Following its launch on April 6th, the number 17 bus is running between Melbourn, Meldreth, Whaddon, Kneesworth, Bassingbourn, Litington, Steeple Morden, Guiden Morden & Royston. This picks up where the 127 left off. Operator A2B has proposed to run a commercial service in the same area, and the Cam Vale Bus User Group is helping […]

Residents of Meldreth High St, Station Rd, Whitecroft Rd, Elin Way and Fenny Lane will have had a letter from us recently, kindly printed and distributed by Meldreth Parish Council, to let them know that a systematic gulley emptying operation would be taking place in their road in Meldreth starting earlier this week.   Residents were […]

SO, WHAT’S THE MELBOURN WARD AND WHERE DOES SHEPRETH FIT?  SALLY ANN EXPLAINS Sally Ann Hart, local campaigner and Melbourn parish councillor, explains: “Until four years ago, district ward and county division boundaries fit together fairly well, but county boundary changes mean that is no longer the case and Shepreth falls into two separate geographies:  […]

Can Mr Browne’s petition stop Thakeham?   A petition has been set up by Anthony Browne MP.  It asks South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) to exclude Thakeham’s South West Cambridgeshire New Town proposal from its Local Plan.  At the present time Thakeham has yet to submit a proposal to SCDC, so there is no proposal […]

Cambridge Resignaling Project Network Rail is consulting on upgrading Meldreth Rd, Shepreth, level crossing to a full barrier, which would bring a long waiting time, similar to that at Shepreth Station, and in turn significantly impact traffic flows. While the Shepreth Station full barrier system was installed largely in response to a serious trespassing problem […]

We’re often asked, ‘Who has ultimate decision-making power on the proposed new town?  South Cambs District Council or National Government?’ The concern is that the developer is openly seeking an exceptional national development channel that would bypass the South Cambs District Council planning process, the standard process that everyone must follow and which is transparent […]

ZOOM CUPPA SURGERIES: BRING YOUR QUESTIONS, WEDNESDAYS 5-6PM We can’t have face-to-face conversations these days but if you’d like to meet with your councillors by Zoom, to bring any concerns or ask any questions, we’re introducing a weekly Zoom Cuppa Surgery: Wednesdays 5-6 PM. Please contact Melbourn Parish Councillor Sally Ann Hart for a link […]

Thanks to my colleague Cllr Lorna Dupre for her scrutiny of the financial picture on road repair budgets for Cambridgeshire. She writes: The Government has announced its allocation of highways maintenance cash for the forthcoming year – and it looks like bad news for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. My comparison of 2020/21 with 2021/22 is as follows. That’s nearly £7.5 […]

Thanks to a local resident who has kindly produced a new information leaflet on the proposed new town of 25,000 homes. You can download the PDF at the South West Cambridge Action Group website. Please feel free to share.

We can’t have face-to-face conversations these days but if you’d like to meet with your district and county councillors by Zoom, to bring any concerns or ask any questions, we’re introducing a weekly Zoom Cuppa Surgery on Wednesdays 5-6 PM. Please contact Susan for the link and arrangements – susanvandeven5@gmail.com.