Category: News
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Cambridge South Station – opening delayed to early 2026
This is the text of a letter sent to me as a Stakeholder. Construction of the station is progressing well, with key milestones achieved over Christmas and further significant work planned for 2025. However, we now expect to bring the station into passenger use in early 2026. The revised entry into service date is being…
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4-Day week consultation
South Cambs District Council has started a consultation on the 4-day week operation that they have. The consultation on SCDC’s platform asks SCDC residents about all services that they deliver (Four-Day Week | South Cambridgeshire District Council) The City Council are inviting Cambridge residents to take a shortened version of the survey, hosted on their platform, which focuses…
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Smoke Control area consultation
Cambridge City Council are seeking the views of Cambridge residents and businesses on proposals to amend the boundary of the existing smoke control areas (SCA) to cover the whole city. This includes whether to widen the scope of the legislation to include permanent residential moored vessels on the River Cam within the Cambridge City Council…
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Online volunteer fair
Thinking of volunteering? Want to meet like-minded people? Cambridge CVS are hosting an online volunteer fair where you can find out about volunteering opportunities with local organisations in Cambridge. See here: https://cambridgecvs.org.uk/event_listing/cambridge-volunteer-fair-online/
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Cambridge South East Transport
The Greater Cambridge Partnership have applied for a Transport and Works Act Order to the Department for Transport (DfT) for a new busway, travel hub and path for walkers and cyclists to the southeast of Cambridge. Cambridge South East Transport connects communities along the route to Cambridge and the new Cambridge South railway station, as…
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SCDC 4-day week consultation
South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) – which shares waste and planning services with Cambridge City Council – has published plans for how people will be able to share their views on services during a trial of a four-day week. A report to be discussed at SCDC’s Scrutiny and Overview Committee next week sets out the proposals for an…
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Remote attendance and proxy voting at local authority meetings
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is consulting on enabling remote attendance and proxy voting at council meetings – the consultation closes on 19 December. If you are interested in accessing local democracy in your area, or are considering standing as a candidate for local government at any tier to represent our local…