Joint District Councillors Report – June 2018 Judith Rippeth I feel both honoured and privileged to be representing you as one of your district councillors in this new multi member ward. As I mentioned at the Waterbeach APCM I am currently on a steep learning curve and I promise to work hard for the ward. […]

Chesterton Fen – S101A application I sent in the residents petition with an application for a sewage connection, in January. Anglian Water are expected to refuse this again as the guidance has not changed since last time. Then we will mount an appeal to the Environment Agency, and hope to get the guidance changed. Chisholm […]

The Liberal Democrats are opposed to the Conservative proposal for a New Town at Waterbeach. This is not the first time that Waterbeach has had to fend off schemes to allow thousands of houses in the parish. Both Jane Coston and Michael Williamson were active on behalf of our villages in preventing previous applications. When […]

Dear Mr Cameron Now that the some of the fuss, and floodwater, has subsided, perhaps we can start to consider some of the lessons to be learned from the recent flooding. Fortunately Cambridgeshire was spared the worst effects of this winter’s storms. Had the winds been northerlies rather than westerlies it could have been a […]

Hazel Smith writes: I attended the planning meeting at the Cambridge Guildhall on Wednesday to give my views and to represent Milton Parish Council on the application for the new ‘Science Park’ station at Cowley Road. The main thrust of my argument was that the station will be a huge asset to this area, but […]

The Conservatives at South Cambridgeshire District Council are pressing on with their plans for a new town at Waterbeach. The proposals are for between 8,000 and 9,000 houses, covering an area over four times as large as the current village of Waterbeach. It includes the land from the A10 to the railway, and from Denny […]

Waterbeach Development Judging by the comments of local people, it seems that the penny is beginning to drop about just how large the Conservatives’ proposed New Town will be. Many people have said that they thought it was just the airfield that was threatened. They hadn’t realised that the Conservatives are also proposing that all […]

Decisions will soon be made about the future of the barracks site at Waterbeach.  If a major development is allowed there it will have a big impact, not just on Waterbeach, but on Milton and Landbeach as well. Maurice Leeke is opposed to a new town at Waterbeach. He supports appropriate redevelopment of the built-up […]

Residents of Waterbeach and Landbeach have given a very clear and consistent view in their replies to the survey carried out by the Liberal Democrats. Local people are not opposed to development at the former barracks, but believe that it should be restricted to the part of the site that is already built-up.  This would […]

Work has started to demolish the EDF buildings behind Milton Hall, and Bellway Homes will be building 89 new houses and flats starting next year. North Lodge itself is to be renovated as part of the scheme, and the old training area with dozens of different electricity poles will be turned back into an area […]