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Greater Cambridge Shared Planning
We have put together the attached infographic which contains lots of useful information which may be helpful for yourselves, other members of the parish council as well as residents in your parish. Please feel free to distribute it as widely as relevant to help provide information on drainage and sewage maintenance in South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City.
Welcome to the May edition of your neighbourhood policing newsletter.
We hope you continue to find these updates useful. If you haven’t done so already, please do use our community concerns survey to let us know about issues where you live – this greatly helps us know what matters most to our communities and enables us to prioritise things of greatest concern.
Lets hope when we write again next month that summer will have properly arrived!
Kind Regards,
Inspector Simon Birch
South Cambs Neighbourhood Policing Team
Current priorities for your local Neighbourhood Policing Team
Every three months we use a combination of our own data and your feedback via our community policing survey to set three priorities for each of our neighbourhood policing teams to focus on for the coming quarter.
We last met with members of the public last month (22 May) where the priorities for the next quarter were set. They include:
If you missed the meeting and would like to join our next meeting on 28 August, please register to be sent the meeting invite.
The next community forum for North West and West Cambridge area will take place on Thursday 13 June, from 6pm at Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington Avenue, Cambridge.
Further information for this forum can be found here: North West and West Cambridge Community Forum – Cambridge City Council
Police are urging homeowners to check their home security following a spate of burglaries across the south of the county.
There have been burglaries and attempted burglaries in Mill Road, Cherry Hinton, King’s Hedges and Barnwell areas of Cambridge, as well as Gamlingay, Ely and Histon, between Monday, 20 May, and yesterday (Wednesday, 22 May).
Detective Sergeant Jon Lockwood, from the force’s Acquisitive Crime Team, said: “We’ve seen burglaries in Cambridge where victims are leaving doors and windows unlocked, which is being exploited by opportunistic burglars. There has been a spike of these, especially the Mill Road area.
“I would encourage people to report suspicious behaviour to us so we can get a fuller picture of what is happening in the community.
“None of these burglaries are linked and investigations are on-going.”
We recommend the following home security advice when you’re not at home:
Further home security advice can be found on the force website.
Details of the most recent burglaries and attempted burglaries in the south of Cambridgeshire are below:
Anyone with any information or doorbell CCTV of any of these burglaries and attempted burglaries should report it through the force website using the relevant reference number.
Anyone without internet access should call 101.
In an emergency, dial 999 or you can report information through the force website.
We have received notification from CCC Highways that Gripfibre Micro Asphalt Surface Treatment will start on the B1046 (Comberton Road) on Monday 3rd June 2024 until Wednesday 5th June. Diversions and traffic management will be in place during that period.
Dear Friends, Residents & Bellringers
A huge thank you to all those who supported our WalktheWalk fundraising day on Saturday 11th May in support of breast cancer. We raised over a £1000. A great way to celebrate being 60!
I hope the residents of Barton enjoyed the two quarter Peals and thank you to Marina for co-ordinating with the Birmingham gang.
If however you would still like to donate and haven’t yet done so, Just follow the link below.
Thank you again
Sarah Pitchford & Tina Lewis
Dear South Cambridgeshire East Local Representatives Groups member,
I am emailing to let you know about a door-knocking exercise starting this week to encourage households and landowners to complete their Land Interest Questionnaires (LIQ) for the East West Rail Project.
A LIQ is part of the planning process for large-scale developments like East West Rail. The questionnaire helps us, East West Railway Company (EWR Co), to identify the people and organisations with legal interests in land that may be affected by the Project. This process, called “Land Referencing”, is an important step in applying for a Development Consent Order, which would grant consent to build the new railway.
The information gathered through the LIQ process will ensure that all parties potentially affected by the proposals are included in future communications and can comment on the Project as it progresses. Last month, LIQs were posted to households and landowners, followed by phone calls and emails to encourage completion. Where we have not been able to make contact or have not received a completed form, we plan to visit the properties in person starting this.
Ardent’s Land Referencing Team, working on behalf of EWR Co, will undertake the door-knocking exercise. All team members will carry identification and are trained to support anyone needing help to complete their LIQ or answer any questions. More information on LIQs is available on our website: www.eastwestrail.co.uk/land-interest-questionnaires-liq-faqs.
The Land Referencing Team will also use the door-knocking exercise to contact a smaller group of landowners who haven’t responded to our requests to access their land so we can undertake necessary non-intrusive or intrusive surveys. More information on these types of survey requests is available on our website: www.eastwestrail.co.uk/planning/land-and-property#coming-onto-land
If you know anyone who may be concerned about responding to either request or has questions about the process, please encourage them to contact our Lands Team by emailing ku.oc1779281055.liar1779281055tsewt1779281055sae@d1779281055nal1779281055 or calling 0330 8387583.
Kind regards,
Sarah
Sarah Jacobs
Local Representatives Groups Engagement Manager
In a time where the traditional British pub is rapidly in decline, we would like to ask for your support.
Barton Parish Council, together with the Hoops’ landlord, Mr Neil Kirkland, is applying to register the Hoops as an “asset of community value”. This registration will allow the community to have the opportunity to bid to buy the Hoops should it come up for sale. It will also represent a strong expression of local opinion for consideration by the planning authority, if any application is made to change its use.
To support our application, we would be grateful if you could provide photos and/ or written anecdotes of why and how the Hoops is important to the community and the social wellbeing of local residents. These can be left with Neil at the Hoops or emailed to: gro.e1779281055galli1779281055vnotr1779281055ab@dr1779281055ofgna1779281055l.eol1779281055hc1779281055
Every story will make a difference!
A petition of support is also available for signature in the Hoops.
We would like to express their heartfelt thanks to Harry and Valarie Baines who have kindly looked after the village telephone box library on the High Street since it was first purchased from B.T by the Parish Council for £1. Over the years they have generously given over their time and space(!) to store and sort donated books, replenish stocks for borrowing, and maintained the up-keep of the telephone box, ensuring it is kept tidy and organised. It is thanks to their efforts, the telephone box library has now become a much-loved community asset to the village. Harry, Valerie, we are very grateful – Thank you!
After many years of looking after the telephone box library, Valerie and Harry have now decided it is the right time to retire. We are now looking for a new volunteer to take on its upkeep. If you have some time and would be willing to look after the telephone box library, please email the PC Clerk at: gro.e1779281055galli1779281055vnotr1779281055ab@kr1779281055elc1779281055
In 2004, a group of village volunteers chaired by Patrick de Backer came together to produce a Barton Parish Report and Action Plan for the village. Originally prepared in response to a government initiative at the time, the report now stands as a time capsule, capturing our village community and environment in 2004.
Based on responses to a village-wide questionnaire, it provides an historical record of the households, education, people, development, transport, local services, religion, sport, crime, and clubs and societies in the village. It offers an insight into resident opinion in 2004 and highlights the community views on how Barton might develop and what should be preserved over the next 10 years.
Twenty years have passed since the report was prepared and reading over it now, it is amazing to see how much progress has been made. It is pleasing to see that much of what was valued by the community, has in fact been preserved and maintained.
We think it would be a nice idea to produce a new Barton Parish Report for 2024 and recapture the opinions of the village 20 years on. It is a big task, and we would welcome the help of a group of volunteers to work with us. We are looking to set up a new steering group to lead the project over the coming months. If you would like to be involved and have some time to offer, please contact the PC Clerk at: gro.e1779281055galli1779281055vnotr1779281055ab@kr1779281055elc1779281055
The 2004 Barton Parish report and action plan is available to view on Barton village website, visit: https://bartonvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BARTON-PC-Parish-Plan-Sept-04.pdf