshops is re-launching to help business-owners in South Cambridgeshire become more successful. The 15 half-day ‘how-to’ workshops are delivered by experts and have been designed to address specific issues of businesses in the local area, including business planning, improving profit, […]
Council runs Local Plan Exhibitions for residents
The Future of South Cambridgeshire is at stake as the District Council goes into the final stages of preparing a new Local Plan that will set out the vision for the district over the coming years up to 2031. A public consultation for the Proposed Submission Local Plan began on Friday 19 July running […]
Villagers up in arms at Bourn Airfield development plans
The proposed Bourn Airfield Development of up to 3,500 homes is causing more upset as villagers in Bourn take up arms in protest at its inclusion in the South Cambridgeshire District Council development plan. The protest movement, started by Des O’Brien a resident of Bourn, started last week with an interview on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Andie […]
Touring caravan site gets planning consent to build four bungalows
Plans to build four bungalows on a site along the A428 in Caldecote were given the go ahead at the planning committee meeting on Wednesday 3rd July 2013. The site had previously been granted planning consent for use as a 20-pitch touring caravan park in May 2012, in a controversial decision that was made in […]
AstraZeneca confirms head quarters move to Cambridge
AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday last week that it is to move its new global headquarters and research center to Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), a science park on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, next to Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The site, where 2,000 office and research & development staff will work, is expected to be ready by 2016. […]