Cambridge Business Breakfast Club has moved to Milton for the summer and has its visitors’ day this Wednesday at The Lion & Lamb. It’s rather late notice but they do have a couple of places left so they wondered if there were some Milton residents who work from home or Milton businesses who might like […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Online Bus Timetables
The County Council have now significantly upgraded their bus timetable system. You can visit their new web site, put in your postcode and it will show you the bus stops close to you, which buses stop there and and where they go to. So here for example are the times for the bus stops close […]
Parish Council
Your parish council meets on Monday night. An exceptionally full and interesting agenda includes responding to two significant planning applications for the village, and the council’s response to the boundary review. The council will also be considering a series of proposals relating to land acquisition including pursuing the purchase of land in Milton, pursuing and […]
Land Opposite Tesco
Monday night’s parish council planning meeting recommended that council strongly object to any application for a hotel on this land on the basis that: the land is in Green Belt It’s an inappropriate building in our village The traffic issues are not well thought out Quality of Life Visual impact You can read the full […]
Proposed Retirement Community at North End of the Village
Monday night’s parish council planning meeting made extensive comments on this application which they are taking to next Monday’s full council as a recommendation. You can read their comments on pages 11 and 12 of this month’s agenda pack.
Sewage Works
The smell has been bad this week so I’ve been talking to South Cambridgeshire District Council environmental health department. This is what they had to say: The current position is that extensive works are currently taking place and a number of primary settlement tanks are offline. Following my previous response [example here], Anglian Water have […]
Milton Children are the Brightest
Mathematically minded youngsters from Milton Primary School have beaten their peers in a county wide numerical challenge. Around two thirds of Cambridgeshire’s primary and junior schools took part in one of the 14 heats of the annual Cambridgeshire Year 5 Maths Challenge, where children practised their estimation and problem solving skills, as well as working […]
Cambridge Open Studios 2008
As part of Cambridge Open Studios, the two studios in Milton will be open this weekend and next – 5th & 6th, and 12th & 13th July from 11am – 6pm. So if you would like to meet the artists, see their work and how it is produced, you would be most welcome. Nindy Dhaliwal […]
Fishing in the Park
Cambridge Sports Lakes Trust have entered into an agreement with Cambridge Fish Preservation and Angling Society Ltd (CFPAS) for them to manage the fishing rights at Milton Country Park. Anglers wishing to fish the lakes will need to buy a CFPAS season or day ticket. More information on the Friends of Milton Country Park web […]
Planning Committee
Your Parish Council’s planning committee meets on Monday night at 7pm at the council office (note the time and location). This is an important meeting as it will be considering the application to re-develop the old electricity board site at the north end of the village as a retirement community which will include 121 new […]