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New Trees for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common - Seminar and Workshop - Click for Full Article

Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge.

On Thursday the 1st of July 2010 I attended a seminar and workshop on new tree planting for Jesus Green and Midsummer Common. The fact the meeting had been scheduled was only revealed in public following a question I asked at the West Central Area committee on the 24th [...]

Secrecy and Confusion as Cllr Cantrill Takes Responsibility for Midsummer Common and Jesus Green Tree Planting - Click for Full Article

Cambridge City Council has felled many trees from Midsummer Common; significant funds have been allocated for replacements.

During the “open forum” of the 24th of June 2010 West Central Area committee where members of the public are able to question councillors I asked:
Is there a date yet for the proposed meeting to discuss new tree planting [...]

Paramedics Slow to Reach Seriously Injured Man on Jesus Green - Click for Full Article

The plane tree avenue on Jesus Green, where on the 16th of April a 31 year old pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision with a cyclist.

On Friday the 16th of April, under the plane tree avenue on Jesus Green, a man was knocked over by a cyclist and suffered serious head injuries. While [...]

City Council Consulting on Its Proposal to Deface Riverbank - Click for Full Article

Illustrative design of potential mooring bollards; Cambridge City Council is currently consulting on if these should be installed along the riverbank on Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and Stourbridge Common.

Cambridge City Council is currently running a consultation on mooring on the River Cam. A River Frontage Management Questionnaire is available as a Microsoft [...]

Jesus Green Update - January 2010 - Click for Full Article

Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge

Key Points

There is a current planning application to give the SkatePark permanent planning permission; it currently only has temporary permission,. It is unclear if the council’s proposals to expand the park would need a further application.
Councillors have been dissuaded from tarmacing over more of the green [...]

Jesus Green Playground May Remain Desolate Till 2011 - Click for Full Article

The area of the playground on Jesus Green which is intended for younger children is rather desolate as old equipment has been removed. The city council may not improve matters before spring 2011.

The play-area for younger children on Jesus Green is rather desolate at the moment as a number of pieces of play equipment [...]

Jesus Green Association AGM 2009 - Click for Full Article

Repairing the path under the avenue of plane trees on Jesus Green is at last high up the city council’s list of priorities.

On Thursday the 3rd of December 2009 I attended the Jesus Green Association’s Annual General Meeting. This was a public meeting, open to all, which had been advertised by email, on posters [...]

Rare Outbreak of Common Sense as Cambridge City Council Shelves “Tree-Chess” Plans - Click for Full Article

Substantial plans for felling, transplanting and planting trees on Midsummer Common, Jesus Green and New Square were taken to Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 30th of April 2009.
The plans involved:

Playing chess with the trees on Jesus Green, moving them into straight lines.
The felling of healthy trees on New Square [...]

Proposed Felling, Planting and Transplanting of Trees on Jesus Green - Click for Full Article

Following the rejection by the Heritage Lottery Fund of Cambridge City Council’s bid for £4.4 million pounds worth of work on Jesus Green which would have involved the felling of fifty-nine trees a new proposal for tree works has been published. The new proposals involve felling eight trees immediately and transplanting a further twenty-eight [...]

Jesus Green Lottery Bid Rejected; Trees and Green Space Given Reprieve - Click for Full Article

Cambridge City Council’s bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund to do £4.4 million pounds of work on Jesus Green has been rejected by the Lottery.
This is excellent news as the bid contained plans to fell 59 trees and pave over huge swathes of grass. The trees, and the grass, are safe for now. [...]