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Strange what you stumble across when doom scrolling with a frazzled out brain (You can access the consultation document at the foot of this link) I couldn’t even do basic admin tasks today such was my abnormally-fatigued state, spending most of the time between Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening tucked up and wondering why myContinue reading “Theresa May’s Government consulted on light rail in February 2019”

Cambridge City Council publishes its statement of nominations for the 14 wards being contested. Image: Debate not hate by the LGA You can: “Anything new to report?” Dominic McGrath’s report for Labour List covers the battle that Cambridge Labour faces to hold onto party political control in this article. With a very small majority followingContinue reading “All five parties contesting Cambridge City Council seats in 2026”

South Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon District Councils will be holding their final elections in the relatively short-lived histories as district councils – having been formed in 1974. Cambridge City Council didn’t publish theirs today, which is unusual. You can read: Note with both both of the districts above, there are ***lots*** of people who were electedContinue reading “First candidates lists for local elections published”

An old map arrived in the post a week ago which shows how extensive the east-west rail links from Cambridge used to be. Plus some recent findings in the world of old magazines and past research reports Above – the old Cambridge – Huntingdon – Kettering route. There are lots of photos on the RailwayContinue reading “The old local rail network around Cambridge a blueprint for light rail or regional rail links?”

Cambridge PPF arranged for the filming of the event at Wolfson College which meant I could pay more attention to who said what. (Scroll to the end to see the two positives. Save the best till last etc) Image: Trials of democracy. If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. A project fundedContinue reading “Few positives from the audience at Cambridge Past, Present and Future’s event on the future of Gtr Cambridge”

As Cllr Ingrid Flaubert of Trumpington Ward on the other side of the city switches from the Liberal Democrats to The Green Party over national policy issues Image: Trials of democracy. If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu Above – From Mr Polanski’s BlueSky page, with Cllr Flaubert (Greens – Trumpington) surroundedContinue reading “Over a hundred Green Party activists meet Zack Polanski at Cambridge North Station”

In a less-united debate compared with last night at South Cambridgeshire’s HQ in Cambourne, Cambridge Greens tore into the Government’s growth plans You can: Cllr Elliot Tong (Greens – Abbey) demanded a referendum on the policy – with the government picking up the tab “Were there any major surprises?” Not particularly if you’ve been followingContinue reading “Cambridge Green Party calls for referendum on Development Corporation”

I wrote about the new proposal a couple of months ago here. I’ve not seen *any* community engagement, but ultimately that’s for people like local councillors, the Mill Road History Society, Mill Road 4 People and others who live in Romsey that the developers should have at least made efforts to engage with if theyContinue reading “Romsey Labour Club site owner submits new planning application.”

South Cambridgeshire District Council held an EGM on the proposed Cambridge Development Corporation. It gave all councillors the opportunity to discuss their proposed collective response to the consultation on creating a new development corporation that would cover the areas of Cambridge City Council *and* South Cambridgeshire District in their entirety – powers that would stayContinue reading “South Cambridgeshire District Councillors unite against loss of planning powers”

I missed this first time around (at least I think I did – brain fog from too many blogposts!) but the public objections from Cambridge PPF along with other civic society groups raise a number of issues with this and other sci-tech applications – in particular public transport Image – Neurodiversity pins, because no one inContinue reading “Cambridge Past, Present and Future’s concerns on the Babraham Research Campus application”