moorfield road, junction of A505

This patch of land right on the corner of Moorfield and the A505 in Whittlesford seems to have been cleared by someone, very recently. Not aware of a planning application. Need to get the district council's planning enforcement in to have a closer look.
I've asked them to visit asap.

West End - new development takes shape

The new houses being built at West End, Whittlesford are coming along well.
They will include affordable housing for people with a Whittlesford connection.
Those houses will be let via local charity Nicholas Swallow, after we secured agreement with South Cambs on the point.
Now all we need to do is make sure the district comes up with a sensible name.

Station Road - works start on the vet surgery

It looks like the good people of Station Road, Whittlesford, have another bout of building and disruption to put up with.
The building that is currently the vet surgery (and used to be a pub, and possibly the stationmaster's house?) will be turned into an office building and a bran' new surgery built behind it.
With all this commercial activity plus the traffic from the residential developments down there, maybe its time to talk to the highways department about a traffic scheme that makes life simpler for residents. I'll talk to Tim Stone, our county councillor about a meeting with Highways

weather holds out for whittlesford two days running

People attending the Whittlesford Ball on Saturday evening and the Whittlesford Society BBQ on Sunday afternoon enjoyed good weather.
Both events were in support of worthwhile causes, whether within the village or beyond.
And good to see Robert James at the latter still standing and reading out the results of the raffle.

democracy

Went to a gathering of local authority people at the House of Commons. It was a mix of MPs like Grant Shapps, David Blunkett, Bob Neill, Caroline Flint, and councillors from all over. An opportunity to talk about the things that are concerning us, and swap ideas. It was worth the long queue through security.

On Saturday afternoon was in Cambridge: the very small but noisy EDL march disrupted the whole of the centre of town. Well policed, but it must have cost a lot.

The connection? - when times are tough and people are thinking about jobs, their children's future and the cost of energy bills, democracy needs to keep connecting with, and showing it can do something about what worries people. Otherwise, the rise of extremism...