Richard Taylor

I attended the first public meeting of the Friends of Ditton Meadows on the 21st of January 2015. The meeting provided me with an update on the consideration of proposals for a new bridge over the River Cam to carry the Chisholm Trail cycle route. I found out about the existence of the friends group […]

On Monday the 15th of December 2014 I observed Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel who were holding a confirmation hearing for the appointment of Josie Gowler to the position of Chief Finance Officer (Director of Finance) and Deputy Chief Executive of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner. The best question asked during the […]

Cambridge City Councillors are to review the sections of the council’s constitution relating to people observing, speaking at, and reporting on council meetings at their Civic Affairs Committee meeting on the 17th of September 2014. Ministers gave councils a month to update their rules before a new law on recording local government meetings was introduced. […]

Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel has formally met ten times since it came into being. The panel’s first meeting was in December 2012 so it has been meeting for less than two years. There are thirteen places on the panel and twenty-seven people have filled those seats over the panel’s relatively short period in existence. […]

On the 18th of August 2014 I watched Cambridge City Councillors unanimously deny planning permission for an extension on the grounds it would be too big. The councillors making the decision appeared unaware that the applicant had already been given permission by the council for an even bigger extension and that he was actually seeking […]

I’ve submitted some questions for the public questions slot at the Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel in July 2014. In the interests of transparency, I’m publishing them here. The questions are circulated to all panel members so they’re an opportunity to get matters in-front of all the panel members and perhaps urge them to act […]

Cambridgeshire’s Police and Crime Panel is due to meet, in Peterborough City Council’s council chamber, at 2pm on Thursday the 19th of June. These are some of my notes and comments in advance of the meeting, following the published agenda. The meeting date, and location, has changed since that agreed by the panel at its […]

The proposed make-up of one of Cambridge City Council’s scrutiny committees has been changed following one of my tweets. Cambridge City Council’s Civic Affairs Committee is due to meet at 6pm this evening. Earlier today I tweeted a number of observations on the published agenda and papers, including: What housing role will new Community Services […]