SUMMER 2014
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Summer edition
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Elections and a new mayor 20mph project heads east New community centre gets go-ahead
Bright new era for Parker’s Place
Free summer fun for children Get out and get active Know your city councillors Coldham’s Common and hedgehogs What the City Deal could mean for the area Win a £50 voucher in our reader survey Unlock the value of your wardrobe Keep warm with Action On Energy
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If you’ve taken a stroll or a cycle across Parker’s Piece recently – especially after dark – you’ll probably have noticed that it is now home to some new lighting columns. The city council project to install additional lighting along the paths there was initially prompted by concerns about safety for people using the famous park at night. Following a full consultation it was decided that the new lamps on the Piece should have a traditional appearance - designed to complement the famous ‘Reality Checkpoint’ lights at the centre of the park. The new lights certainly do that, but they also contain some hidden hi-tech innovations. Some of the columns have been fitted with wireless technology points in
conjunction with Cambridge University and the county council to provide free Wi-Fi – making Parker’s Piece the first such open space in the country to offer this. The project is being piloted as part of the Connecting Cambridgeshire ‘Super Connected Cities’ project to improve the digital infrastructure of Cambridge and surrounding areas. The new lights also benefit from ‘white light’ technology, which gives brighter, but more natural illumination than traditional orange lights, and can enhance the perception of safety at night. Reality Checkpoint itself is due to be refurbished later this year by the county council, and will also be upgraded to offer the same white light effect.
August bank holiday bin collections
A new way to register for voting
All bin collections during the week 25-29 August will take place one day late, due to the bank holiday on Monday 25 August. If your usual collection day is Friday it will instead take place on Saturday 30 August.
The way people register across the UK to vote in elections has changed, to help combat electoral fraud and improve the system. If you’d already registered to vote by 1 July you should be automatically transferred to the new system, and will receive a letter in July telling you that you if you need to take any action to stay registered. Anyone making a new application to register to vote will now need to provide a date of birth, National Insurance number and other details which will be checked against government records. For more information visit gov.uk/ yourvotematters
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Labour takes control after local elections
Council meetings Why not see for yourself how city councillors make decisions by attending full council, committee or area committee meetings? Here are some that are coming up in the next few months. They take place at the Guildhall unless stated. Strategy and Resources Scrutiny • Committee: Monday 14 July, 5pm Thursday 24 July, 6pm • Council: East Area Committee: Thursday 31 July, • 7pm, Cherry Trees Day Centre, St Matthew’s Street
South Area Committee: Monday 18 • August, 7pm, Cherry Hinton Village Leisure Centre
Elections were held in all 14 of the city’s wards on 22 May to choose 15 councillors for Cambridge City Council. Following the elections the city council is now made up of: 25 Labour councillors 14 Liberal Democrat councillors 2 Independent councillors 1 Conservative councillor This means that the Labour group now have a majority on the council. The new leader is Cllr Lewis Herbert, who is also the executive councillor for strategy and transformation. He has appointed six executive councillors who make decisions about council services in their designated areas. The members of the new executive are: Cllr Carina O’Reilly (Deputy Leader and Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Spaces) Cllr George Owers (Executive Councillor
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for Finance and Resources) Cllr Kevin Blencowe (Executive Councillor for Planning Policy and Transport) Cllr Kevin Price (Executive Councillor for Housing) Cllr Peter Roberts (Executive Councillor for Environment, Waste and Public Health) Cllr Richard Johnson (Executive Councillor for Community, Arts and Recreation) Following elections to the European Parliament, seven MEPs were chosen to represent the Eastern region, of which Cambridge is part. These are Tim Aker (UKIP), Stuart Agnew (UKIP), David Campbell Bannerman (Conservative), Vicky Ford (Conservative), Richard Howitt (Labour), Patrick O’Flynn (UKIP) and Geoffrey Van Orden (Conservative). For more information about the local elections visit cambridge.gov.uk/ elections-in-may-2014
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North Area Committee: Thursday 28 • August, 6.30pm (phone for venue details) West/Central Area Committee: • Thursday 4 September, 7pm (phone for venue details)
East Area Committee: Thursday 11 • September, 7pm, Cherry Trees Day Centre, St Matthew’s Street
and Resources Scrutiny • Strategy Committee: Monday 29 September, 5pm Scrutiny Committee: Tuesday • 30Housing September, 5.30pm If you would like a particular issue to be discussed at a council or committee meeting, please let us know in advance. Agendas are published before the meetings take place.
