Richard Taylor

Category: Article

  • New Flats to be Built in a Garden in the Chesterton Conservation Area

    Cambridge City Council’s North Area Committee on the 11th of December 2008 approved a planning application to build a block of flats in the garden of 7 Church Street, Chesterton. Mr Bond spoke on behalf of the Old Chesterton Residents Association (OCRA), he opposed the application. He wanted the area to remain mixed, and he […]

  • Cambridge City Council’s £80m Reserves – An Update

    Following Cambridge City Council’s October 2008 announcement which revealed it had £9m invested in Icelandic banks which it might have lost the council’s investments have been the focus of a lot of attention from councillors, the press and the public. I have attended some of the recent meetings where the situation has been discussed. I […]

  • Suggestions in Advance of the December 2008 North Area Committee

    I wrote to my local councillors in advance of the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee meeting which is to be held on Thursday the 11th of December 2008. I made some comments on items on the agenda which are reproduced below. I have made my comments on the policing agenda item separately. 1. Matters […]

  • Ownership of Quayside in Cambridge

    At Cambridge City Council’s full Council meeting on the 4th of December 2008 Cllr Herbert, the leader of the Labour opposition in Cambridge, asked a question to Cllr Cantrill the Executive Councillor for Customer Services and Resources about Quayside. His question was: Given the central importance of Quayside to the life of the City, and […]

  • Call for More Allotments in and Around Cambridge

    At the full Council meeting on the 4th of December 2008 A petition signed by 715 local residents was presented to Cambridge City Council by Dave Fox, secretary of Trumpington Allotments Society. He was asking the council to ensure the provision of allotments in the city was sufficient. Cllr Julie Smith had declared an interest […]

  • Accordia Playground Still Not Open

    Cllr Lucy Walker (pictured) the Labour Councillor for the Petersfield ward in Cambridge has been pestering the council for months now encouraging them to get the large playground at the Accordia development off Brooklands Avenue open. I watched her raise the issue again at Cambridge City Council’s full council meeting on the 4th of December […]

  • Damien Green and PACE Code B

    David Howarth, I have been campaigning for some time for the strengthening of the authority carried by the PACE Codes, particularly following statements by Cambridgeshire Police in which they have made clear they consider the PACE codes are merely guidance and they believe they do not have to follow them. I have corresponded with you […]

  • Jesus Green Association – Open Meeting

    An open meeting of the Jesus Green Association (JGA) was held on the 2nd of December 2008, the main agenda item was discussion of Cambridge City Council’s bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £4.4 million of work on Jesus Green. The chair estimated that about one hundred people were present. The overwhelming mood of […]

  • Jesus Green Trees

    On Monday the 24th of November, Executive Councillor Julie Smith of Cambridge City Council wrote to the Cambridge Evening News defending the plans for Jesus Green: The removal of 59 trees has been recommended by arboricultural experts because they are old and frail, poorly formed or diseased and need to be removed in the interests […]