Cambridge City Council’s tree officers have published a new plan for tree works on Midsummer Common. The proposals are being put before Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee to be held on Thursday 30 April 2009 at 1915 in the University Centre off Mill Lane. It is not clear if the final decision to go-ahead [...]
Tag Archives: Midsummer Common
Proposals for Yet More Trees to be Felled on Midsummer Common and for New Planting to Encroach on the Open Space. - Click for Full Article
Thursday, April 30, 2009
A Democratic Decision to Fell Trees on Midsummer Common - Click for Full Article
Thursday, April 2, 2009
I attended Cambridge City Council’s planning committee on Wednesday the 1st of April 2009 where councillors considered the proposed felling of trees on Midsummer Common. The decision to fell was originally taken by officers, however following an objection I made, it was referred to Executive Councillor Julie Smith who in turn decided to seek [...]
Future Management of Cambridge’s Parks and Green Spaces - Click for Full Article
Monday, March 16, 2009
Residents of Garlic Row Enjoying Stourbridge Common
Cambridge City Council held a Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 12th of March 2009. One of the items on the agenda was a draft Parks and Open Spaces Strategy for the City.
I spoke on this item to comment on the fact that no specific mention of the [...]
Friends of Midsummer Common 2009 AGM - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
On Tuesday the 24th of February 2009 I attended the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Midsummer Common. About eighty people were present, including city councillors Bick and Blair. A number of council officers attended: Debbie Kaye, Cambridge City Council’s Active Communities Manager, Green Space Officer Sarah Tovell and Green Space Manager Alistair [...]
Midsummer Common Footpath - Auckland Road - Click for Full Article
Friday, January 16, 2009
The prospect of replacing or resurfacing the footpath on the edge of Midsummer Common between Auckland Road and Parsonage Street was discussed at Cambridge City Council’s West/Central Area Committee on the 8th of January 2009.
The path’s surface is broken up and the council have decided to improve it. The various options are all about [...]
Trees to be Felled on Midsummer Common - Click for Full Article
Friday, January 16, 2009
Barry Higgs and Dick Baxter of the Friends of Midsummer Common attended the West Central Area committee on the 8th of January 2009, they reported that on the day before they had been shown around the common by a City Council Officer who identified a number of trees to be felled. They asked if there [...]
Council Proposing Cuts to Pinder Service - Click for Full Article
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Among the “Revised Budget Items” being presented to Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on Monday 19 January 2009 is an entry showing the council plans to save money by removing the out of hours service it provides for responding to animals which have escaped from the city’s commons.
I was very surprised [...]
Cambridge Strawberry Fair 2009 Conditions - Click for Full Article
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November where a decision on if the City Council should allow the Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009, and if it was to go ahead under what conditions.
The decision made was to allow the fair to go-ahead, specifically the decision was [...]
Friends of Midsummer Common - Click for Full Article
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
To: The Committee of the Friends of Midsummer Common,
I attended your open meeting held on Wednesday 24th January 2007 and am taking up the invitation extended to those of us at that meeting to email you at this address with opinions/suggestions we were unable to make in person at the meeting.
When I attended the meeting [...]