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New mayor takes the chains of office Every year at the Council’s annual meeting following the elections, a new mayor and deputy mayor are chosen from among the 42 city councillors. This year Cllr Gerri Bird was chosen to be mayor for the next 12 months, with Cllr Rob Dryden to be her deputy. Cambridge has had a mayor since 1207 when King John granted the town
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(as it then was) a charter permitting it to appoint a reeve, or mayor. Nowadays, the mayor chairs Council meetings, and attends hundreds of civic engagements throughout the year, acting as a representative of the city and the council. For more information about the history of the mayor and their duties visit cambridge.gov.uk/the-mayor
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Summer edition
20mph project heads east If you’ve driven, walked or cycled in the north of the city over the last few months, you’ll no doubt have noticed that 20mph speed limits are now in place on most residential and shopping streets there. Similar speed restrictions have already been successfully introduced in other UK cities including Bristol, Newcastle and Oxford, and
research has suggested that 20mph limits can lead to benefits including: Providing road conditions to encourage more people to travel on foot or bike, with associated health benefits for the population Reducing the severity and risk of road accidents. Children are not as good at
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gauging traffic speeds as older people, so slower speeds help them cross the road safely Reducing airborne pollution levels due to less acceleration and braking (braking produces the worst sort of particle pollution for people’s health) Improving traffic flow, as it goes through junctions at lower speeds – and reduced waiting times at side roads Lessening the amount of road noise in residential areas, making neighbourhoods more pleasant to live in. The next phase of the 20mph project will see the findings from the consultation with people living in the east of the city presented to the council’s Environment Scrutiny Committee in July. The council has also been consulting on whether it should reduce the speed limit on Victoria Road to 20mph. The results on this are due to be presented at the same meeting.
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Loos in the news Spending a penny is set to be an altogether better experience for residents and visitors to the city centre after a refurbishment of the public toilets at Lion Yard is completed this summer. The £500,000 project has seen the existing conveniences stripped away to be replaced with state-of-the-art facilities and a totally reconfigured layout. The new Lion Yard toilets will provide visitors with amenities including self-contained areas for baby-changing and nursing, unisex parent and toddler areas and improved facilities for disabled users. LED lighting and a completely new hot water system have also been installed. Structural repairs have taken place, so that the toilets will now boast a widened entrance way, signposted from nearby shopping centres. The refreshed Lion c toilets Yard toilets • Lion Yard publi0a m will continue Open Mon-Sat 8.3 m-8p to be free for Sunday 10am-8pm all users.
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Summer edition
New community centre at Clay Farm gets the go-ahead The planning application for a landmark community centre in one of Cambridge’s new neighbourhoods was recently given the go-ahead. The new building will sit at the heart of the Clay Farm development which is currently taking shape in the south of the city, near Trumpington and Addenbrooke’s hospital. The four-storey centre will be located on a new public square for the city, and will provide residents and visitors with facilities including a multi-use hall, a community
café, a flexible space for children and young people and a public library – all on the ground floor. On the second floor there will be more library space and community meeting rooms, while the second floor will be home to an extensive medical centre. Finally, the top two floors will be residential flats. Results of a competition to name the new building, as featured in the last issue of Cambridge Matters, will be announced shortly, and the centre is due to be open in 2015.
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What next for the Local Plan?
