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City Council Returns Tens of Thousands of Pounds to Belvedere Developer - Click for Full Article

Belvedere Development, Hills Road, Cambridge.

During the open period for Cambridge City Council’s accounts which ran from the 7th of July to the 3rd of August this year I visited the council to look at some of the details behind the published information. I found that £49,894.26 of “S.106” money had been returned to the [...]

Providing Open Space in the City as Cambridge Grows - Click for Full Article

Cambridge Liberal Democrats prefer spending money enhancing existing spaces like Jesus Green, rather than requiring developers to provide new green space as the city grows.

At Cambridge City Council’s full council meeting on the 22nd of April 2010 the Labour opposition challenged the ruling Liberal Democrats over a message they’ve been putting out during the local [...]

Opposing Plans to Build Homes on Cambridge Airport - Heart Radio Interview - Click for Full Article

The approach of the general election is reinvigorating debate on the question of if houses ought be built on Cambridge airport.

I’ve just been interviewed on Star Heart Radio about my views on the proposals to try and push Marshall off the Cambridge airport site and build houses on it. This was in the news today [...]

Tall Buildings in Cambridge - Click for Full Article

Around 150 people attended a public event for Cambridge city residents to discuss the potential for tall buildings in the city. .

On the 3rd of March I attended a series of talks, and a workshop, discussing tall buildings in Cambridge. Kati Preston, the wife of Cambridge City Council’s Historical Environment Manager, John Preston, explained [...]

Station Area Redevelopment On Hold as Infrastructure Payments Renegotiated - Click for Full Article

City Council Planners “Outwitted and Outflanked” by Station Area Developers Warns Ex Councillor.

On the 18th of February 2010 Cambridge City Council’s Director of Planning, Simon Payne, was summoned to appear in-front of the East Area Committee. Councillors and members of the public wanted to grill the senior officer over payments the company behind the of [...]

Richard Taylor - A Vision for Cambridge in 2020 - Click for Full Article

My Vision of Cambridge in 2020
For anyone considering what Cambridge will look like in a decade’s time the city’s fringes, currently designated as development sites, have to be prime consideration. We’ve seen development in the North at Arbury Park building on other sites round the city is getting ever closer; though the fate of the [...]

Green Tony Juniper - A Vision for Cambridge in 2020 - Click for Full Article

On Wednesday the 10th of February 2010 Cambridge’s Parliamentary Candidates from the Labour, Green, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties debated their “vision for Cambridge in 2020″ at an event hosted by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership at B-Bar on Market Passage. Each candidate from the main parties outlined their vision for [...]

Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert - A Vision for Cambridge in 2020 - Click for Full Article

On Wednesday the 10th of February 2010 Cambridge’s Parliamentary Candidates from the Labour, Green, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties debated their “vision for Cambridge in 2020″ at an event hosted by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership at B-Bar on Market Passage. Each candidate from the main parties outlined their vision for [...]

Conservative Nick Hillman - A Vision for Cambridge in 2020 - Click for Full Article

On Wednesday the 10th of February 2010 Cambridge’s Parliamentary Candidates from the Labour, Green, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties debated their “vision for Cambridge in 2020″ at an event hosted by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership at B-Bar on Market Passage. Each candidate from the main parties outlined their vision for [...]

Vie Residents Highlight Poor Planning - Click for Full Article

Residents of the Vie development in Cambridge are highlighting problems which councillors ought to have addressed during the planning process.

In September 2008 Ian Manning used mySociety’s Pledgebank website to help start a residents association for those living in the Vie development in Chesterton.
Mr Manning is currently chair of the association; he emailed [...]