Cambridge City Council has been named Green Council of the Year for its efforts to tackle climate change. The Lib Dem-run council received the accolade at the party’s Spring Conference for its track record on improving energy efficiency, cutting its carbon footprint and improving recycling. City Council Leader, Sian Reid said: “I am delighted that […]

Cambridge Liberal Democrats are launching a major consultation in a bid to find the best way forward for the future of the Lion Yard toilets. They are inviting specialist groups to a focus meeting and letters and questionnaires will be sent out to 500 people from the city who signed the recent petition against plans […]

environmental improvement ideas for Cambridge

Next Thursday’s South Area meeting has some important issues, including crime and disorder problems on Hills Road and near the Cambridge Leisure Park. It will also be setting policing priorities and hearing about a city council policy on licensing lap-dancing clubs, after which planning applications will be determined. The meeting’s at Homerton College and starts […]

Next Thursday’s South Area meeting will be discussing some important issues, including a council policy for the licensing of sex establishments.  The meeting’s at Homerton College, open to everyone and starts at 7.30 p.m. You can view an agenda on the City Council website. Sex establishments Sex shops,pubs and clubs have to be licensed by […]

Police report at Homerton College Cambridge

This Thursday’s South Area meeting (3rd March) has three planning applications. Here are the details, with links to the Council’s planning website, where you can read the applications, view the plans and see people’s comments and objections:1. A 5-bedroomed house next to The Cottage on Gazeley Road 10/1278/REM2. A 5-bedroomed house next to The Cottage […]

Could I have a dropped kerb on Blinco Grove, please? That was the very first thing I was asked to do as a new councillor back in 1994 when I was first elected. The request came from a lady who used a wheelchair and needed a dropped kerb near her home, (‘mobility crossing’) in order […]

Cambridgeshire County Council has introduced a nifty new system for reporting road and pavement problems on its website. Not only does it allow you to track the fault and see when it will be repaired, but it also lets you pinpoint the problem on an interactive map. The picture shows Queen Edith’s — as near […]

Ambitious plans to spend a total of £200,000 over the next four years planting trees across Cambridge are being launched by Cambridge City Council. The move supports the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto pledge at the last council elections to replace every tree on council land that needed to be removed. ‘Though the city will continue to […]