As you may have read in previous issues of Cambridge Matters, the Cambridge Local Plan is a document that will help guide the growth and development of Cambridge until 2031. Following consultation last year, the council submitted the plan to the secretary of state in March. An independent planning inspector, Laura Graham, has now been appointed to assess the plan, consider comments received to the council in the consultation, and to hold a series of public hearings. She has indicated that the hearings are unlikely to start before mid-October this
A new way to fund facilities for the city The council submitted its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to the Secretary of State at the same time as the Cambridge Local Plan. The purpose of a CIL is to collect funds from developers who are undertaking new building projects, to help pay for infrastructure that is needed to support the new development. It can be used to fund a wide variety of infrastructure including: Transport schemes Schools, libraries and community facilities. Parks, green spaces and leisure centres. The government-appointed adviser will be examining our proposals for the CIL at the same time as she examines the Local Plan. We’ll update you on both in forthcoming issues of Cambridge Matters.
year. You can find more information at cambridge.gov.uk/local-plan-reviewexamination, where you can also find a library of all the documents used in the submission to the secretary of state. These are also available to read at the council’s Customer Service Centre, Mandela House, 4 Regent Street.
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• If you have any questions about the Local Plan examination pro cess you can contact the council’s pro gramme officer: Email: programme.officer @cambridge. gov.uk Phone: 01223 457468
Have your say on affordable housing and planning The availability of affordable housing is a concern to many people in Cambridge. The council is currently looking for feedback on a draft document that is designed to help guide the council, developers and other interested parties in providing affordable housing as the city grows.
In addition we’re consulting the public on another document that sets out the council’s approach to ensuring building work and the city’s future are planned correctly. Both these documents (the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document, and the Planning Obligations Strategy Supplementary Planning Document to give them their full
names) are aimed at supporting elements of the Local Plan. We need your feedback by 5pm on Monday 14 July which can be submitted either: Online: cambridge.gov.uk/consultations By using a printed response form available from the Customer Service Centre, Mandela House, Regent Street
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Summer fun for children Summer is a great time to get out and about and spend some time together as a family. This year the ChYpPS (The Children’s and Young People’s Service) summer programme contains a whole host of activities aimed at supporting children and their families to get out and about and have fun on some of the great parks and open spaces we have across the city. As well as localised activities within neighbourhoods, ChYpPS will bring a festival feel to the city on Wednesdays with some large scale events on the city’s central parks. These events will feature an array of music, arts and sports activities which are designed to enable children and families to come together and try new things. This year the ChYpPS team will again be joined by University of Cambridge Museums
who will be bringing along some great activities and exhibits from their museum collections to get everyone’s minds racing about the past, and to give a taste of the discoveries that can be made in the museums. As well as bringing museum collections out to the public, the museums will also be opening their doors for family entertainment and adventure in the jam-packed programme of events ‘Summer at the Museums’ (Thursday 24 July – Wednesday 3 September). These events will run across 20 local venues, offering a mix of drop-in and bookable goings-on, with heaps of things to try out and something different happening every day. You can also get a copy of their free Museums’ Summer Scrapbook to record all your holiday discoveries. For more information visit www.cam.ac.uk/museums/summer
If this isn’t enough for you, or the city centre is too far to travel to, ChYpPS will be working together with local people to deliver community events in city neighbourhoods. As always ChYpPS are keen to encourage everyone to get involved and join in the fun, so what are you waiting for? ChYpPS is coming to town, and is helping to make summer 2014 one to remember. ■ Big WednesDaze Wednesday 6 August (2pm-5pm) ChYpPS Urban Festival on Jesus Green Wednesday 13 August (2pm-5pm) – ChYpPS brings festival fever to Lammas Land Wednesday 20 August (times 2-5pm) – ChYpPS brings festival fever to Cherry Hinton Hall CommunityDaze Thursday 31 July (3-5.30pm) – Come and find ChYpPS at the Cambridge Folk Festival Thursday 7 August (2-4pm) – Join in the fun at Trumpington Pavilion and on the park Thursday 14 August (2-4pm) – Join in the fun at Brown’s Field Youth and Community Centre in East Chesterton Thursday 21 August (2-4pm)– Join in the fun at Thorpe Way Rec in Abbey
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Free sports hit the streets There are plenty of opportunities for young people to get involved in sports and exercise in Cambridge this summer, thanks to a programme of free ‘Streetgames’ sessions aimed at 16-25 year olds in the north of the city. Already up and running and continuing across the summer are: Football (Monday 8pm-9pm at North Cambridge Academy and Friday 9pm10pm at the Abbey Leisure Complex) Basketball (Wednesday 9pm-10pm at North Cambridge Academy) Boxercise for girls and young women
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(Mondays 6.30pm-7.30pm, Meadows Community Centre). In addition some new sessions are planned including football, basketball and girls-only boxercise at the Abbey complex, plus multi-sports youth clubs, and young people’s gym sessions. For specific dates and details of these, or to get yourself on the mailing list, email sport@cambridge. gov.uk As with the sessions that are already running, you don’t need to book – just turn up at the right time and play.
