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Planning Permission for 13 Bulstrode Gardens Cambridge
A new house being built at Bulstrode Gardens in Cambridge. Bulstrode Gardens is a quiet dead-end private road with loose gravel pavements and no street lights. It is situated off Madingley Road near Churchill College in Cambridge. At Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 18th of June 2009 city councillors from Castle, Market […]
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Cambridge City Council to Debate Tree Felling Policy
Trees are set to be a major item of discussion at Cambridge City Council’s Full Council meeting later today (Thursday 23rd April 2009). Liberal Democrat ruled Cambridge City Council has recently felled hundreds of trees in the city. Many have been felled for spurious reasons ranging from increasing biodiversity by allowing more light into watercourses, […]
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A Democratic Decision to Fell Trees on Midsummer Common
I attended Cambridge City Council’s planning committee on Wednesday the 1st of April 2009 where councillors considered the proposed felling of trees on Midsummer Common. The decision to fell was originally taken by officers, however following an objection I made, it was referred to Executive Councillor Julie Smith who in turn decided to seek the […]
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Councillors Approve CB1 Outline Plans
Following a 09.30 start it was just before 19.00 when the Cambridge City Council planning committee meeting considering the outline plans for the “CB1” station area redevelopment finally concluded with a vote. Six Liberal Democrat councillors (Al Bander, Baker, Blair, Dixon, Holness, and Reid) voted in favour of accepting the officers’ recommendation to approve the […]
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Friends of Midsummer Common 2011 AGM
Friends of Midsummer Common AGM 2011. Mr Baxter (middle) in the chair. On Wednesday the 16th of March 2011 I attended the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. Key Points: The manager of the Fort St. George Public House attended and argued he, and his staff ought be allowed to continue […]
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New Trees for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common – Seminar and Workshop
Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge. On Thursday the 1st of July 2010 I attended a seminar and workshop on new tree planting for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. The fact the meeting had been scheduled was only revealed in public following a question I asked at the West Central Area committee on the 24th […]
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Friends of Midsummer Common 2010 AGM
Midsummer Common – Cambridge On the 17th of March 2010 I and about thirty others attended an annual general meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. This was a meeting, open to all, which had been advertised on the common. Interesting Points Council officer Alistair Wilson reported that the Horse Chestnuts on Victoria avenue have […]
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Tall Buildings in Cambridge
Around 150 people attended a public event for Cambridge city residents to discuss the potential for tall buildings in the city. . On the 3rd of March I attended a series of talks, and a workshop, discussing tall buildings in Cambridge. Kati Preston, the wife of Cambridge City Council’s Historical Environment Manager, John Preston, explained […]
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Management of the Trees between Templemore Close and Holbrook Road
Drastic crown reduction has taken place at one end of a previously magnificent line of trees between Templemore Close and Holbrook Road. Earlier today someone living near Glebe Road in Cambridge phoned me up to talk about tree works being carried out at the back of Templemore Close. Templemore Close is a small cul-de-sac of […]
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Rare Outbreak of Common Sense as Cambridge City Council Shelves “Tree-Chess” Plans
Substantial plans for felling, transplanting and planting trees on Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and New Square were taken to Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009. The plans involved: Playing chess with the trees on Jesus Green, moving them into straight lines. The felling of healthy trees on New Square […]