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The passionate disagreement between objectors and one of Cambridge University’s oldest colleges exposed the longstanding tension between the desire of senior Dons for continued expansion in the face of both opposition from local residents and the symptoms of environmental limits to growth. Before I start, there’s a big East of England Development Conference happening atContinue reading “Queens’ College clashes with local residents and environmentalists over proposed student flats in Cambridge”

For lone rangers like me it’s something to keep us out of trouble – and keep councillors and senior officers on their toes! Bullseye prize music if you will please! Cambridge City Council Cambridgeshire County Council Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Several meetings this month, some of which have happened. The ones looming include: AboveContinue reading “A new season of local democracy meetings to scrutinise for 2023”

The message from Roger Lilley, Trustee for the Museum of Cambridge to the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History at St John the Evangelist Church on Hills Road in Cambridge earlier today (07 Jan 2023) This was at the monthly meeting of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History, slowly getting back to face-to-face meetings after theContinue reading “The Museum of Cambridge needs to expand to display more of its huge collection – but who will fund it?”

In the olden days, such things fell under various different brand titles – such as Blueprint For Cambridge, which dates from times when Conservatives were dominant within Cambridge, not just in parts of the county. Major infrastructure projects in and around Cambridge – briefing by council officers You can look at the list at itemContinue reading “Will a Conservative Transport Secretary have to sign off the controversial transport projects that are unpopular with their party’s local politicians?”

Start sending in your public questions – once you’ve read the meeting papers. Of which there are lots! Cllr Sam Davies MBE (Ind – Queen Edith’s) informed everyone about the publication of the papers earlier today. The two district-level councils are working together on a co-ordinated local plan (they have a shared town planning functionContinue reading “Table your public questions for the latest council meetings on the Greater Cambridge emerging local plan 2031-40”

Either way questions remain over the lack of a comprehensive public transport plan to get affluent workers moving into the area out of their cars. What could our collective long term transport response include? I spotted this in very late 2022. …and it has since caught the attention of Cambs Live. I covered some ofContinue reading “Another science park? Or an old one getting an overhaul? How can it be linked to rail?”

For a city famed for its music amongst other things, it seems strange that we remain so fragmented. Did it used to be like that? Need things stay this way? Early New Year’s Day pondering having seen a couple of splendid musical performances on the TV screen…starting this post at 2am. I was recalling Sigrid’sContinue reading ““Music makes us one””

Disappointing set of refined proposals from RailPEN’s consultants – which feel at odds with what local railway workers who pay into the pension fund may want. If you want to read yourself search 22/05250/SCOP on the planning portal or look at the new set of docs here. I said I’d come back to this atContinue reading “Beehive redevelopment plans contain no useable green space despite appeals from residents and councillors”

After decades of waiting, finally! You can read the full text and conditions from the official correspondence here. It was covered by New Civil Engineer just before Christmas Eve. But they should have done it ***ages ago*** Above – from the late 1980s, the late Paddy Ashdown (then Leader of the Liberal Democrats) with localContinue reading “The new Cambridge South Station proposals approved”

…the announcement on all sorts of new restrictions and bans being made in the middle of the 2022 World Cup Final between Argentina and France. You can read the post by the BBC here. …an announcement that had Fb’s account with its rival peeking behind closed palms… ….before the inevitable climbdown as I was halfwayContinue reading “Tycoon tries to cage the social media microblogging bird”