SARS-COV2 or COVID-19 or coronavirus, makes no difference what name you give it, it is killing people and leaving others with long term helath issues. It is easy to be complacent, after all, East Cambridgeshire has low levels of infection and low levels of death. The current active cases according to the Kings College App […]

Further development of the former MOD site near the Princess of Wales Hospital is proving to be a little unpopular. The development will see 53 properties built, primarily on the open green space and former children’s play park. The planning application shows 286 comments and when you read them, the majority are clearly opposed, with […]

The following planning applications in the Ely Parish have been published by East Cambridgeshire District Council. Reference: 19/00720/FUL Central Hall 54 Market Street Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4LS Change of use from disused store to [B1a] Office Reference: 19/00743/ADN Mydentist 26 St Marys Street Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4ES Proposal for non-illuminated advertisement sign Reference: 19/00751/CLP 25 […]

Apologies for Absence Apologies were received from Cllr Chris Phillips Councillor Requests for Dispensations No dispensations requested Declarations of Interests No declarations of interest were made Minutes of last meeting Accepted as a true record for both Annual Meeting – amended for duplication of Cllr Every and missing Cllr Downey Question Time A parishioner asked […]

This was my first Council meeting as a District Councillor and proved to be somewhat interesting with 4 absences from the Chamber. The effect of the European Parliament Elections was that this meeting had to be moved from the original planned date and this was given as reason for some of the apologies. The elected […]

May the 4th will see a change in local government. We hope that one change will be in the control of Cambridgeshire County Council. But one change that is certain is that there will be a Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. I am fighting to see that position fulfilled by Rod Cantrill for the Liberal […]

My decision to join the Liberal Democrats is encompassed in the opening to the constitution: The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or […]

May 7th will stay in our hearts and minds for many years to come. Some argue that we should never have gone into coalition, some argue that student fees were the problem and some argue we were squeezed hard by the other parties, not least because of the fear of nationalism. Regardless of what the […]

Despite having finished the development some years ago, Barratt Homes have not handed over Kinds Avenue and the surrounding roads to the County Council. Here is the letter I wrote to them.  Now we await a reply. Barratt Northampton 900 Pavilion Drive Northampton Business Park Northampton NN4 7RG Dear Sirs, Cathedral View Development, Ely You […]

Personal motor transport is just one form of road use, as are buses, cyclists and walking.  But the City of Ely Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridgeshire County Council seem remarkably fixated with just car use. King’s Avenue has jumped up the agenda for the various local authorities since I arranged for this to […]