Author: Karen Young
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Road Gritting
I thought it might be useful to understand what roads and pathways in the ward are gritted in this cold weather. The details are here: https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/gritting-roads-cycleways-and-paths Roads These are the main roads as you would expect: Long Road, Hills Road, Babraham Road, Fendon Road, Mowbray Road and Cherry Hinton Road. Also Wulfstan Way which is…
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LED Street Lights
The following streets will have their lights replaced with LED versions early next year. The planned month is noted. ACCESS ROAD TO ALLOTMENTS Mar-26 ACCESS ROAD TO NO 319A-331 HIL Feb-26 ACCESS ROAD TO NO 466-476 CHER Feb-26 ALMONERS AVENUE Feb-26 ALWYNE ROAD Feb-26 BABRAHAM ROAD Mar-26 BEAUMONT CRESCENT Feb-26 BEAUMONT ROAD Feb-26 BLENHEIM CLOSE…
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Grants report 2024/25
Take a look and see how Cambridge City supports voluntary organisations accross the city. https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/aablqg3r/community-grants-annual-report-2025.pdf If you would like to apply for your organisation, please get in touch.
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Council planning website
The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service’s new enhanced website is here: http://www.greatercambridgeplanning.org/ You will be able to see what planning applications are being made in your area by entering in your postcode. The website should be much easier to navigate too.
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Cambridge Growth Company
Ever since Michael Gove dropped the bomb of 250,000 homes on Cambridge, residents have wondered what is going to happen. Excitingly, this week we got some answers from Peter Freeman and the team at the Cambridge Growth Company who attended the Performance, Assets and Strategy Scrutiny Committee on 9 December 2025. Basic facts about the…
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Food Waste
Food waste collections are starting soon and you will shortly be getting a letter from the council outlining the details for your house/flat. Here is an overview.
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City Council Update December 2025
There were two large items on the agenda for the council this month – the Local Plan and Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). Local Plan This was considered at the Performance Assets and Strategy Overview Scrutiny committee and at Cabinet. I have already given an overview of the key items in the Plan here https://karenyoung.uk/2025/12/02/cambridge-new-local-plan/ It…
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County Council Update December 2025
In this update: _________________________________________________ Local Government Reorganisation Councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have between them submitted four different options to ministers for Local Government Reorganisation. Option A: Cambridgeshire County Council Option B: Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council Option D: Fenland District Council, Peterborough City Council Option E: Huntingdonshire District…
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Cambridge’s New Local Plan: What’s In It and Why It Matters
The draft of the new Greater Cambridge Local Plan has now been published. It has been reviewed by the PAS Scrutiny Committee and was approved by Cabinet on 25 November for release for public consultation. This plan has been around seven years in the making and, together with its evidence base, runs to around 8,000…
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Addenbrookes roundabout update 20
We reached an important milestone for the project this week, as the team installed the last street-lighting column on the site which allowed them to also complete the final area of asphalting. The only remaining task is to complete the commissioning of the permanent traffic lights. To ensure all safety aspects are fully met, a…