The kind of on-street parking issues and problems we would like to hear about include:
where it causes delays and obstruction or affects the safety of road users
local residents having difficulty finding on-street parking
commuter parking affecting local parking needs
where there is a lack of cycle parking
where the provision of car club spaces could help reduce on-street parking
lack of blue badge parking spaces
where parking for access to public buildings and services/local shops is inadequate
where loading/unloading bays are required
However, there may be other parking issues in your area that you may wish to comment on.
The GCP was asked by Cambridgeshire County Council to investigate on-street parking problems in Cambridge with a view to implementing further residents’ parking schemes as part of its wider City Access programme.
As well as addressing the need for further residents parking schemes, the GCP is also seeking to address wider parking issues across the city which would be tackled through the implementation of parking controls introduced on an area wide basis to help avoid displacing parking to neighbouring streets.
This work forms part of an integrated parking strategy that the GCP is developing with the County and City Councils which will cover both on- and off-street parking to ensure a joined-up approach in the way we provide and operate parking across the city.
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Hi all, get your crafty hats on and decorate an A4 piece of material (supplied with suggestions) which will be made up into bunting for our village Jubilee celebrations on 4th June 2022.
For material, email: , or collect from Barton Village Stores (Post Office).
Please return all decorated pennants by Saturday 7th May at the latest, to Margaret (47 Kings Grove) or Jenny (26 Kings Grove), to give time to make up the bunting.
As the summertime begins to draw closer, there is a lot to look forward to in Barton as we look to marking the celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this coming June. All villagers are warmly invited to come and join with friends to celebrate the occasion on the village recreation ground from 1pm on the 4th June.
Bring your loved ones, a summary picnic, something comfy to sit on and join with friends to celebrate. There will be live music, a Jezzo magic show, afternoon tea in the Pavilion, a bar, food vans in the evening, party games on the Recreation ground and a fantastic raffle with prizes worth more than £300.
All residents of Barton are welcome to join the celebrations. Even if you are not a royalist, feel welcome to join in the day and have your own celebration of being with community, making the most of summer and enjoying the wonderful sound and feeling that live music brings. Admission will be a voluntary contribution of £1 and will give you a ticket into a golden prize draw.
A programme will be delivered to every Barton resident in May with full details of the day and the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for the prize draw. If any residents with businesses wish to advertise in the programme, feel free to contact Sarah Pitchford on:
While we would like residents to enjoy the day with little cost, if any residents would like to contribute to the event beyond the voluntary £1 admission, any donations would be very gratefully accepted. Cheques can be made payable to Barton Parish Council. Any profits from the event will go the Barton Village Charitable Trust.
Barton village hasn’t come together for a long time due to Covid, so we hope you can join us on this date to spend time with your Barton friends. We look forward to seeing there.
Key details:
Where: Barton recreational ground When: 1pm on the 4th June What: A celebration of the Queens Jubilee 2022 Who: Everyone welcome
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Have you thought about playing bowls? Come along to one of the try out sessions at Barton Bowls Club based at the Barton Recreation Ground (see attached).
Please book in advance:
Open Day* Saturday 23rd April 2022, 10 am to 4 pm
Open Evenings* Thursday 28th April and 5th May 2022 from 6 pm
*Book through ">Philip Seymour, Welfare Officer and Recruiter for Barton Bowls Club
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Phew! What a busy start to the year. Here at Cambridge Carbon Footprint we’ve been doing all sorts of spadework getting ready for a busy spring full of events. Coming up we’ve got more Net Zero Now training, workshops for SMEs, collaborations with the Cambridge Festival and the Cambridge Library, and we’re looking forward to returning to Arbury for another Swap and Fix Fest.
Dive into the newsletter to find out more about what we’ve got in store.
Best wishes,
Alana & the CCF Team
Balancing energy saving and ventilation
Indoor air quality is important for our health and wellbeing, but leaving our windows open wastes electricity. How much ventilation is enough and how do you know? Nicola Terry explores ventilation on the CCF blog. You can read the full post here.
Should we all be eating mainly plant-based food?
The food we eat plays a massive role in climate change. Is plant-based food the answer? Read Bev Sedley’s reflections on Veganuary and climate friendly diets. Read the full post here.
