Vaccination Update
Vaccination update The Prime Minister provided an update on the vaccination programme and confirmed that vaccination greatly reduces transmission with two doses providing a high degree of protection against serious illness and death. The Government’s target of offering vaccines to all adults by the end of July has been brought forward to the new 19 […]
Reminders
Parish News There will be a Parish Council meeting on 6th July 2021. This will be the first one in a long time that will be in the Village Hall. COVID restrictions will apply. Please let the Clerk know if you plan to attend as numbers will be limited by Village Hall capacity. The agenda […]
Barton Parish Councillor Vacancy
Parish News We have a vacancy for the Parish Council. Formal notice has been posted on the notice board as is attached. If anyone is interested in becoming a Councillor please contact the Clerk, Ian Minto.
Proposed Solar Farm near to the Lordsbridge Radio Telescope – Public Consultation
Proposed Solar Farm As you may have seen in recent press the University of Cambridge has committed to achieving a science-based zero carbon target for its estate by 2048. As part of its efforts to achieve this target, the University is hoping to build a solar farm on land to the south east of the […]
Comberton Road Closed Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th July
Parish News Comberton Road is likely to be closed for a short period over the beginning of the week 5th to 7th July 2021. There are three new houses being built on the plot of 15 Comberton Road and Cambridge Water will be connecting supplies to the three new properties. This will involve closing Comberton […]
Final Reminder EWR Consultation
Parish News This is the last reminder to submit response to East West Rail consultation by 9th June. You may have seen BBC Look East special report on EWR which seemed to give a wide balanced review of the project. It is probably worth remembering that this is a national project linking Oxford to Cambridge […]
SCDC Business Support
SCDC News South Cambridgeshire District Council have a business support team and they would like us to advertise their newsletter. A great deal of help is available to small businesses and SCDC team will provide help and signpost where additional help is available.
Yet More on EWR
Reminder that the EWR Consultation ends 9th June 2021 Barton Parish Councillors attended the East West Rail “South Cambridgeshire” local councillors meeting Thursday 27 May 2021. The meeting, hosted by EWR, lasted more than 90 minutes and started with a small presentation followed by a Q&A session. The main topics covered were the rationale behind […]
EWR Drop-In Feedback
Parish News 26 residents attended the East West Rail drop-in presentation at the recreation ground pavilion on a very wet Monday afternoon and evening. Thank you for all who braved the rain! Maps of alignment routes from Cambourne North and Cambourne South were displayed with elevation details added to give an idea of the impact […]