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Cllr Mike Todd-Jones and his Alphabet. T Follows W. Bond Comes Before AAATaylor
Councillors in each area of Cambridge hold regular “area committee” meetings, and have done since 2003. The events contain an “open forum” for questions and statements from the public. I attended my first Cambridge Area Committee on the 30th of May 2007 after being made aware of their existence by my local councillor when he […]
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Cllr Mike Todd-Jones – Statement on Planning Matters
At Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting Cllr Mike Todd Jones distributed the following statement which I am publicising as it will probably not be included in the minutes and is not currently available online: I have decided not to make decisions on planning matters at Area Committees until sufficiently trained in […]
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Proposed Cambridge City Council Planning Reforms From Cllr Hipkin
Only Cambridge’s independent councillor, John Hipkin, has submitted a motion to Cambridge City Council’s full council on Thursday the 27th of February. None of the Liberal Democrat or Labour councillors, nor the Conservative, have any matter which they have thought worthy of submitting a motion to the full council on. This lack of activity is […]
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Cllr Mike Pitt Goes Rogue Restricting Filming at Cambridge North Area Committee
I thought filming at Cambridge City Council meetings, while far from encouraged, had become generally accepted and routine however my attempts to film the North Area Committee on the 3rd of October 2013 resulted in the committee’s chairman Cllr Mike Pitt (Liberal Democrat, West Chesterton) publicly accusing me of “antisocial behaviour” and harassment from his […]
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CamCycle Excluded from Histon Road Design Workshop
Only two of Histon Road’s twelve councillors turned up to the first Greater Cambridge City Deal Local Liaison Forum, set up by the City Deal Board to give local people influence over the proposed remodelling of Histon Road. The two councillors present, Cllrs Hipkin and Todd-Jones decided to exclude CamCycle and Cambridge Past Present and […]
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Police and Crime Commissioner Bright Says He Has Published Non Emergency Call Answering Decisions
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner Graham Bright attended Cambridge’s North Area Committee on the 20th of March 2014. I asked Commissioner Bright why he had not published his decisions relating the time taken by the police to answer calls to their non-emergency, 101, phone number. I noted the decisions were not on the Commissioner’s published […]
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Council Ignoring New Trees Which Fail in Cambridge
Remains of Recently Planted Tree. Milton Rd, Cambridge Cambridge City Council has planted lots of new trees in Cambridge in recent years. While the majority of the new trees are doing well, some have failed to thrive. A certain fraction of failure is to be expected and is not in itsself a problem; however I […]
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Cyclists Branded Anti-Social For Trying to Stay Alive
Arrows highlight the only remnants of markings showing this is the start of a shared use cycle/pedestrian path. On Thursday the 27th of September 2012 councillors in North Cambridge set “anti-social cycling” as one of their three top policing priorities for the area. Councillors set the priority to apply throughout North Cambridge, but expressed concern […]
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Policing North Cambridge – July 2012
My bike. I observed Cambridge’s North Area Committee on the 26th of July 2012 where policing priorities for the area were considered and adjusted by councillors. Cycling Cycling was one of the main topics of discussion. A priority was unanimously added asking the police to tackle “anti-social cycling” in the area. It is notable that […]
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Remodelling Rear of One Searle Street
One Searle Street Plans Yesterday I saw a Cambridge City Council notice on Searle Street stating an application had been made to the council to demolish part of the current extension, and the garage, at 1 Searle Street and replace it with a new building. One Searle Street is a lovely property in a prominent […]