With so many consultations taking place and so many reports needing to be scrutinised, I continue to host discussion events at neighbourhood level in and around Cambridge to enable groups of residents to learn the essentials and to explore in depth particular issues that the proposals we’re scrutinising raise.
The next event
- Sat 24 Jan 2026 from 11.30am-1.30pm: Future of Cambridge – sports, leisure, and arts facilities 2024-45. At Rock Road Library Community Room. Free/donation. Please sign up here.
- Sat 31 Jan 2026 from 11.30am-1.30pm: Future of Cambridge – A new concert hall for Cambridge. At Cambridge Central Library Conference Room on 3rd Floor. Free/donation. Please sign up here.
The Future of Cambridge – a Development Corporation for Greater Cambridge.
The Minister for Housing has announced his intention to establish a centrally-led development corporation for Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District. For more details, please see the Cambridge Growth Company’s website here.
Consultation packs
- The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service [made up of Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council] has published their consultation documents on the future of Cambridge <<– Click here for the landing page. The consultation closes on 30 Jan 2026
- The Combined Authority will be going out to consultaiton on their Local Growth Plan. You can browse through the unedited draft that was presented to the Growth Committee on November 2025 at item 10 here.
- You can see further looming consultations from the Combined Authority here
Past events
The first pilot event took place on Sat 30 Sept 2023 at Rock Road Library. Six people had signed up by the day of the event, and fourteen turned up – more than double what I was expecting! (A pleasant surprise!)
With thanks to Cllr Stephen Ferguson (Ind – St Neots East), former Mayor of St Neots and also recently the Chairman of Cambridgeshire County Council for this review of the session on 26 October 2023
Do you want me to bring a selection of books on politics and government, or on Cambridge local history, for you to take away at the end of each workshop?
Above – a selection of some of the books that might be in the crate – depending on who gets what first!
Can’t make it but would like to go to a future workshop?
You can:
- Leave a comment on The Cambridge Town Owl on F-Book
- Email me antonycarpen [at[ gmail [dot] com
- If you are a member of a constituted community or local campaign group, or a residents’ association (See FeCRA here to see if you have one where you live), invite one of the constituted officers to get in touch with me and we can see if we can arrange one in a community centre, library, or other publicly-accessible venue in your part of our city.
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