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August 2008 North Area Committee
I attended the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee on Thursday August 14th 2008. Prior to the meeting I had advertised it with flyers in the local area, and had written to my ward councillors. Below are my recollections and comments on proceedings: Planning The committee first met at 18.30 to deal with planing applications. […]
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June 2008 North Area Committee – Cambridge
I attended the 19th June 2008 North Area Committee meeting tonight. I think the interesting decisions made were: 1. To demand from officers a better minuting of the element of the previous meeting where police priorities were set. ` 2. To set a fixed time 19.30 for the policing agenda item at the next meeting, […]
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North Area Committee – March 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee meeting on the 6th of March 2008. The official minutes won’t be published for many weeks and judging by past experience they’ll miss out the interesting bits. So here’s my recollection: Councillor Nimmo-Smith updated the meeting on his discussions with Anglia Water, The Environment Agency, South Cambridgeshire […]
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Dispersal Zones In Cambridge
I wrote the below to Kevin Wilkins (County Councillor and Police Authority member with a specialisation in Cambridge City) and Olive Main, Independent Member of the Police Authority in October 2007: In Cambridge dispersal zones are in my view used in areas they shouldn’t be. Do we really need to use new laws to deal […]
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City Council Seeking People to Appoint as Conservators of the Cam
River Cam Near Jesus Green in Cambridge Via the odd route of Liberal Democrat Cllr Ward, my local councillor in Arbury, who is also Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Planning and Sustainable Transport, making a posting on the Cam.misc newsgroup the city council are inviting applications from people who would like to be considered […]
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Cambridge City Council – Secret Private Local Plan Consultation Briefing
Cambridge City Council launched its consultation on a new Local Plan for the city on the 15th of June 2012. The local plan is the policy document against which all planning applications made in forthcoming eight years or so will be assessed. It will shape the future of Cambridge. On the morning of Saturday the […]
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Cambridge City Council Election Candidates May 2012
Only Sign of Elections in Arbury – Posters for Labour’s Mike Todd-Jones. Cambridge City Council elections are to be held on Thursday the 3rd of May 2012. Cambridge is split into fourteen wards, there are three council seats for each ward. The elections in May are for one seat in each ward, so a third […]
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Cambridge City Council Standards Committee June 2011
I observed a meeting of Cambridge City Council’s standards committee on the evening of Wednesday the 15th of June 2011. The committee is a mixture of appointed individuals and elected councillors. The first thing the committee did was elect a chair and vice chair. The chair had to be elected from the appointees. The committee […]
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Cambridge Eco Homes 2011 Launch
Eco Homes in Cambridge are Open on the 18th and 26th of June 2011 On the evening of Friday the 10th of June 2011 I attended the Cambridge Eco Homes launch event in St Luke’s Church Centre on Victoria Road in Cambridge. Cambridge Eco Homes is an event run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They organise […]
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Public Meeting On Proposals to Defoliate Alexandra Gardens Trees
The currently tree-lined Carlyle Road would be changed dramatically if the foliage were to be lost. On the evening of the 28th of February 2011 I attended a public meeting held by Cambridge City Council to discuss the council’s proposals to remove all the foliage from three trees on Alexandra Gardens bordering Caryle Road. The […]