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Draft Gtr Cambridge Local Plan: 8) Student accommodation and ARU’s expansion
A longstanding controversial topic that has become more acute as higher education institutions expanded their student numbers faster than the accommodation they could provide for. I’ve written about this before As I wrote in 2023: Most of you will be familiar with my repeated references to Parliamentary reports on unsustainable council finances (Commons LUHC 2021)…
Economic and policy drivers of loneliness – going beyond individuals
The article “Cambridge widow left feeling ‘isolated and alone’ as more HMOs pop up on estate” by Local Democracy Reporter for Greater Cambridge Eoin McCaul highlights broken economic structures and enfeebled local government not just in Cambridge but nationwide IMAGE: Loneliness Strategy 2018 from Theresa May’s Government. “A widow in her 80s said the spread…
Draft Gtr Cambridge Local Plan: 7) Transport Mitigation Measures for New Strategic Sites
I was tipped off by the Cambridge Bus Users for this blogpost – there are a host of assumptions that local residents living near the proposed new large development sites may want to scrutinise You can read the FB update from the Cambridge Bus Users here (because it’s too long to copy and paste!) There…
The Cambridge Town Owl 