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Ping 2 - the return! This summer the parks and open spaces of Cambridge will again be alive again to the sounds of ping pong. The summer of 2013 saw the successful launch of Ping Cambridge, which saw the installation of permanent and temporary table tennis tables in and around the city. More than 5,000 people were estimated to have used the tables during the eight week project with dedicated coached and volunteer led sessions such as ‘Swim and Ping’ at Jesus Green outdoor pool and Late Night ‘Shop-Ping’ sessions at the Grafton Centre proving particularly successful. This year Ping returns to Cambridge with new tables popping up around the city,
some in very unexpected places. There will be a full programme of managed table tennis activities and, of course, the tables will be there 24/7 for the free use of the public. The launch of Ping 2 - The Return takes place on Saturday July 19 on Christ’s Pieces, from 10am-2pm.The official Ping program will then be running across the summer from Monday 21 July until Sunday 31 August. Grab a bat and get involved.
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Anyone for tennis at Jesus Green? If you’ve been inspired by this year’s Wimbledon to dig out your old tennis racquet from the back of your wardrobe, you might like to know about a free day that’s taking place on the council-run tennis courts at Jesus Green on Saturday 19 July. As part of the Lawn Tennis Association’s Great British Tennis Weekend, coaches from Cambridge Lawn Tennis will be on hand to offer free tennis advice to adults and juniors of all levels, ages and abilities. In addition, children aged between 3-8 can try their hand at mini tennis, a form of the game specially designed for younger children.
So whether you’re planning to be the next Andy Murray or just want to learn how to hit the ball over the net, get down to Jesus Green tennis courts, and improve your game this summer. As well as six courts at Jesus Green, there are free public tennis courts at Christ’s Pieces, Coleridge Rec and Lammas Land.
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Nigel Gawthrope 15 Perse Way, CB4 3SG nigel.gawthrope@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07885 976830 Labour
Caroline Hart 3 Galfrid Road, CB5 8ND caroline.hart@cambridge.gov.uk
Charlotte Perry 78 Oxford Road, CB4 3PL charlotte.perry@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07858 979202 Labour
Kevin Price 12 Lavender Road, CB4 2PU kevin.price@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07964 280689 Labour
Richard Johnson 688 Newmarket Road, CB5 8RS richard.johnson@cambridge.gov.uk
Martin Smart 36 Warkworth Street, CB1 1EG martin.smart@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07842 205226 Labour
Peter Roberts 97a Victoria Road, CB4 3BS peter.roberts@cambridge.gov.uk
Labour & Co-operative
East Chesterton Margery Abbott 85 Darwin Drive, CB4 3HQ margery.abbott.labour@hotmail.co.uk Gerri Bird (Mayor) 5 Grieve Court, CB4 1FR gerribird@sky.com Peter Sarris 75 Green End Road CB4 1RS peter.sarris@cambridge.gov.uk
South Area Committee
Jeremy Benstead 40 Hurrell Road, CB4 3RH j_benstead@live.co.uk
Labour
Labour & Co-operative
Lewis Herbert 77 Cherry Hinton Road, CB1 7BS lewis.herbert@cambridge.gov.uk
Labour & Co-operative
T: 07968 216411 Labour
George Owers Flat 2, 17 West Road, CB3 9DP george.owers@cambridge.gov.uk
Labour & Co-operative
T: 520027 Labour
T: 07712 129529
Petersfield
West Chesterton
Wards: Abbey, Coleridge, Petersfield & Romsey For more information on East Area Committee meetings and how you can get involved please contact us on 01223 457000 or go to cambridge.gov.uk/east-area-committee
Coleridge
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Carina O’Reilly 97a Victoria Road, CB4 3BS carinaoreilly@gmail.com
Mike Todd-Jones 2 Tedder Way, CB4 3RJ mike.todd-jones@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 351669
T: 721027
T: 07833 012979
Romsey
Ysanne Austin 63 De Freville Avenue, CB4 1HW ysanne.austin@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 321441 Liberal Democrat
