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Brookfield Groundcare have kindly offered to help chip our village Christmas Trees this year, in conjunction with the enviro.volunteers. The events will take place on the triangle of land near Villa Road and on the Green as usual on the following dates:
Wednesday 8th January 2020 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday 11th January 2020 8 a.m. to 12 noon
Trees can be left at the locations in readiness, and the contractor will switch between locations an hour at a time during the time slots.
We have received the following information from the Great Event Company regarding the Holiday Inn, Impington:
Please note that we will be holding events for Cambridge based organisations with licensable activities on the following three dates in December 2019:
Saturday 7th December
Thursday 12th December
Saturday 14th December
We recognise the disturbance that these events may cause to local residents and to reduce this as much as possible we have agreed to cease all live and recorded music at 12.30am, as well as to put sound reduction barriers and measures in place and to operate the events in accordance with an agreed Nosie Management Plan drawn up by a qualified Noise Consultant, who will be in attendance at each event to ensure compliance.
During the events our Event Site HQ (just inside the field entrance) will be manned at all times and will have a hotline telephone number ( 07942 206951) on the day and for the duration of each event for residents to call in case of need. If the issue is about noise then our on site Noise Consultant will investigate the specific issue by taking decibal readings wherever required and take appropriate controlling action.
As guests at two of the events (7th and 12th December) will arrive by private cars and taxis we will have a member of staff at the junction of Bridge Road and Cambridge Road between 7pm and 9pm directing arriving cars away from the residential areas to the designated drop off and parking at The Holiday Inn and lakeview Field.
Please be aware that work will be taking place on the Village Green on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd November to remove dead wood from the trees in readiness for the Christmas Lights.
We have received the following information from the Met Office:
The Met Office has issued a level 3 hot weather warning across Cambridgeshire – lasting until Saturday (27 July) morning. Temperatures are predicted to remain over 30 degrees over the next few days, with warm and humid conditions expected to continue overnight.
Hot weather can be uncomfortable for most people. However for the old, very young and those with an ongoing health condition it can have very negative effect upon their health. There some key actions people can take to reduce the ill effects of very hot weather.
If you know or work with these and any other vulnerable people who may be at risk of becoming unwell in high temperatures please check on them and take action to lessen the effects of the heat.
Here are some practical tips on how to stay cool and beat the heat:
Click here to be re-directed the the NHS website with tips how to cope in hot weather
Full Council was held on Monday 18 March, sadly once again with no residents present.
For draft minutes look here. Items of note:
Summer Reading Challenge at Histon Library
We were delighted to once again support the reading challenge this summer with a donation of £400, being £200 towards this event and the remainder to help facilitate further support workers for young readers during the year
Feast Road Closure
The Council was also pleased to be able to fund the road closure required for the Feast Festival this year in the sum of £1,231 including VAT. We all look forward to a great Festival with lots of stalls along the High Street and hope the weather is kind!
Crossing Keeper’s Hut Electricity
The Chairman mentioned in his monthly report how the planned project to install an electricity supply at the Hut in The Copse had been completed. He thanked all those involved in the successful delivery of this very positive improvement for the area
The next scheduled meeting of Full Council will be held on Monday 20th May at the Recreation Community Room, New Road, Impington, being the Annual General Meeting. Refreshments are available from 7 p.m.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Please be aware of possible dangers walking beside wooded areas when its windy. There maybe a risk of falling dead wood and in extreme cases trees either fracturing or becoming uprooted after the severe winds yesterday. There are a number of trees near cyclepaths and highways so please also be extra cautious when driving or cycling around the villages.
The Council’s Environment Committee met on 29 May with a largely procedural agenda at the start of the new 4 year life of Council. Draft minutes can be seen here
Highlights of the meeting include:
Chair and Deputy Chair
The Committee was delighted that new Councillor Marcus Romer accepted the challenge of taking on the Chairmanship for 2018 – 19. Councillor Pene Nudds was elected as Deputy Chair and looked forward to working with Marcus in bringing him up to speed with the wide ranging remit and plans of the Committee.
Management Plan
Members reviewed a working document produced following a series of workshops in the first half of 2018. The plan was adopted and work will now commence on costing the projects and management plans in order to form a 5 year plan to take them forward. The Committee has plans to share some of these ideas with residents at the Feast Market on 7 July
Article Photo: Cllr Marcus Romer, Chair Environment Committee
We have been informed by the landowner that those who use the bridleway from Park Lane Histon to Oakington across Meadow Farm should take care as the farmers have recently been informed in an arboricultural report that the trees are diseased and dangerous.
They advise walkers, usually with their dogs, should avoid walking under or near the trees and perhaps keep to the legal bridleway, in the interests of their safety. People could be seriously hurt by falling branches. The trees need to be felled and roots removed.
There is a tree preservation order on the trees and they are seeking a written “tree works order” from South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Amey is proposing to develop a new waste treatment facility at its Waterbeach Waste Management Park.
Further to the initial planning application submitted in December 2017, new documents focusing on environmental information have been submitted and available to view and comment. The new additional environmental information documents are prefixed:
“SUBDOC2 2018 04 25 Regulation 22” (followed by their description)
The closing date is midnight on 29th May 2018.
If you wish to ask questions about the process for both the planning application and also the environmental permit, there is a drop-in event on:
Wednesday 16th May 2018
Between 4pm – 8pm
Landbeach Village Hall, Landbeach
Representatives from County Council, Environment Agency, and Public Health England will be in attendance.
Monday 30th April – 7.30pm at Histon Baptist Church
The Fenland Floods of 1947 – by Mike Petty
During many decades of writing about and researching our local history, Mike has been able to speak to many people with first-hand recollections of the 1947 floods and has many of the official photographs taken at the time. He will give us an unrivalled and virtually first-hand account of the events of that disastrous period, with the personal stories of some of the people caught up in it.
Mike Petty has been the most widely acknowledged authority on Cambridge and the fenland for nearly 50 years. He has published numerous books, pamphlets & articles, and had a daily ‘Looking Back’ column and weekly ‘Memories’ page in the Cambridge News for 30 years. As former Librarian of the Cambridgeshire Collection he has unique knowledge of Cambridgeshire and its history and is President of Cambridgeshire Association for Local History
