Against Scams

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Council News

I attended a Police and Crime Commissioner briefing last night with topics on Speedwatch and Scams. Whilst we have Speedwatch up and running in Barton, there are several details that I clarified with the presenter. We can report the number plates of regular speeding motorists to the Speedwatch coordinator. They are also interested in MVAS data. I am happy to act as conduit for both. There is also another scheme called HGVwatch. This is more for reporting HGV vehicles that violate restrictions such as access or weight limits. There is some training for this so worth looking in to for Barton. I think it worth reporting speeding of HGVs through this scheme.

The second presentation was on Scams. There is online training and also resources available for local public meetings to discuss, support and educate on Scams. The links are on the Cambridgeshire County Council website. Well worth going through the training and volunteering to provide support to other Barton residents. The training is called Friends Against Scams.

Other recommendations are to sign up to eCops. This site provides local alerts on crime and complements Neighourhood Watch.

EWR Start of Conversation

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Council News

It is probably not the first time that you will have heard of East West Rail and will most definitely not be the last time. The preferred route into Cambridge has been approved by the Government and so there is a 99.9% chance that the new railway line will pass close to Barton or the villages further south.

Your Parish Council was invited to the “restart the conversation” meeting with the EWR management team along with all the other councils on the envelop of the route. Detailed route options will be worked up in the next few months and these will be presented by EWR to the general public in January 2021. Our aim is to keep abreast of developments, liaise with other affected councils and raise any concerns.

Building work is not expected to start until 2025, but it is important to challenge plans at this early stage.

20 mph on High Street

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Council News

This Friday (22nd August 2020), County Council Highways plan to install temporary 20 mph speed limit with traffic calming chicanes on the High Street. Government Covid-19 funds are being used for this project. The temporary order expires in February 2022. We hope that the scheme is successful and that a permanent 20 mph can be installed.

High Interest in Traffic

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Council News

More than 60 people attended the Traffic Calming poster presentation at the Pavilion on Wednesday 19th August 2020. Several schemes with associated costs were shown. For example, 20 mph zones, road narrowing, pollution monitoring and buffer zones. Viewers were given feed back forms to fill in to enable Barton Parish Council to judge which schemes were deemed more important to the village as a whole. Also views were requested on how best to fund these options including private funding.

Given that the weather was not brilliant on Wednesday, the high turn out and engaging discussions show the level of importance Barton residents put on improving the traffic situation in order to make our village a pleasant, safe and healthy place to live.

 

Evening Session Public Drop-In Traffic

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Council News

We have added an evening session from 6:30 to 7:30 on Wednesday 19th August.

Don’t forget to come along on 19th August 2020 to look at the Traffic Calming options and feedback your opinion on the various schemes. This will be at the Pavilion on the recreation ground between 10:00 and 16:00, and 18:30 to 19:30.

There will be posters showing the various options on roads around the village. Extensive consultation with Cambridgeshire County Council Highways has guided the possibilities and costs. For an early look at the options or if you cannot attend in person have a look at the presentation below. There is a feedback table on the last slide that you can fill in and submit to the Clerk.

Police Looking for Witnesses to a Fatal Accident

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Local News

Unfortunately a cyclist died of his injuries when involved in an accident at the Barton Road/A603 roundabout on Friday 31 July 2020 in evening about 7:30. Police are appealing for witnesses. Contact 101 quoting 504 if you where in the area at that time on Friday and might have seen the vehicle or cyclist involved.

See Cambridge Evening News report.

 

 

North East Cambridge Area Action Plan

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Dear Parish Council,

 

The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service is now inviting you to comment on the draft North East Cambridge Area Action Plan. Please tell us what you think about our ambitious vision for a new low-carbon city district in North East Cambridge.

 

The consultation is open from 9am on Monday 27 July to 5pm on Monday 5 October 2020. You can read the draft Area Action Plan and respond online via our website, www.greatercambridgeplanning.org/nec. If you find it difficult to comment online, you can also respond in other ways – visit our website for details.

 

If you would like to find out more about the draft Area Action Plan and meet the team, we are holding online Q&A webinars, the first of which is on the 4th August – details can be found at Talk to the team. We also have answers and videos about Frequently Asked Questions online.

 

If circumstances permit, we may hold some limited in person events later in the consultation period. We will notify you and update our website if this is the case. You can also follow our social media channels @camcitco and @southcambs on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for updates.

 

Please help us to publicise the consultation to your area – you can spread the word on your social media, using #NorthEastCambridge, forward this email to your mailing lists, and we also attach a poster that you can print and display.  If you would like us to post you hard copies of the poster or any other materials, please get in touch via this email address.  We can also, subject to availability, attend events that you may be organising, either online or in person, in line with social distancing guidance.  If you would like to talk to us about this, please get in touch via this email address.

 

The Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service is the planning service for Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. This is a consultation under Regulation 18 of The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.  We attach the Public Notice to this email.

 

Many thanks,

 

Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service

Community Safety Survey (Extension)

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South Cambridgeshire District Council News

ALL BARTON RESIDENTS (new deadline Sunday 16th August 2020)

Please find attached the link to the South Cambs Community Safety Partnership Survey 2020

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SouthCambsCSPSurvey2020

South Cambridgeshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is made up of representatives from South Cambs District Council,  Cambridgeshire County Council, Police, Fire and Rescue Service and the NHS and Probation Service, who work together to deal with local crime and anti-social behaviour issues. This survey aims to collate information from the public on perceptions of safety within their communities. This survey is extremely important in the current climate where the Covid-19 pandemic prevents face to face community engagement. The results of this survey will directly affect the way in which community safety in certain geographical locations is prioritised among the statutory bodies within the South Cambridgeshire Community Safety Partnership.

 

I would appreciate your assistance to share this survey as widely as possible so that we can collate as many responses from our residents and ultimately help our communities feel safer in the areas in which they live. The survey will now close on Sunday 16th August 2020. Please feel free to use the link and QR code in your correspondence on social media or otherwise.

 

 

Kindest regards

 

Sgt Emma Hilson

Increase in Pet Thefts

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Neighbourhood Watch News

There has been an increase in pet thefts reported. Keep a look out for chalk marks, coloured ribbons on fences, gates, boundary walls or hedges. These are often left by someone checking out an area for properties to be targeted. Someone else then steals the animal. This technique could also be used for property theft in general, so be aware of visitors, door-to-door sellers hanging around our streets and tagging houses that they deem vulnerable.

(See also the recent post on the latest Neighbourhood Watch campaign)

Proposed C19 TTRO 2020C19-012 High Street, Barton

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Council News

As part of Traffic Calming and Safety measures, Cambridgeshire County Council Highways Department have proposal an experimental  20 mph speed limit on High Street, Barton (includes Ivy Field, Great Close, Mailes Close & Cottage Farm Court) between the A603 Wimple Road and B1046 Comberton Road. This is to facilitate walking / cycling. A reduction in speed to 20 mph would also make it safer for horse riders. No road width changes but there will be priority chicanes installed to calm traffic. (High Street Plan)

There is a brief consultation period with a closing date for comment by the Parish Council of 13 August 2020 after this date it will be assumed that there are no objections and Cambridgeshire County Council will proceed with the application. Please send any comments to the Barton Parish Council Clerk by email by Friday 7th August 2020 for consolidation.