Ann Sinnott 21 Hamilton Road, CB4 1BP ann.sinnott@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07981 970815 Labour
Dave Baigent 96 Cavendish Road, CB1 3AF dave.baigent@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07802 495329 Labour
T: 457239
Mike Pitt 57 Coles Road, Milton, CB24 6BL mike@einval.com
T: 709544 Liberal Democrat
Kevin Blencowe 16 Ferndale Rise, CB5 8QG kevin.blencowe@gmail.com
T: 07914 700602 Labour
Zoe Moghadas 62 Greville Road, CB1 3QL zoe.moghadas@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07813 700986 Labour
T: 339927
Damien Tunnacliffe 45 Pretoria Road, CB4 1HD damientunnacliffe@yahoo.co.uk
T: 07514 939459 Liberal Democrat
Richard Robertson 6 Gurney Way, CB4 2ED richard.robertson@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07746 117791 Labour
Catherine Smart 136 Ross Street, CB1 3BU chlsmart@cix.co.uk
T: 511210 Liberal Democrat
John Hipkin 15 Oxford Road, CB4 3PH castleindependent@gmail.com
T: 564126 Independent
Marie-Louise Holland 15 Oxford Road, CB4 3PH marie-louise.holland@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 564126 Independent
Philip Tucker 11 Maltings Close, CB5 8EB tuckerphilipa@btinternet.com
T: 210036 Liberal Democrat
T: 07766 092034 Labour
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Cherry Hinton
Nick Avery 28 Aberdeen Avenue, CB2 8DP nick.avery@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07798 802215 Liberal Democrat
Andy Blackhurst 34 Foster Road, Trumpington, CB2 9JR andy.blackhurst@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 511937 Liberal Democrat
Shapour Meftah 104 Foster Road, CB2 9JR shapour.meftah@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 512647 Conservative
Mark Ashton 23 March Lane, Cherry Hinton, CB1 3LG T: 07774 570976 mark.ashton@cambridge.gov.uk Labour & Co-operative
Sue Birtles 96 Lovell Road, CB4 2QP sue.birtles@cambridge.gov.uk
Robert Dryden (Deputy Mayor) 8 Bird Farm Road, Fulbourn, CB21 5DP robert.dryden@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 457246 Labour
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Russ McPherson 184 Church End, Cherry Hinton, CB1 3LB T: 457227 russ.mcpherson@cambridge.gov.uk Labour
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Newnham
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Tim Bick 13 Warkworth Street, CB1 1EG tim.bick@btinternet.com
T: 07720 413173 Liberal Democrat
Rod Cantrill 11 Millington Road, CB3 9HW rcantrill@millingtonadvisory.com
T: 368928 Liberal Democrat
Tim Moore 67 Queen Edith’s Way, CB1 8PL tim.moore@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07973 882121 Liberal Democrat
Dan Ratcliffe 23 Searle Street, CB4 3DB dan.ratcliffe@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07842 242656 Labour
Sian Reid 27 Millington Road, CB3 9HW sianreid27@gmail.com
T: 356100 Liberal Democrat
George Pippas 5 Mowbray Road, CB1 7SR george.pippas@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 473223 Liberal Democrat
Andrea Reiner 24 Hurst Park Avenue, CB4 2AE andrea.reiner@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 07717 693858 Liberal Democrat
Julie Smith Flat 15, Robinson College, CB3 9AN julie.smith@cambridge.gov.uk
T: 766259 Liberal Democrat
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Have your say on the future of Coldham’s Common
Coldham’s Common is one of the bestloved open spaces in Cambridge, being used throughout the year by groups and individuals for sport, play, relaxation or simply getting a little taste of nature in the heart of the city. It is also home to one of the city’s local nature reserves, and is used as a campsite each year for the Cambridge Folk Festival - so it has been well-known for generations by residents of the city and visitors alike. From a wider perspective, the common also sits within an important part of the East Cambridge wildlife corridor, which links a range of habitats from Lime Kiln Hill in
