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Cambridge City Council publishes proposals for Community Infrastructure Levy
Going by previous rates of growth, it would generate an estimated £5million per year – or £25million over five years. How much difference will that make to the city? The full report is at Item 5 Annex B of the City Council’s Cabinet Papers here. The officer’s summary is in the item 5 heading -…
Profile of John Parry Lewis – the Peter Freeman of 1970s Cambridge
Cross-posted from Lost Cambridge – my local history blog. The lessons from half a century ago also apply today. Back in October 2021 I wrote a feature about the troubles that Prof John Parry Lewis faced as the Government’s appointed figure to lead the Cambridge Economic Sub-regional study (See my blogpost here). As Peter Freeman CBE…
Cambridge house building data published as Peter Freeman talks about leisure facilities
Every year local planning authorities have to publish statistics on housing completions – and there are 400 pages of tables and things to wade through. And that’s just for one meeting item! Two years ago I wrote about the figures for two years ago. How have we done since then? The latest statistics cover the…
The Cambridge Town Owl 