Author: Karen Young
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City Council Update April 2026
Performance, Assets and Strategy Overview and Scrutiny Committee City Centre Heat Network The scrutiny committee looked at proposals for setting up a city centre Heat Network. The Heat Network will use air and river source heat pumps to heat buildings in the city centre instead of the traditional gas boilers and has the potential to…
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County Council Update April 2026
FULL COUNCIL The Full Council resolved to oppose any proposals to merge our local police force into a regional or national entity, and called on the Government to prioritise increased funding for community policing teams, national standards for vetting and technology upgrades to improve efficiency, and enhanced rural crime support and local police desks in…
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City Council update March 2026
Full Council The main item on the agenda was the budget for next year which has to be passed so that council tax bills can be issued for the next year. It comes in two parts, the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and the General Fund. The HRA shows large increases in spending (£750,000) on treatment…
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County Council update March 2026
FULL COUNCIL Business plan and budget The full council met on Tuesday 10 February to vote on the budget and business plan for 2026/27 to 2028/29. The proposals for a ‘healthy, fair and sustainable Cambridgeshire’, approved by a majority of councillors, include record spending on roads, thousands of extra school places, and support for vulnerable…
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Development corporation
There are two public webinars coming up in the next couple of weeks where people can find out more about the Government’s proposals for a Greater Cambridge Development Corporation, during the ongoing consultation period. Register for the webinars which are on Tuesday 17 March at 1.45pm and Tuesday 24 March at 5.45pm here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=EGg0v32c3kOociSi7zmVqKnJ0Yjmm3RGlphIiKXSOjFUMjZHRFVROFgyWDAwODNIRVlXRVIxRzdNSC4u&route=shorturl&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Facebook which are…
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Money for infrastructure: CIL consultation
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are proposing to introduce the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) – a charge that local authorities can apply to new development to help fund the infrastructure needed to support growth. A six week consultation started on Monday (16 February) – take a look at the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning…
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Early voting
Voters in Cambridge will be among the first in the country to trial a more flexible way of voting in person at the local elections on Thursday 7 May 2026, as part of a new Government-backed pilot. This is a very welcome trial to make it easier to vote. Turnout in Cambridge is historically high…
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Development Corporation
There is now a consultation on the proposed development corporation for Greater Cambridge which will run from 4 February to 1 April 2026. The link to the consultation is here: https://consult.communities.gov.uk/cambridge-strategy-unit/greater-cambridge-development-corporation/ ________________________ Why have a development corporation? The consultation document outlines a number of problems that Cambridge currently is struggling with: The government considers that…
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Local Government reorganisation consultation
Residents and stakeholders across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are being invited to take part in the Government’s consultation on LGR, which will help shape the future delivery of council services across the area. The statutory consultation is seeking views on the four options submitted by councils across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for LGR. All these submissions would replace the 7 existing local authorities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough with new unitary, or single tier, councils. This would mean residents dealing with a single council responsible…
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Anti-social behaviour at Babraham Park & Ride
Cambridge City Liberal Democrats are working hard to prevent anti-social behaviour at City Park & Rides. Residents have been deeply upset by late night noisy cars, loud music and speeding cars around the Babraham Park & Ride. They are organised by groups from far away and advertised on social media without any consideration for those…