Cambridge City Council, the Greater Cambridge Partnership, and the Combined Authority all have meetings this week – the papers for which I’ve blogged about earlier.
Image: The Politician Badge from the Rebel Badge Club scheme – have you earnt yours?
You can see the blogposts on p1 of October 2026 here
The meetings are as follows:
Monday 02 Nov
- CP Combined authority – Funding Committee – see item 8 if you want to see how they are doing on big projects
Tues 03 Nov
- Cambridge City Council – Performance, Assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny Committee – i.e The Guildhall, Corn Exchange, Market Square AKA Civic Quarter
- CP Combined Authority – Growth Committee – note:
- the public question (item 4) on data centres
- The item on the Water Resilience Plan (which I blogged about here)
Above – on water resilience in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough area.
Weds 04 Nov
- CP Combined Authority – Transport Committee – note:
- Four public questions from Living Streets Cambridge, Cambridge Bus Users, Cambs Sustainable Travel Alliance, and CamCycle
- The draft final transport strategy (which I blogged about here) which give or take a few tweaks will be the version that goes to the Transport Secretary for Government Approval.
Above – detail of transport proposals south-east of Cambridge, in the draft Gtr Cambridge Transport Plan
Thurs 05 Nov
- Greater Cambridge Partnership Board (GCP) which is to approve what will now become the Hauxton Park and Ride. (It was supposed to be a higher quality transport hub IIRC)
In Parliament:
MPs will put the following questions to the Housing, Communities & #LocalGov Secretary on Monday afternoon. If you think something is missing that MPs should be asking, email your MP via https://www.writetothem.com/ and ask them to put it to ministers.
Questions to the CPCA Mayor
“The Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is inviting members of the public to ask him questions directly, in a new online format.”
“Whether you have questions about transport, jobs, housing, economic growth or the Mayor’s plans and priorities for the region, this is your opportunity to have your say.”
The deadline for submitting questions is Thursday November 19th, at 5pm.
And for anyone who wants to talk about all things sustainable Cambridge, go to People, Planet, Pint on 05 November at 6pm at The Salisbury Arms
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