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Can the Hobson Street cinema building be brought back into use under Andy Burnham’s new policy?
The building was saved from the wrecking ball by a planning inspector who refused an appeal by the site owner in late 2025. But nothing has happened since. Can the new development corporation and Cambridge City Council bring it back into public use – even as a ‘meanwhile use’? I wrote about the appeal here,…
Cambridge Water Scarcity Group publishes new reports
My head is too frazzled to make sense of what’s actually in them but more than a few of you will be interested in their contents – reports that were uploaded yesterday “The Water Scarcity Group is an independent advisory group formed in 2023 to tackle water scarcity and resource issues in Greater Cambridge. Water…
June 2026 snapshot of the state of transport in Cambridge
The Greater Cambridge Partnership Assembly discussed buses in light of issues raised at Cambridgeshire County Council, as one of the meeting papers reminded me of the data collected about transport journeys that most people miss. Plus a look back at Smarter Cambridge Transport’s travel hub concept from a decade ago. Image: Cambridge Area Bus Users…
