District councillor for Sutton, Mepal, Witcham, and Wentworth (East Cambridgeshire District Council) and county councillor for Coveney, Little Downham, Mepal, Pymoor, Sutton, Wardy Hill, Way Head, Witcham, and Witchford (Cambridgeshire County Council)
The first Warm Hubs have opened their doors across Cambridgeshire this week—part of the new initiative designed to support communities in East and South Cambridgeshire this winter.
In East Cambridgeshire, Warm Hubs at Haddenham, Soham and Little Thetford were the first locations to open their doors. Hubs at Ely, Burwell and Stetchworth will shortly follow suit, and more Warm Hubs in East Cambridgeshire will open their doors by the end of November.
East Cambridgeshire District Council has published the following planning application in the Sutton division.
22/00311/FUL Sutton Acre View The Gault Sutton Polytunnel on agricultural land for use for growing food, polytunnel to be 20ft wide by 48ft.
You can find further information on the district council’s planning pages. If you would like to respond formally to the council about any planning application, please write to the district council and not to me. You can comment
online using the council’s public access web page (the link above);
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough’s Combined Authority will meet tomorrow to consider the results of its bus procurement.
In a statement today, the Combined Authority said that 14 of the 18 services cut by Stagecoach, along with all of the five reduced services, had received tenders from new operators.
Two Peterborough routes, one in Royston, and the part of the 39 which runs between March and Chatteris, did not receive tenders from bus operators.
The Citi8 beyond Cottenham, and the 39 between Chatteris and Ely, may therefore be saved for the next five months.
Assuming tomorrow’s meeting agrees the tenders, the names of the operators, and the timetables they will run, will not be published for nearly another week.
The Greater Cambridge Partnership Making Connections 2022 consultation on transport in and around Cambridge is now open. Between 17 October and 23 December 2022, everyone living in Greater Cambridge and the travel to work area can have their say on the proposals.
You can find the survey, information about the proposals, maps, frequently asked questions, dates of public meetings, and ways to share your thoughts here.
It’s really important that residents from East Cambridgeshire—particularly those travelling into Cambridge regularly for work, study, or other reasons—read the proposals, then respond.
There will also be a drop-in event in Ely on Saturday 29 October for local residents to learn more about the proposals and have questions answered by a member of the project team. The event will run from 10:00AM to 1:00PM at Ely Library meeting room, The Cloisters, Ely CB7 4ZH.
The proposals are in three parts.
Transforming the bus network From mid-2023, the Partnership proposes to transform the bus network through new routes, additional services, cheaper fares, and longer operating hours. These would include new bus connections for Mepal and Sutton to the guided busway at Oakington for onward travel into Cambridge. Hourly buses would serve Mepal, Sutton, Witcham and Witchford to Ely.
Investing in other sustainable travel schemes Alongside the bus network, the Partnership propose to invest in new sustainable travel schemes, such as better walking and cycling links.
Creating a Sustainable Travel Zone They then propose to introduce a Sustainable Travel Zone including a road user charge. People would be charged for driving within the zone between 7:00AM and 7:00PM on weekdays. The money raised would fund improvements to the bus network and other sustainable travel schemes. The Zone would be fully operational in 2027/28 but only once the first bus improvements are introduced.
East Cambridgeshire District Council has published the following planning applications in the Sutton division.
22/01150/FUL Sutton 13 Mostyn Close Sutton CB6 2QJ Part conversion of a garage storage area to seamstress studio/workshop (retrospective).
22/00958/FUL Sutton Site south west of 16 Tower Road Sutton Construction of a new dwelling.
22/01090/FUL Witchford Land parcel between Granny’s End Road and A142 off Marroway Lane Witchford Construction of two three-bedroom bungalows with garage, parking and access road including acoustic fence.
You can find further information on the district council’s planning pages. If you would like to respond formally to the council about any planning application, please write to the district council and not to me. You can comment
online using the council’s public access web page (the link above);
The site for the proposed new reservoir in the Fens area has been revealed.
The location is north of Chatteris near Doddington and Wimblington.
The reservoir is to be developed by Anglian Water in partnership with Cambridge Water and a formal public consultation period will begin on Wednesday 12 October.
This just in from Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS):
“We have launched a new campaign to hear from as many of our local people, communities and partners as possible. ‘Let’s Talk: Your health & care’ is for everyone living, working or studying in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who wants to have a positive impact on the future of health and care services across our area. By hearing from local people, we can better understand local issues and needs, and work together to tackle them.
Whether you have a wide personal experience of health and care services, occasionally pick up a prescription, visit a local community service for advice, or haven’t had the need to use health or care services recently, we want to hear from you.
We are writing a strategy that will shape the services and support we offer over the next five years. To make sure our plans meet your needs, we have drafted a few questions, on a range of topics that we would like you views on. It’s not a long questionnaire, and most people can complete it in around five minutes. The questionnaire can be accessed online, and printed copies are available on request from cpicb.comms@nhs.net
We want to reach as many people as possible, especially people in communities we don’t regularly speak to or hear from. So please, share widely among your networks, colleagues, friends and family. Please also remember to complete the questionnaire yourself too!
The insights and feedback we get will help shape our Health & Wellbeing Integrated Care Strategy and influence the future of health and care over the next five years and help us build longer term relationships with our local people and communities.
Every question, comment or suggestion is welcome.
The survey will close on Thursday 10 November. So that you can see where your views have had an impact, we will share a detailed overview of the insights we have gathered. Our strategy will also be clear about the influence your views have had.”
3D render of the solar car ports (Bouygues E&S Solutions Limited and Prospus Group)
Work is getting under way at the Babraham Road Park & Ride facility to transform the site into a renewable energy generator.
Solar carports will generate up to 2.5MW of clean electricity, extra electric vehicle chargers will be installed, and the site will provide green energy directly to Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
The project will save 6,500 tonnes of CO2 over 25 years. Projects like these are important for Cambridgeshire in meeting its ambitious target to be net zero by 2045.
The council aims to complete the project by autumn next year. The Park & Ride facility will remain open throughout construction but at a reduced capacity. To reduce the impact to the site the project will be constructed in three phases, allowing 850 spaces to remain open throughout the build.
Cambridgeshire and other county councils are calling on the Government to properly fund adult social care.
“Cambridgeshire County Council has today (Wednesday 5 October) joined councils across the country urging government to properly fund adult social care and its reforms.
The County Councils Network (CCN), which represents Cambridgeshire and 36 councils in county areas, has warned that drastically underfunded services face a ‘perfect storm’ of staffing shortages this winter, less availability of care beds and higher costs at a time when demand is increasing.
Their warning comes as new analysis from CCN reveals that councils in England are set to face £3.7bn in additional costs in 2023 compared to 2021 to keep care services even at current levels, due to rising inflation, wage increases and demand.”
East Cambridgeshire District Council has published the following planning applications in the Sutton division.
22/01120/FUL Little Downham 56 Main Street Pymoor CB6 2DY Construction of single storey rear extension.
22/01113/FUL Sutton Land south east of 107 The Row Sutton Proposed lake and associated works.
22/01030/LBC Witchford 91 Main Street Witchford CB6 2HQ Replace front door like for like, with toughened single glazing instead of original glass, and change the opening direction.
22/01123/FUL Witchford Ridgeway Farm Common Road Witchford Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of replacement dwelling.
You can find further information on the district council’s planning pages. If you would like to respond formally to the council about any planning application, please write to the district council and not to me. You can comment
online using the council’s public access web page (the link above);
