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Jesus Green Association – Open Meeting
An open meeting of the Jesus Green Association (JGA) was held on the 2nd of December 2008, the main agenda item was discussion of Cambridge City Council’s bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £4.4 million of work on Jesus Green. The chair estimated that about one hundred people were present. The overwhelming mood of […]
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Cambridge City Centre Partnership Board
A new “City Centre Partnership Board” is being formed help run the historic core of Cambridge City Centre. Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny committee meeting on Monday 17th November decided to appoint the Executive Councillor for Customer Services and Resources, currently Cllr Cantrill as a director of the new board. Emma Thornton, Head […]
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Cambridge Strawberry Fair 2009 Conditions
I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November where a decision on if the City Council should allow the Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009, and if it was to go ahead under what conditions. The decision made was to allow the fair to go-ahead, specifically the decision […]
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Jesus Green – Decision to Submit a Lottery Bid “Scrutinised”.
I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November where the decision taken by Executive Councillor Julie Smith to submit a bid for £4.4 million worth of work on Jesus Green was on the agenda. The decision to submit the bid had already been taken, but was being reviewed by […]
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November Community Services Scrutiny Committee
I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November, primarily to comment on the proposed work on Jesus Green and to watch the council make the decision to allow, or not, Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009. I have written separate posts on these subjects: Jesus Green Lottery Bid […]
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6 Auckland Road – Cambridge
Cambridge City Council has decided to spend up to £400 000 compulsorily purchasing a terraced house on Auckland Road, Cambridge (Auckland Road is one of the streets which runs from Midsummer Common in the direction of the Grafton Centre). The council appear unhappy that the current owner is taking too long to renovate the house and […]
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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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Redevelopment of the Cambridge Station Area
An outline planning application for the redevelopment of the Cambridge Station Area is going before a planning committee on Wednesday 15th of October 2008, it is due to start at 0930 in the college generally known as Newhall and is expected to last all day. The Developer’s Website on the Project Agenda for the Planning […]
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Weekly Green Bin Collections?
I wrote to Cambridge City Councillor Colin Rosenstiel today following his apparent claim that food waste is currently collected weekly in the city: Cllr Rosenstiel, In an article published earlier today on the Cambridge Liberal Democrat website entitled: “Lib Dems attack Tory’s £1.2m plan for weekly rubbish collections” you are quoted as saying: The city […]
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West Central Area Committee – September 2008
I attended the West Central Area Committee on Thursday 18th of September, primarily to comment on a bid to the Lottery which the council is submitting to part-fund work on Jesus Green. The meeting was chaired by Cllr Rod Cantrill as the usual chair, Simon Kightley was absent. Cllr Cantrill decided to alter the running […]