Its not often that one comes home from a Cambridge City Council North Area Committee to find a continuation of the same discussion on Newsnight. Prior to the meeting while councillors were waiting for a planning officer to turn up the leader of the council was showing his colleagues a print-out of a “league table” [...]
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Joking about Cambridge City Council’s Icelandic Investments - Click for Full Article
Friday, October 10, 2008
Redevelopment of the Cambridge Station Area - Click for Full Article
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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 Meeting on [...]
Mill Road Tesco - Planning Inquiry - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Last week I spent a couple of afternoons sitting in on the planning inquiry hearing the appeal against Cambridge city councillors’ decision to refuse an application by Tesco to extend a building on Mill Road in which they are planning to run a Tesco Express store.
I strongly oppose centrally appointed planning inspectors interfering with and [...]
Suggestions in Advance of the October 2008 North Area Committee - Click for Full Article
Monday, October 6, 2008
I wrote to my local councillors in advance of the North Area Committee meeting to be held on Thursday 9th October. I made suggestions and comments relating to the following:
Penny Ferry Works
Minuting of the Discussion on Stop and Account at the last Meeting
The Reporting of Chair’s Actions to the Committee
Jesus Green Lottery Bid
Police Powers given [...]
West Central Area Committee - September 2008 - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 18, 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 order and [...]
Cambridge City Council - Members’ Allowances - Click for Full Article
Monday, September 15, 2008
I have just written to Cambridge City Council suggesting it’s about time they published the details of allowances paid to City Councillors for May 2007 to April 2008:
Cambridge City Council’s webpages listing councillors link to a document providing information on allowances paid to City Councillors for May 2006 to April 2007. I would like to [...]
Cambridge City Council Meeting 11 September 2008 - Click for Full Article
Thursday, September 11, 2008
On Thursday 11th September 2008 I went to watch a Cambridge City Council meeting, I’m writing here to share what I observed.
Jesus Green “Exhibition”
I arrived at 17.00 to look at a presentation on the consultation responses received by the council prior to it submitting a bid to the lottery for about two million pounds worth [...]
Register of Members’ Interests - Cambridge City Council - Click for Full Article
Friday, September 5, 2008
This morning I went to Cambridge Guildhall to view the register of members’ interests for Cambridge City Councillors.
I was particularly interested in finding out which, if any, councillors are members of :
The Jesus Green Association
The Old Chesterton Residents Association
The Friends of Midsummer Common
I have been concerned that residents associations such as these have undue influence [...]
September 2008 Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
I attended the Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee, of Cambridge City Council, on Monday the 1st of September. My primary reason for attending was to speak in response to the internal review of the Council’s use of powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
The meeting was held in a large meeting room, (meeting [...]
RIPA Powers Review - Speech - Click for Full Article
Monday, September 1, 2008
I attended the Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee, of Cambridge City Council, at 17.00 on Monday the 1st of September. Members of the public can speak at these meetings if they arrange to do so beforehand. I spoke on the subject of the internal review of the Council’s use of powers under the Regulation [...]