Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridge

  • Cambridge City Centre Partnership Board

    A new “City Centre Partnership Board” is being formed help run the historic core of Cambridge City Centre. Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny committee meeting on Monday 17th November decided to appoint the Executive Councillor for Customer Services and Resources, currently Cllr Cantrill as a director of the new board. Emma Thornton, Head […]

  • New Housing Benefit System Could Force People Out of Cambridge

    Section 5.7 of a “Mapping Poverty Report ” presented to Cambridge City Council’s Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee on Monday the 17th of November 2008 states: The Rent Service determines Broad Rental Market Areas and sets Local Housing Allowances for them. Approximately 800 claimants could be affected by changes brought about by a Rent Service […]

  • Cambridge Strawberry Fair 2009 Conditions

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November where a decision on if the City Council should allow the Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009, and if it was to go ahead under what conditions. The decision made was to allow the fair to go-ahead, specifically the decision […]

  • Jesus Green – Decision to Submit a Lottery Bid “Scrutinised”.

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November where the decision taken by Executive Councillor Julie Smith to submit a bid for £4.4 million worth of work on Jesus Green was on the agenda. The decision to submit the bid had already been taken, but was being reviewed by […]

  • November Community Services Scrutiny Committee

    I attended Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee on the 13th of November, primarily to comment on the proposed work on Jesus Green and to watch the council make the decision to allow, or not, Strawberry Fair to go ahead in 2009. I have written separate posts on these subjects: Jesus Green Lottery Bid […]

  • Rampage in Arbury

    A couple of youths went on the rampage in Arbury in the early hours of Saturday morning. Around twenty cars were damaged, many with their wing mirrors smashed off, three had widows broken. The trail of destruction ran from Carlyle Road right down to Searle Street. When I opened my curtains to look at the […]

  • Jesus Green Lottery Bid Document

    I visited Cambridge City Council’s offices to look at the document which was submitted to the Heritage Lottery Fund on the 30th of September 2008 bidding for money for work on Jesus Green. The table below breaks down how it is proposed that the total project cost of £4,387,302.00 be spent. Surprising items include: It […]

  • 6 Auckland Road – Cambridge

    Cambridge City Council has decided to spend up to £400 000 compulsorily purchasing a terraced house on Auckland Road, Cambridge (Auckland Road is one of the streets which runs from Midsummer Common in the direction of the Grafton Centre). The council appear unhappy that the current owner is taking too long to renovate the house and […]

  • Ruth Joyce – New Police Authority Member for Cambridge

    Ruth Joyce, (pictured) is the new “lead member” representative for Cambridge City Centre on the Cambridgeshire Police Authority, she took up her position on the 1st of October 2008. From Ms Joyce’s profile on the Police Authority Website: Ruth, who lives in Linton, became a member of the Police Authority in October 2008. Ruth wanted […]

  • Police Consulatative Meeting – Arbury Ward October 2008

    I attended an Arbury ward police consultative meeting which was held at the Meadows Community Centre on the 16th of October 2008. The police were represented by PC Rachel Ball and a new PCSO, Luke Upcott who had recently joined the force. Two Labour party representatives were present: County Councillor Elizabeth Hughes of Kings Hedges […]