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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”

Back in August 2024 the Cambridge Connect Light Rail group sought ministerial support for feasibility study funding that *really* should have been provided by either the Greater Cambridge Partnership or the Combined Authority – but neither was forthcoming. It remains to be seen if the current review by the CPCA under Mayor Paul Bristow withContinue reading “Busways and light rail – what’s already out there?”

The Housing and Communities Secretary published his policy paper here You can: Why the omission of adult education and lifelong learning institutions? Maybe it reflects the long-term enfeebling of what was once a prominent feature in many towns and cities, many of which crumbled in the face of long term austerity that began under MargaretContinue reading “The adult-education-shaped gap in the Government’s social cohesion policy”

Councillors on Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council will be debating their councils’ formal responses to the Government’s consultation later this month You can read the responses at: See also Cllr Katie Thornburrow’s blogpost at https://katiethornburrow.com/2026/03/lets-talk-about-the-greater-cambridge-development-corporation/ This sort of links to my earlier blogpost on the Mass Transit Study which BBC Radio CambridgeshireContinue reading “Councils publish draft responses on Cambridge Development Corporation proposals”

The Combined Authority Mayor has a manifesto commitment for a light rail for Cambridge. It will be interesting if the consultants WSP support him when they publish their report You can read: And for those of you that want to table public questions to the CPCA Mayor, see the next CPCA Board Meeting on 18thContinue reading “Cambridge Growth Company announces new Mass Rapid Transit study”

…that even communism is back! I stumbled across their latest round of flyposting while picking up a few things on the way back from the East West Rail consultation on Cambridge East Station. (Nothing more to add to what I wrote late last year here) Normally such posters rarely get this far out from theContinue reading “Inequalities in Cambridge have reached such extremes…”

The college commissioned Bidwells to undertake an accommodation needs assessment for the college’s student population. The results – which are included in a new planning application to Cambridge City Council, are striking. Being the sad so-and-so who doesn’t get out much due to CFS/ME amongst other things, I end up browsing through planning applications inContinue reading “Has Wolfson College expanded its student numbers too quickly?”

Chairman Peter Freeman confirms the proposed development corporation is not looking to build a parallel planning service – but senior councillors remain concerned. At a public event at The Grafton Centre in the expanded Cambridge Room a group of councillors, local government officers, industry professionals, campaigners, and curious residents heard from the Chair of theContinue reading “Cambridge Growth Company’s negotiations with councils’ town planning service”

MPs pass the Representation of the People Bill at Second Reading – which means they approve of the principles and key policies in the legislation Image: Trials of democracy. If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu Votes at 16 “…was a manifesto commitment by the Labour Party. Approximately 1.7 million young peopleContinue reading “Representation of the People Bill – Commons approves votes at 16 principle”