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New meeting papers for the city council’s Cabinet include proposals for a new Public Spaces Protection Order for anti-social behaviour driving You can read the papers here – mindful that the meeting is not taking place at the Guildhall but rather at Anglia Ruskin University (in room LAB 027 – A), East Road, Cambridge CB1Continue reading “Cambridge City Council acts on noisy vehicles and HMOs”

…and other forms of public transport which the Government’s Mass Transit Task Force has been working on over the summer. In the meantime, I continue to look for reports and evidence bases – such as this report for UK Tram in June 2014 UK Tram’s 2014 report on the economic impacts of light rail systemsContinue reading “Waiting for the Mass Transit Taskforce’s report on light rail vs busways…”

This follows on from my previous post covering Hertfordshire, this post looks at the counties east and west of Cambridge. You can: Have a look at Suffolk County Council’s Local Transport Plan 2025-40 pages – mindful that this was signed off before the creation of the Greater Cambridge Development Corporation, whose boundaries are on itsContinue reading “How does Suffolk do on transport plans and links to Cambridge?”

North Hertfordshire District Council has opened a public consultation to update its local plan. One of its main towns, Royston, is on the Hertfordshire/Cambridgeshire border and is less than 15 miles from Cambridge. How will it manage the growth pressures from Cambridge spilling over the county boundary? You can: see the North Herts new localContinue reading “Hertfordshire transport plan and North Herts new local plan – consultations Oct-Nov 2026”

When I looked at the jam-packed notice boards, I wondered why we didn’t have similar in Queen Edith’s ward and in South East Cambridge more generally Above – the noticeboards at The Meadows in early October 2026 This was something that a local resident had raised with me just over two years ago: “The lackContinue reading “South East Cambridge – can we have what North Cambridge has?”

It’s just over three miles between the two venues for the events yesterday and today. Beyond that, they could have been on different countries I was going to say ‘planets’ or ‘solar systems’ or ‘galaxies’ but that would be a bit over-the-top. But my point remains: The challenges that the two events were discussing includedContinue reading “Shaping North Cambridge vs Cambridge Growth – two different worlds”

As mentioned in my earlier blogpost this application is outside the draft local plan proposals so expect heavy lobbying and expensive barristers at the Local Plan Examination in Public TL/DR? Go and meet them in Shelford on: Sat 10 Oct 2026 Details at the bottom of https://cambridgesouth.co.uk/ To see the slides, go to here IfContinue reading “New displays for speculative development surrounding Shelford Rugby Club”

Bidwells hosted an afternoon event on the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor at The Clayton Hotel on Station Road in Cambridge. But before I start… The joys of longterm chronic illnesses means I will probably spend the next couple of days tucked up in bed because of the post-exertional malaise that goes with CFS/ME. Hence why IContinue reading “What does good growth look like?”

The proposed dissolution of the longstanding Cambridgeshire Association for Local History highlights how the economic growth of and house-price inflation in Cambridge has undermined civic society organisations – with no local government safety net in place I got an email from the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History earlier which reads as follows: The text reads:Continue reading “Cambridge: what value is there in local history?”

Slides and responses to the questions have now been published – as have the papers for the next Greater Cambridge Partnership Assembly Also, early notice for Rail Future East’s annual meeting in Cambridge: This year it avoids clashing with the Mill Road Winter Fair! …will be on Sat 28 November 2026, Mill Road Community Centre,Continue reading “Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust’s Annual Public Meeting 2026”