Fews Lane Consortium

06/04/2026

The A14 upgrade has turned into an environmental disaster with tons of plastic waste now scattered across our verges and countryside.

Excellent reporting here from Mark Williamson.

Work set to start to replace dead saplings.

26/11/2025

Steeple Morden Parish Council terminates contract for arborist over flag-raising, stating that the parish council is a "non-political" organisation.

Questions exist as to whether the parish council has acted unlawfully by taking into account an immaterial consideration in its decision making process.

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Billy Crotty single-handedly hung about 300 flags along a stretch road in Cambridgeshire.

28/10/2025

DETAILS RELEASED OF NEW DRAFT LOCAL PLAN FOR GREATER CAMBRIDGE

Details of the new Draft Greater Cambridge Local Plan have been published by Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council yesterday.

Here are some highlights...

🏡 Homes and places

• Planning for 50,000+ homes (2024–2045), with ~37,000 already in the pipeline.

• Cambridge Airport and Cambridge Biomedical Campus stay in the strategy.

• North East Cambridge scaled back after funding issues for the wastewater move.

• New community (~6,000 homes) near Great Abington by the A11/A1307, linked to public transport to the Biomedical Campus.

• Cambourne earmarked for further growth north of the A428.

🏭 Economy and employment land

• Strong support for life sciences growth at Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Babraham Research Campus.

• New logistics and industrial capacity along the A14 corridor, including more lorry parking at Cambridge Services.

🚰 Infrastructure

• Water supply and wastewater are critical dependencies that must be solved for delivery.

• Travel hubs, last-mile servicing and deliveries, and digital connectivity.

For the full documents, see the following link...

https://consultations.greatercambridgeplanning.org/draft-greater-cambridge-local-plan-scrutiny-committee-pack/greater-cambridge-local-plan-scrutiny

17/09/2025

In quite a shocking development, the Cambourne to Cambridge Guided Busway Public Inquiry looks to be delayed (likely considerably) after the applicant, Cambridgeshire County Council, failed to comply with the mandatory requirement to post a public notice in the locality at least 2 weeks before the start of the inquiry. This is a requirement under Rule 13(6)(b) of the Transport and Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2004.

Neil Cameron KC has submitted for Cambridgeshire County Council that the inspector has discretion not to accept the Secretary of State's advice to postpone the inquiry. The inspector, however, has indicated that he intends to follow the advice from the Secretary of State to adjourn the inquiry to allow Rule 13(6)(b) to be complied with.

The inquiry now stands adjourned for a planned site visit until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 17, and the inspector will presumably made a decision on a longer adjournment at that time after the county council has had an opportunity to make representations to the Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit.

It would seem, however, rather difficult for the county council to argue that its substantive noncompliance with Rule 13(6)(b) has not caused prejudice to those who would have seen the notice had it been posted. And, in any event, not adjourning for at least two weeks could well give rise to grounds for statutory review of the Secretary of State's final decision.

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04/09/2025

Congratulations to Simon Megicks on his confirmation as the new Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police and to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and Crime Commissioner Darryl Preston for his success in finding such a strong candidate for this essential role.

Simon Megicks has now been confirmed Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's new Chief Constable.

Mr Megicks was confirmed as the new Chief following a statutory meeting of the Police and Crime Panel who unanimously supported the Commissioner's recommendation.

As a local man, Simon is well placed to understand the needs of our communities and has all the passion and determination to deliver the best possible service for residents.

He will formally be in post on 29th September 2025. Welcome Simon.

15/08/2025

The government has withdrawn funding for the relocation of the Cambridge sewerage works.

This means no new sewage plant near Fen Ditton and that the plans for a new neighbourhood in northeast Cambridge will need a re-think.

Anglian Water wants to replace its current facility, but the government withdrew funding.

11/08/2025

Fantastic to see Cambridgeshire Constabulary forming a new unit to target prolific offenders. 🎯

And already 91 offences have been charged, despite the unit only have been stood up last month. 📈

Well done to Cambridgeshire Constabulary 👏 and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Police and Crime Commissioner Darryl Preston 👏 for delivering results for the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

A new police team created to crackdown on prolific thieves has made 25 arrests for offences involving the theft of goods worth £9,000 in just a month.

29/07/2025

Earlier today, the Crown Prosecution Service dropped all charges against a Cambridgeshire resident accused of public order offences for saying that South Cambridgeshire District Council was “a discriminative and racist council” and for saying that a parish councillor had “wormed” his way into elected office.

Unfortunately, charges were not dropped until the trial had commenced at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court.

The Crown Prosecution Service is nevertheless to be commended for taking steps to protect freedom of expression, which is essential to the proper operation of a democratic society.

27/07/2025

“It’s been three years since families moved in,” says Kevin Dale, a local campaigner. “And houses overlook an unfinished playground.” There are no shops, he reports, no nursery, and the recently planted trees have died.

Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors

24/07/2025

According to Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, the use of AI can drastically reduce the time required to process thousands of pages of public consultation responses—in one case, down to 16 minutes versus 60 hours previously.

A groundbreaking new AI tool, PlanAI, developed by researchers at the University of Liverpool, can summarise thousands of pages of public consultation responses in just minutes – drastically reducing the time and resources typically required by planners. Funded by the Government’s PropTech Innov...

23/07/2025

Select committee report says England’s broken council tax system risks undermining local democracy.

Councils in England are being asked to deliver more than ever before, without adequate funding to allow them to do so effectively, says the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee in a report published today (Wednesday).