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List of Cambridgeshire County Councillors Voting Against Publishing Their Voting Record
On the 25th of March 2014 Cambridgeshire County Councillors voted on if details of how they have voted at meetings ought be published. I obtained the voting record by filming the screens at the meeting which display the votes cast to those present and am publishing below a list of those councillors who voted against […]
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Ravers Attracted by Lawless Romsey Beach Police No-Go Area
Sgt Jim Stevenson of Cambridgeshire Police told councillors and members of the public at Cambridge’s South Area Committee on the 15th of July 2013 that the “Romsey Beach” is a practically no-go area for police. The committee heard the “beach” and lakes near Burnside, the Tins path and Spinney School in South Cambridge had been […]
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Cambridge City Council Environment Scrutiny March 2011 – Romsey Conservation Area
Outline of the New Romsey Conservation Area On the morning of the 15th of March 2011 I attended Cambridge City Council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee. I went along mainly as the agenda included discussing a new Conservation Area for Romsey, Brookfields and Burnside. I used the public speaking opportunity at the meeting to raise my concern […]
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Policing East Cambridge April 2011
Policing East Cambridge April 2011 I spent the evening of the 14th of April 2011 observing Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee meeting. City and county councillors were to hold the police to account for their performance against priorities they’d set previously and to set new priorities for the forthcoming period. Key Points Councillors set […]
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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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Routine Tree Works – Cambridge City – April 2009
Cambridge City Council has circulated its latest list of proposed tree works to councillors. I have spoken at two council meetings now asking for better advance notice of the council’s intentions with respect to the city’s trees however it does not yet make its plans available publicly. I have reviewed the current list and most […]
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New Road Closure Plan from Greater Cambridge City Deal
On the 25th of January 2017 the Greater Cambridge City Deal board voted to pursue a new plan for tackling congestion in Cambridge. The plan was illustrated at the meeting by a conceptual “petal diagram” which shows the main roads into the city with no roads providing connections between those radial roads. Notably the plan […]
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Friends of Ditton Meadows Formed to Oppose New Foot and Cycle Bridge
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 […]
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Labour Taking Control of Cambridge City Council
Following the election result on the morning of the 23rd of May 2014 I went on Paul Stainton’s Bigger Breakfast show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to discuss Labour taking control of Cambridge City Council. I have transcribed the elements of the show relating to Cambridge, which include exchanges with the outgoing council leader Liberal Democrat […]
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Labour Policy on Regulating House Sharing in Cambridge – May 2014
Cambridge Labour Party have in recent years proposed capping the number of shared houses permitted on any street, or part of a street, in Cambridge, and have proposed requiring properties shared by just three people be licensed by the council. I have strongly opposed such excessive regulation as I fear it would reduce the availability […]