Cherry Hinton to the River Cam corrider. It has been designated as a County Wildlife Site as it supports a variety of habitats for animals, birds and plant species that are restricted elsewhere in the city and further afield. Earlier this year, after the proposed reintroduction of grazing animals to the local nature reserve area prompted opposition from some users of the common, the council held a consultation about how Coldham’s Common should be managed in the future. We received 704 responses to this consultation, including 21 from representatives of local groups and organisations, and you can read a report on the findings at cambridge. gov.uk/have-your-say-onthe-future-of-coldhamscommon Respondents were able to have their say on issues affecting the common such as litter, grazing, dogs, paths, fencing, wildlife, seating and safety. Following the consultation the council has developed a draft management plan for the common so that we can look after the site in
a way that balances landscape, history, recreation and wildlife, to ensure it remains a valuable asset for the city. This paper will be considered by a council scrutiny committee in July before more consultation with local residents and groups.
• To have your say on the proposals for the future of Coldham’s Common or if you would like to volunteer for nature conservation activities there: Phone: 01223 457000 Website: cambridge.gov.uk/ consultations Email: parks@cambridge.gov.uk
Mind the gap and help a hedgehog
It’s official: hedgehogs are our favourite British wild animal. In a recent survey carried out by the BBC Wildlife Magazine, the hedgehog was voted as the nation’s number one favourite species. Our spiky friends are under threat, with numbers having declined by 30% in the last decade due to reduced habitats. That’s why it’s one of the council’s priorities to help hedgehogs in its Local Nature Reserves and open spaces this year and monitor numbers.
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Cambridge residents are also being encouraged to do one simple thing to help hedgehogs in their gardens this summer– making a gap in their fences. At this time of year hedgehogs are particularly active. The ‘rutting’ season was in May with most babies being born in June or July. Hedgehogs will roam up to a mile a night foraging for food and this is where we can help them. Many hedgehogs live in town gardens but have their territories restricted by impenetrable fences. By simply ensuring that there is a gap somewhere along our fence lines in each garden we can improve the environment for urban hedgehogs. The gap need only be 13x13cm or 5inches square. You could: Remove a brick from the bottom of the wall. Cut a small hole in your fence if there are no gaps. Dig a channel underneath your wall, fence or gate.
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The ‘City Deal’ – what could it mean for the Cambridge area? You may have heard about the City Deal – up to £500m of Government funding that is being given to selected cities in the UK to help them improve their infrastructure and enable them to have more of a say in shaping the economy, both locally and nationally. The city council, along with their partners South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership and the University of Cambridge were recently awarded this funding. In Cambridge, two key areas have been identified that this City Deal money will help improve: Transport – Part of Cambridge’s success as an attractive place for businesses has been its compact size and the ease of creating links between different groups such as research institutes, the universities and employers. ■
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City centre gets into gear with new cycle parking
In Brief Online access to council tax and business rates Did you know you can now view your council tax or business rates account details online? All you have to do is go to cambridge.gov.uk/my-account. There, you can make a ‘Property Enquiry’ to check council tax bands and charges or rateable values of business properties. You can also use the key-code printed on your most recent bill to view your payments and account balance or update your contact details. Other features of the online service allow you to tell us if you are moving house, wish to claim or cancel a single person discount, or set up or amend a direct debit.
