Category: News

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.

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.

Cambridgeshire County Council is currently preparing its 2026/27 programme of road maintenance projects. Each year, the Council reviews road condition data, safety information, public and councillor feedback, and other factors to decide which schemes should be funded. The updated criteria for the next programme will be confirmed in December. For an idea of the kind…

Children eligible for benefits-related free school meals can access a funded place at a HAF holiday scheme or family experience for up to 16 hours. Families experiencing financial hardship may also qualify. The Programme for families operates between 20 December to 4 January. Further details are available via the following links:

The Digital Inclusion Directory has just launched – it is an exciting a collaborative effort between Cambridge Online, Connecting Cambridgeshire, and the Cambridge City Council which brings together trusted local organisations offering free support with getting online, accessing devices, and building essential digital skills in one handy hardcopy directory. More than 1 in 5 people experience some form…

Recolight banks that collect bulbs and batteries at recycling points across Cambridge are being removed over the next few weeks. The reason for removal is that Recolight (the company that own the banks) have stated they are no longer in a position to maintain them. They are likely to be removed up to ten days…

This is the letter from Network Rail. Following our update to you in February 2025, I am writing to you to give you an update on the delivery of Cambridge South station, and when we expect to be able to enter the station into service for passengers.   We are disappointed to report that an unforeseen…

Please contribute! South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council have teamed up to invite people to help shape the councils’ approaches to climate and nature work in the coming years. The councils have set out transformative visions for a region where nature thrives, the air and rivers are clean, communities are resilient to the…

Please sign this petition and share with others to sign too through your own channels. WE MUST SAVE ARTHUR RANK HOSPICE BEDS https://www.pippaheylings.org.uk/campaigns/save-arh-beds

The Council, is re-consulting on the Draft Greater Cambridge Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning (SPD) Document.    The SPD provides detailed guidance on how developer contributions, will be used to mitigate the impacts of new developments. This money from developers goes towards new schools and roads, upgrading playgrounds, or providing additional waste collection services.   Public consultation…