Richard Taylor

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  • RIPA Powers Review – Speech

    I attended the Strategy & Resources Scrutiny Committee, of Cambridge City Council, at 17.00 on Monday the 1st of September. Members of the public can speak at these meetings if they arrange to do so beforehand. I spoke on the subject of the internal review of the Council’s use of powers under the Regulation of […]

  • Review of RIPA Powers – Cambridge City Council

    Below are excerpts from an email which I sent to selected councillors in advance of them receiving the report of an internal review into Cambridge City Council’s use of its powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. Cllrs Nimmo-Smith, Ward and Herbert, Cambridge City Council’s internal review of the Council’s use of powers under […]

  • Cllr Mike Todd-Jones – Statement on Planning Matters

    At Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting Cllr Mike Todd Jones distributed the following statement which I am publicising as it will probably not be included in the minutes and is not currently available online: I have decided not to make decisions on planning matters at Area Committees until sufficiently trained in […]

  • August 2008 North Area Committee

    I attended the Cambridge City Council North Area Committee on Thursday August 14th 2008. Prior to the meeting I had advertised it with flyers in the local area, and had written to my ward councillors. Below are my recollections and comments on proceedings: Planning The committee first met at 18.30 to deal with planing applications. […]

  • In advance of the August 2008 North Area Committee Meeting

    I sent the below email to my local councillors in advance of Cambridge City Council’s August 2008 North Area Committee meeting. Councillors Mike Todd-Jones, Alan Levy, Tim Ward and Rupert Moss-Eccardt, I am making some suggestions in advance of this evening’s North Area Committee meeting on the subjects of: Policing Jesus Green Works and New […]

  • Jesus Green Cambridge – Lottery Bid

    Cambridge City Council are currently asking for comments on their plans for Jesus Green. The council are proposing making a bid to the National Lottery’s Parks for People fund and the BIG lottery fund. My Comments: I would support a wider bridge, or a new cycle bridge over the river at Jesus Green; this would […]

  • Arbury Park North Edge Design Brief

    I attended a presentation / question and answer session this evening on the subject of a document entitled the “Arbury Park North Edge Design Brief”. It was reported the need for this document apparently has arisen as: There is an expectation among council officers that current planning applications in the north area of the Arbury […]

  • FOI Request – Powers of PCSOs in Cambridgeshire

    For quite some time now I have been asking Cambridgeshire Police to publicise, preferably on their website, exactly what powers our local PCSOs have been given by the Chief Constable. On the 12th of September 2007 I got a commitment from the Chief Constable live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire to do just this but this […]

  • Zeichner Calls for PCSOs to Act on Bike Offences

    This week Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner has been calling for more powers to be given to PCSOs in Cambridge. Mr Zeichner particularly wants PCSOs to be used to clamp down on illegal cycling. I agree with Mr Zeichner in so far as there is a lot of dangerous and illegal cycling […]

  • Advertising the August North Area Committee Meeting

    At the last meeting of the North Area Committee, I and other members of the public present agreed to try and publicise the next meeting better. I have been lobbying the city council, police and police authority to try and get them to do their bit to advertise it, and I have also produced the […]