One familiar feature of Cambridge city centre is the number of bikes you see locked to almost every available railing, lamppost or bike rack. But if you’ve ever cycled into the city you’ll know that it can still sometimes be difficult to find a place to securely leave your bike, and that the sheer numbers of bikes around can make it more difficult for some users of the city centre to get around. A recent council project has looked to address bike parking in Cambridge by installing cycle racks for more than 600 bikes
at various points around the city centre. The new racks are a mixture of highcapacity style, which hold bikes in a fixed position and helps make best use of the available space; and the more traditional ‘Sheffield-style’ racks preferred by some cyclists. Streets where the new cycle parking has been installed include Peas Hill, St Mary’s Street, Christ’s Walk, Trumpington Street, Trinity Street, East Road and Norfolk Street. The work is expected to be complete by July.
Skaters set for summer thrills BMX and skateboarding fans in two city neighbourhoods have newly improved facilities to enjoy this summer. The BMX track at Nuns Way recreation park in Arbury has recently reopened after being completely reconfigured. Meanwhile over at Cherry Hinton, the old metal skate park has been replaced with a brand new concrete park, which will give skateboarders and devotees of other wheel sports the chance to hone their skills in a larger space offering more variety.
Customer service award for City Homes The council’s City Homes team have had their commitment to customers recognised with a Customer Service Excellence Award - the official UK standard. The City Homes team manage more than 7,800 council homes in Cambridge, as well as temporary accommodation and sheltered housing for people with special requirements. The assessor commented in a report that the City Homes service was “customer focused, delivers well and has good levels of satisfaction.”
Changes to benefits and council tax appointments As part of the council’s drive to make services better for customers, the Customer Service Centre in Regent Street recently introduced an appointment-only service in the afternoon for residents with council tax and housing benefit enquiries. The new service, starting each weekday afternoon at 1pm, is designed to prevent waiting times, allowing customers more control and a choice over when and how they can access advice about council tax or housing benefit. The existing drop-in service will still be available every morning.
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Unlock the value of your wardrobe What would you say if you were told that there was around £4,000 currently lying in your bedroom at home? Well, research shows that the average UK household owns around £4,000 worth of clothes. In addition, about £1,200 of our clothes are sat gathering dust when they could be re-fashioned or recycled. A new council-supported campaign called Love Your Clothes is encouraging Cambridge residents to squeeze more value from the clothes hiding in your wardrobe, through re-using forgotten items, altering ones which are too big or
Recycle even more at your local recycling point If you regularly use the recycling points across the city you may have noticed a few improvements recently. We have started to make changes to the banks for paper, glass, cans and plastics so that all items can be collected in one bin, just like in your blue wheelie bin at home. This means that a wider range of items – such as cardboard and cartons - can be recycled in these banks. Just look out for new stickers on the bins that tell you what can go in. This easier to use service will also enable the council to save money as the existing blue bin vehicles will be able to include collections from the recycling points within their current rounds. Previously collections were done by a separate vehicle. The contents of the recycling bins are taken to a sorting plant in Kent and then sold to recycling companies to be made into new products. Most of the recycling points also have other banks for items such as textiles, books and media, low energy light bulbs and batteries, and small electrical and electronic equipment. These banks will remain unchanged. For a full list of • E mail: en quiries the recycling points and gov.uk @camb ridge. what you can recycle visit Phone: 0 1223 45 www.cambridge.gov.uk/ 8282 Website :c recyclingpoints recyclin ambridge.gov.u g k/
small, or exchanging with friends. For more ideas on unlocking the value of your wardrobe and getting the most of your clothes visit www.loveyourclothes.org.uk Any unwanted clothing is worth something to someone. Items donated to clothing banks in the city are sorted and sent off to the most appropriate place. They can also accept damaged items which are then sorted, shredded and their fibres used to make other things such as insulation. You can find your nearest bank at www.cambridge.gov.uk/recyclingpoints
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Charge for second green bins introduced A charge for emptying households’ second green bins will be introduced from early October. The council will still offer a free garden and food waste service to residents using one green bin, but will charge £30 a year to empty a second one. Residents will need to give back their extra green bin if they do not wish to pay for it to be emptied. Residents affected will be contacted by letter in August. The council wants to keep the green bin service but, in order to make savings, felt that second green bins were an extra that residents should pay for if they had a lot of green waste. Less than 10% of city residents will be affected. Other things to do with food and garden waste include making your own compost. The council has teamed up with Get Composting for an exclusive offer on compost bins - visit www.getcomposting. com or phone 0844 571 4444 for details. Garden waste can be also be taken to the recycling centres at Milton or Thriplow.
