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It comes as no surprise to anyone that the Cambridge City Council Planning Committee rubberstamped the Kett House Karbuncle five votes to one You can watch the planning hearing here and come to your own conclusions. The only councillor objecting was Cllr Mike Todd Jones (Lab – Arbury) – but don’t worry, I’m not goingContinue reading “Cambridge gatesways celebrate disaster capitalist building design”

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 –Continue reading “Cambridge City Council publishes proposals for Community Infrastructure Levy”

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 CBEContinue reading “Profile of John Parry Lewis – the Peter Freeman of 1970s Cambridge”

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 theContinue reading “Cambridge house building data published as Peter Freeman talks about leisure facilities”

They demand far more clarity on the proposals being prepared by the Cambridge Growth Company, and ask detailed questions about lines of accountability You can watch the video here and browse through the meeting papers here. As with the Cambridge City Council cross-examination last month he began with a presentation. Above – Cambridge #Localgov BlockbustersContinue reading “Peter Freeman cross-examined by South Cambridgeshire councillors”

More for the benefit of those who don’t want to sit through a 3 hour meeting but who also want more detail than you get in a newspaper article, this may interest several of you The minutes are here and also include my public question and the responses from Cllrs Holloway and Thornburrow. (If thatContinue reading “Detailed minutes of Peter Freeman at Cambridge City Council meeting published”

After a long break, the annual gathering that is set up on student freshers’ fair lines is back More details here But before I start… WORKSHOP CANCELLED – on a new concert hall for Cambridge The few people who signed up have been refunded – my apologies for the inconvenience. I couldn’t take the riskContinue reading “Cambridge Volunteer Fair returns”

You can table your public questions to the council for their meeting on 03 Feb 2026 See the meeting papers here. I’ve been trying to find things to distract me from the catastrophic decision to recommend approval for the Kett House Carbuncle (See item 6 of the Planning Committee meeting on 04 Feb 2026) whichContinue reading “Public responses to Cambridge City Council’s climate change strategy”

It will mean substantially fewer constabularies and a new ‘National Police Service’ …amongst many other things. Note that these proposals do not apply to Scotland and Northern Ireland as policing is a devolved competency. Image: The Cambridge Police Band from the old Cambridge Graphic Newspaper, 1901, Cambs Collection The Policing White Paper (a formal statementContinue reading “Government proposes major overhaul of police forces in England & Wales”

Something worth suggesting to the Combined Authority at their Transport Committee Meeting in March 2026? For those of you interested in bus campaigns more widely, see the Cambridge Area Bus Users here. This idea emerged from the Cambridge community page on Reddit here Above – click on the image above or in the original postContinue reading “A Cambridge Bus Orbital for the edge of the city”