60 King Street, Cambridge
On the 3rd of November 2011 I observed Cambridge’s West/Central area committee approve planning permission for a takeway on King Street. The approval, by the committee made up of all Liberal Democrats along with independent Cllr Hipkin, was in contravention of the council’s policy on the provision of cycle parking. Cllr Bick [...]
Liberal Democrat Run Cambridge City Council Is Proposing to Fell Two of the Four Trees Outside Waitrose on Fitzroy Street
Cambridge City Council are proposing to fell two of the four trees outside Waitrose on Fitzroy Street in Cambridge.
City Council document describing the proposal and the reasoning for it. - PDF
A consultation was run. [...]
Confusing new speed limit signage in Cambridge. (Now fixed thanks to FixMyStreet).
In Cambridge City Centre a 20 MPH speed limit now applies to all roads, apart from Victoria Avenue, within an area bound by the inner ring road (East Road though Lensfield Road to Fen Causeway) and the River Cam. The inner ring road [...]
Midsummer Common - Cambridge
On the 17th of March 2010 I and about thirty others attended an annual general meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. This was a meeting, open to all, which had been advertised on the common.
Interesting Points
Council officer Alistair Wilson reported that the Horse Chestnuts on Victoria avenue have only a year [...]
The door into the West/Central area committee. Council rules prevented me from taking a more interesting photo showing councillors and the police inside the meeting.
On the 4th of February I observed the West Central area committee where councillors were considering, at an early stage, the possibility of a new dispersal zone in the city centre. [...]
For the second time councillors rejected proposals to reinstate railings around the Round Church in Cambridge.
At Cambridge City Council’s West-Central Area Committee on the 10th of December 2009 councillors rejected a proposal to contribute public funds to the reinstatement of the railings around the Round Church in central Cambridge.
Councillors had rejected the idea [...]
All elected representatives in West/Central Cambridge want a street-light under this archway, yet the county council refuse to fund the electricity.
Four of of the six Liberal Democrats who are seeking to be the Lib Dem candidate for Cambridge in the forthcoming general election took part, as councillors, in the West / Central Area committee [...]
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 [...]
A member of the Liberal Democrats in Cambridge has tonight told me that Cllr Colin Rosenstiel is to stand down from his position as a City Councillor.
This follows the finding of a city council hearing panel which concluded that Councillor Rosenstiel failed to comply with two provisions of the Council’s Code of Conduct [...]