Monthly Archives: October 2026

It’s in the Growth Committee Papers for 03 November and yes it is gone 2am in the morning. There are also other items that need scrutinising, including the digital connectivity prospectus. (It’s now 3am. Sorry!) You can read the Growth Committee papers here – the report is appended to Item 7. Also see the latestContinue reading “Water Resilience Plan 2026-2031 published by Combined Authority”

A short blogpost to highlight recent publications that might otherwise get missed given The Budget and also the new Cambridge Transport Strategy papers from the Combined Authority *Declaration of Interest: I was commissioned to write one of the background local history research reports for the CamDevCo Picking up on what Phil Rodgers spotted a fewContinue reading “Greater Cambridge Development Corporation publishes transparency guidance”

The ***fourth*** transport strategy in just over 12 years has been published in its final form by the Combined Authority for the Transport Committee to debate next week. It then goes to the CPCA Board on 25th November for approval and if all is good, for submission to the Transport Secretary Image: Can we getContinue reading “Final Greater Cambridge Transport Strategy published (2026)”

Chancellor John Healey made the announcement in his Budget speech in Parliament today – providing £95million in 2027-28, and another £10m the following year The additional documents attached to the speech gave more detail: “The government will continue to work with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority to agree a [Business Rates Retention Zone] to supportContinue reading “Cambridge Development Corporation to run pilot for financing model for land, housing and infrastructure development”

The RSA published a report in December 2025 that inevitably fell off the radar because a number of people were looking forward to seeing what in-depth analysis of F-Book and IG data showed about social interactions across class boundaries. Amongst other things. You can: Read the RSA reports here Browse through the earlier report byContinue reading “Building social/cultural infrastructure in South Cambridge with existing facilities”

Phil Rodgers spotted the calls that city councillors have to make themselves – or pass onto their unitary council successors. At the same time, everything could change (again) with The Chancellor’s Budget Speech in less than 36 hours time. The problem? “Since October 2025, building and borrowing costs have risen sharply” “After £13.7m of proposedContinue reading “‘Tough choices facing councillors as costs for the Civic Quarter project rise.’”

In a written statement to Parliament earlier today (26 October 2026) the Minister for Local Government told MPs and anyone reading, to watch for the detail of the roadmap “The Fiscal Devolution Roadmap, to be published alongside the Budget, will set out how MSAs will benefit from much greater financial freedom in the years ahead,Continue reading “Minister says Fiscal Devolution Roadmap will give mayors a share of income tax revenue”

Cambridge Biomedical Campus submitted its transport strategy to support growth (dated) May 2026 to the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service – and its scenarios go as far forward as the year 2050 You can find it in the documents library of the draft local plan in the Third Party Documents sub-heading. It is titled CambridgeContinue reading “Can we discuss pattern books for buildings for a growing Cambridge?”

What will this ruling mean between now and when the draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan is signed off by the Secretary of State? (Likely within the next 18 months?) Quoting from: Jamie Childs on Li here: “The decision highlighted that it was common ground that there was unmet need for 708 affordable dwellings per yearContinue reading “Planning inspector tells South Cambs it doesn’t have a 5 year land supply for housing”

“The City of Cambridge Citizens Academy is designed to teach interested citizens how the Cambridge government is structured and works, and to build a group of citizens prepared to serve for the betterment of the city. The goals are to encourage active citizenship and develop civic ambassadors for the city.” “Splendid! Where is it?” CityContinue reading “The Cambridge Citizens’ Academy”