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In this update: Services Climate and Communities Scrutiny Committee (SCC) Planning Housing Advisory Board Performance Assets and Strategy Scrutiny Committee (PAS) Cabinet Joint development management committee Licensing ______________________ Services Climate and Communities Scrutiny Committee (SCC) Community Wealth building The SCC looked at the Community Wealth Building Strategy which is being developed by the City Council…

In this update: Full Council and Motions passed Strategy Resources & Performance Adults and Health: Environment & Green Investment Highways & Transport News from the Combined Authority _______________________________ Full Council Full council met on Tuesday 16 December, to receive annual reports from the Health & Wellbeing Board and Integrated Care Partnership; the Audit & Accounts…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Liberal Democrat-led County Council today passed the most recent version of the County Council’s Climate Change and Environment Strategy at the Environment and Green Investment Committee. The new Climate Change and Environment Strategy is an ambitious and deliverable plan to address the Council’s climate ambitions. The strategy recommits the council to achieving Net Zero by…

Liberal Democrats Call for Full Funding of Tiger Pass as Mayor Proposes Cuts The Liberal Democrats on the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority have raised serious concerns over proposals from the Mayor that could lead to changes in the highly successful Tiger Pass scheme, which currently provides £1 bus fares for under-25s across the region.…