Owlstone Road, Newnham.
Liberal Democrats ruling Cambridge City Council appear hell-bent on making the city an impractical and expensive place to live and do business in. Expanding the areas of the city which are covered by conservation areas is one of the ways in which decisions made by the local council have a damaging effect [...]
Plane Tree Avenue, Jesus Green, Cambridge
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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 [...]
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 [...]
This year a large number of trees have been felled by the City Council in Cambridge. There are no long term plans for tree planting on the city’s green spaces.
On the evening of the first of October I turned up at Parkside Pools for a City Council public meeting to discuss the tree strategy [...]
Drastic crown reduction has taken place at one end of a previously magnificent line of trees between Templemore Close and Holbrook Road.
Earlier today someone living near Glebe Road in Cambridge phoned me up to talk about tree works being carried out at the back of Templemore Close. Templemore Close is a small cul-de-sac of infill [...]
Cambridge City Council tree officer Kenny McGregor explains why he thinks a tree ought be felled. Cllr Julie Smith, who will decide the tree’s fate, looks on.
On Thursday the 3rd of September I attended a public walk-round of Lammas Land with, Kenny McGregor, one of Cambridge City Council’s tree officers. Cllr Julie Smith, the Executive [...]
Cambridge City Council is Considering Felling Two Trees in front of Tesco on Campkin Road in Cambridge.
At Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 27th of August 2009 I observed councillors receive an update on plans for the area infront of Tesco on Campkin Road. The roots of the trees are making the [...]
These two substantial trees at the junction of Newnham Road and Barton Road may be felled according to council plans.
In April 2009 I was present at a West/Central area committee where Julie Smith, Cambridge City Council’s Executive Councillor for Arts and Recreation (a portfolio which includes the city’s green spaces) gave clear instructions to the [...]
This ash tree in the garden of 16 Corona Road is now protected by a Tree Preservation Order. A planning application to redevelop the site from which photograph was taken is anticipated.
On the morning of the 19th of August 2009 I observed Cambridge City Council’s planning committee (well the five of them who turned [...]
A cow enjoys munching on a tree at Midsummer Common in Cambridge.
During the open period under the Audit Commission Act 1998 I visited the accounts department of Cambridge City Council to inspect the council’s accounts (I had written them first to let them know I was coming).
Having written about this on my website I [...]