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Insulate your home with Action On Energy Cambridge homeowners could qualify for up to £6000 worth of government funding to be spent on making their homes more energy-efficient – with no upfront payment. If your property was built before 1930 it may well have solid external walls with no cavity, which means more heat can escape. Solid wall insulation can be fitted through the council led Action On Energy Cambridgeshire scheme, helping you reduce heat loss and energy bills, making your home more comfortable, and even increasing its value. Action On Energy are working with Climate Energy - a provider of the government’s Green Deal which helps subsidise schemes to make homes more energy efficient - to install internal or external solid wall insulation in older homes across Cambridgeshire. If you are interested, the process is extremely simple. All you have to do is call 0800 093 33
03 to speak to an Action On Energy advisor. If your home has solid walls, a Green Deal Assessment will be carried out to identify which energy-efficiency measures could be considered for your home, to calculate savings and provide access to subsidy. This costs £29, but is refunded if you go ahead with insulation After a technical survey is carried out, you will receive a quote explaining the cost of installing the recommended energy efficiency measures, and details of subsidies available along with financing options for the balance. In many cases the savings will pay for your contribution to the overall cost via a Green Deal plan – meaning no upfront cost The installation of solid wall insulation typically takes about a week On completion you’ll receive a 25 year insurance-backed guarantee.
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Town Hall Lettings – letting with a difference Do you know anyone who could do with some help finding somewhere to live? Do you own a good-quality property that you are looking to rent out? If either of those apply to you, you might be interested to know about Town Hall Lettings – a new lettings agency that offers something different for landlords and tenants alike. Town Hall Lettings is a not-for-profit agency managed by Cambridge City Council, in partnership with other local councils, which simply aims to match families and single people in need of housing, with good properties to live in - while guaranteeing income and reducing the risk for potential landlords. Through its unique approach to managing tenancies, Town Hall Lettings can offer landlords: A guaranteed regular monthly payment throughout the contract, even during any void periods A comprehensive housing management service No hidden costs (ie
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management fees, property fees, inventory fees, tenancy renewal fees or unspecified ‘administration’ fees) In this part of the country some people on low incomes, or people without an established credit or tenancy history, can find it tough to get a privately-rented home. Town Hall Lettings reduces the risk to landlords by thoroughly vetting potential tenants and helping ensure everything run smoothly in the early days of the tenancy, with active support and practical help if needed. There is also the additional security of knowing that the city council has decades of experience managing its own properties, and has been working with private landlords since 2003. If you have a good quality property in Cambridge or beyond that you are looking to let, or are interested in finding out more about this unique new service, please get in touch.
Email: info@actiononenergy.net Phone: 0800 093 33 03 and quote AOE_ CamCity Visit actiononenergy.net for details of when the team are holding information events in Cambridge neighbourhoods in the coming months.
Open Eco Homes If you’re interested in finding out about innovative ways to make your home more energy efficient – don’t miss this year’s Open Eco Homes days on Sunday 14 and Saturday 20 September. This council-supported event gives people the chance to meet householders in their own homes, both new-build and older properties, and find out about projects that have saved them money on energy bills and made their carbon afootprint smaller. For more details visit openecohomes.org
Town Hall Lettings v.uk Email: townhall.lettings@cambridge.go Phone: 01223 457920 Website: townhalllettings.com Twitter: @THLettings
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