1 Hemingford Road Cambridge - Given Planning Permission as a Seven Tenant HMO. (Google Streetview)
On Thursday the 27th of October 2011 I observed councillors at Cambridge City Council’s East Area Committee give planning permission for 1 Hemingford Road in Romsey to be a House of Multiple Occupancy housing seven tenants. The property, just off [...]
Management of the 222 Victoria Road Hostel at the 12th October 2011 Triangle Meeting.
On Wednesday the 12th of October 2011 I attended a “triangle” meeting between the management of the hostel at 222 Victoria Road, the police and local residents.
Key points:
There are 72 beds at the hostel. About 30 people have been evicted [...]
View of Jesus Green, Cambridge.
Cambridge City Council has recently run a consultation on its Draft Open Space and Recreation Strategy.
What is this Strategy Document For?
If approved the strategy would become key part of the city council’s planning policy; which means it would become a document which councillors making planning decisions will have to have [...]
Eco Homes in Cambridge are Open on the 18th and 26th of June 2011
On the evening of Friday the 10th of June 2011 I attended the Cambridge Eco Homes launch event in St Luke’s Church Centre on Victoria Road in Cambridge.
Cambridge Eco Homes is an event run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They organise two [...]
Cambridge City Councillors in the Council Chamber During a Suspension in the 17th February 2011 Full Council Meeting.
I observed Cambridge City Council’s full council meeting on Thursday the 17th of February. I have written a previous article about disruption at the meeting.
The main item on the agenda was the approval of the council’s [...]
I observed Cambridge City Council’s South Area Committee on the 11th of November 2010 where councillors refused to give planning permission for the demolition of The Queen Edith pub and for new homes to be built on the site.
Councillors on the committee were told by the planning officer that Cambridge City Council’s own planning [...]
On the 28th of October 2010 I attended Cambridge City Council’s West Central Area Committee.
Key points:
Councillors approved a number of new projects, including a portable sandpit for beach volleyball, to be investigated by council officers with a view to spending S.106 development taxes on them. I think spending these taxes, which are a [...]
At a meeting of Cambridge City Council on the 21st of October 2010 the Liberal Democrat ruling group’s plan to privatise council house maintenance was debated.
I filmed the debate and have made it available on YouTube as well as embedded within this article; the debate is presented as a “Playlist” with one video per [...]
Computer generated image showing the approved proposal for the redevelopment of Cambridge Fire Station.
On the 22nd of September 2010 I observed Cambridge City Council’s planning committee approve a new planning application for the fire station site on Parkside. Councillors approved plans for an eight story residential tower on the corner of East Road and [...]
Cambridge’s Locally Based Housing Offices Are to be Cut by the Lib Dems
At Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting on the 27th of May 2010 Lewis Herbert the leader of the Labour opposition group on Cambridge City Council put the following oral question to the Executive Councillor for Housing Cllr Smart:
What recommendations will she [...]