Net Zero for SMEs Feb 17, 24, 12 – 1pm
Two online expert led sessions introducing the fundamentals of a carbon reduction framework and exploring starting actions that SMEs can take, with a focus on energy efficiency and management.Find out more & book now
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Upcoming CCF Events
Thermal Imaging Training
Feb 16, 7-8.30pm
Learn how to use a thermal imaging camera and how to interpret their images. After the session you’ll be able to borrow one of our cameras to conduct your own surveys. Training and loans are free, but booking is essential.
Net Zero Skills training sessions will provide an introduction into climate action, empowering attendees to take a leading role in delivering activities in our local communities and places of work.
How to Run a Shrink your Carbon Footprint Workshop
Mar 3, 7-8.30pm
Join this interactive webinar to find out more about the ‘Shrink your Carbon Footprint Workshop’ and get support on running an event in your community or workplace.
The Arbury Swap & Fix-Fest returns for more waste busting, resource saving and community building. Featuring a Repair Cafe, Clothes Swap, tea, delicious homemade cakes and music.
A skills-fest bringing together experts in sustainability with those keen to learn. Whether you’re just beginning to think about living more sustainably, or advanced and looking for expert advice our human ‘books’ will be able help.
The first step to building a better future is to imagine it. Unleash your creativity at the Imaginariam, fuelled with ideas from around the world and supplied with paints, pens and modelling equipment.
Free support for eligible householders to improve home energy efficiency
If you live in the south east of England, find it hard to heat your home and worry about your energy bills or know someone else who does, a Green Homes Grant might be able to help. Delivered by Warmworks, the scheme can help make improvements for a warmer home that’s kinder to the environment, and will help reduce fuel bills. You could qualify for help if you live in an energy inefficient home, which is owned or privately rented, and you are in receipt of benefits or are on a low income. Find out more.
Food and Climate Programme Manager Role
Cambridge Sustainable Food is seeking a creative, dedicated and experienced communicator who is able to lead, deliver and develop our climate programme as we seek to be a national gold standard city. This is an exciting opportunity to join the CSF team and to make a real difference to climate change through raising awareness, running events and campaigns and in making a major contribution to Cambridge becoming a truly sustainable food city. Applications close Feb 13. Find out more.
Repair Cafes
Repair Cafes are community events where skilled volunteer repairers will help mend your broken items. They can fix all sorts of things, including appliances, phones and laptops, toys, clothes, jewellery and more. There are Repair Cafes coming up Sat Feb 12 at Great Shelford, Mar 19 at Arbury and May 7 at Barrington. Find out more and book your repair.
What is building control?
Interested to better understand building regulations? Join Area Building Control Manager Fred Hedges Feb 16 10-11am at this online workshop to find out more. This workshop is hosted by 3C Shared Services, a strategic partnership between Cambridge City Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. More information and booking available by emailing .
SCDC Climate and Environment Fortnight
Join the South Cambridgeshire Zero Carbon Communities Team’s series of events, celebrating climate action across the district and making plans for the future. Featuring talks on Community Response to the Climate Emergency (delivered by CCF), Cycling for Sustainability (delivered by Camcyle), Installing EV Charging Points for Public Use and more. Runs 21 Feb to 7 Mar. Find out more and book now.
Making your Business Greener
This case study based webinar will feature a panel of speakers demonstrating ways businesses can operate more sustainably, reducing not only their carbon and waste but also being more efficient and saving money by embracing renewable energy while supporting our local economy and communities. Run by the South Cambridgeshire District Council Business Support and Development Team, the panel will include speakers from Green Blue You, Greater Cambridge Commercial Waste Service and PECT. Online Feb 24. Find out more and book.
Action on Packaging: How the Co-op made all its own brand packaging recyclable
How did the Co-op increase the recyclability of their own brand packaging lines from 46% in 2016 to 100% in 2021? At this online webinar Robert Thompson from the Sustainability and Policy team at Co-op Food will share their journey, including how they worked with over 300 suppliers to ensure the packaging of 3000 own brand products was recyclable, how they became the market for their own recycled material, the system they developed for recycling flexible plastic films in store and what the future holds for responsible material choices and climate change. Online Thur Feb 24 6:30-7:30pm, hosted by the Cambridge IET Engineering Technology Meet up. Find out more about the talk and how to join.
Light-Rechargeable Batteries: A New Tool to Fight Climate Change?
This talk will introduce a new type of battery electrode that can be recharged directly by light, without the need for external solar cells or external power supplies. These devices may change the way we power off-grid devices and provide a tool to fight energy poverty in developing communities. However, this is an emerging technology that still suffers from tremendous challenges that need to be solved before we can dream of commercialising it. This talk will be delivered by Michael De Volder, Professor of Advanced Materials Engineering at the Institute for Manufacturing. 14 March 8:30 – 19:30 at Babbage Lecture Theatre. Find out more and book.
Cambridge Resilience Web – 1 hour of Pecha Kucha talks
An evening of short talks from some of the groups in the Cambridge Resilience Web, hosted online on Zoom and Discord. Presenters will include Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Cambridge Cycling Campaign, Cambridge Community Kitchen, Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination and Resettle Chesterton. Pecha Kucha is a short visual presentation style, taking the form of 20 images for 20 seconds. The slides change automatically so there is no chance of running over time. 24th March from 7:30-8:30pm, with time for questions and chat afterwards. Find out more and book.
Supporting local action on climate change
For over 15 years Cambridge Carbon Footprint has been working locally to reduce carbon emissions and prevent climate change. For as little as the cost of a piece of a coffee you can donate and help build a stronger, more sustainable future for Cambridgeshire.
The chicanes and 20 mph signs will be removed next week. The temporary speed limit was imposed as part of COVID measures and the temporary traffic order expires on 16 February 2022.
We have submitted a bid to make the High Street and off-roads permanently 20 mph and are awaiting the out come of that bid. This bid will not include the chicanes but will have better road signage and roundels on the road surface as a reminders. Many residential areas in towns, cities and villages are going to 20 mph so we are hopeful of success.
Further to our last post, the new version of the Highway Code is now available on line. Hard copies can be pre-ordered and expected to be available from April.
Local Transport and Connectivity Plan
Following the feedback from the survey last November, the combined authority has decided on a complete rewrite of the LTCP. They now will hold a formal 12 week consultation from May 2022.
East West Rail
EWR are setting up local representative groups. The first meeting of the South Cambridgeshire East group will be on 28th February. Councillor Andy Martin will be representing Barton Parish. Feedback will be provided after the meeting.
Cycling News
If you are interested in the latest news on cycling in and area Cambridge have a look at and or sign up to Cambridge Cycling Campaign. The latest section of the Chisholm Trail is now open with a new bridge over the River Cam between the Abbey and Chesterton, linking East Chesterton to Barnwell community south of the river.
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The latest updates to the Highway Code come into force this weekend (29th January 2022). Are you aware of the changes? In all there are eight changes you need to know about. Below is a brief summary of some of these. The latest copy with the changes should be available from tomorrow. Make sure you do have the latest version (current one was published in 2015 with revisions last year…….so wait for the official updated version to see the detailed changes).
New Hierarchy
The biggest change is the firm establishment of a road user hierarchy. In summary, the greatest protection is given to pedestrians (the most vulnerable) with least to HGVs.
Pedestrians
Cyclists
Horse riders
Motorcyclists
Cars/Taxis
Vans/Minibuses
HGVs
Priorities for pedestrians
At a junction, drivers and motorcyclists must give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross. This is likely to cause the greatest confusion as drivers get used to waiting for pedestrians to cross as opposed to pedestrians waiting for vehicles to turn at junctions. In addition, cyclists should give way to pedestrians on shared-cycle tracks.
Drivers to give priority to cyclists
Similarly drivers should give way to cyclists and take care to give them plenty of space on roundabouts.
Clearer Guidance for Drivers
Cyclists have been given clear guidance that they should ride in the middle of a lane when possible on quiet, less busy roads. They are also encouraged to ride two-abreast which makes it safer and easier for vehicles to overtake a large group of riders. Drivers should give at least 1.5 metres clearance when overtaking.
Many accidents occur when car doors are opened without looking. Drivers should look over their shoulder to ensure that the road is clear before opening a door. This becomes automatic when using the opposite hand to open a door; the so called Dutch Reach technique.
Reminders
Pavements are for pedestrians, pushchairs, wheel chairs and invalid scooters. Cyclists and horse riders are forbidden to use pavements for riding. This includes children. Also horse riders are not allowed to use cycle paths. Vehicles should not be parked on pavements or cycle paths as this causes problems for pedestrians and cyclists. Vehicles should not be parked within 10 meters of a junction, on a bend, against a drop curb or driveway.
When did you last read the Highway Code?
Many of us have not picked up a copy of the Highway Code since we took our driving test. With the new changes coming into force this weekend, I would encourage you to go on line, down load a copy or buy a hard copy and familarise yourself and your friends and family with the changes and updates. (Reminder to wait for the official latest version which should be available from 29th January 2022.)
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