East Cambridgeshire residents are likely to face steep Council Tax rises and their beautiful rural district become a building site, if the district council is absorbed into a new Greater Cambridge unitary authority, according to its leader.
East Cambridgeshire District Council has launched a new consultation to identify what issues local people are facing, what support they may need, and how the council can best engage with them.
East Cambridgeshire district councillors have unanimously agreed to sell the freehold of The Barn, public toilets and car park in Main Street, Littleport to Littleport Town Council for £1 each.
Following a confirmed case of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) near Ely, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have now put in place a 3km Protection Zone and 10km Surveillance Zone to try to stop the further spread of the disease.
Three Cambridgeshire councils have now backed the creation of a new unitary Council for Greater Cambridge and another for North Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - with local leaders saying they offer financial security, deliver up to £43 million savings a year and respect local identities.
An official decision on which business plan East Cambridgeshire District Council will back for Local Government Reorganisation will be made by councillors on Thursday 20 November.
East Cambridgeshire District Council has strengthened its support for members of the Armed Forces by achieving the Ministry of Defence’s Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Bronze award.
As the clocks change and the colder nights draw in residents are being asked to remember hedgehogs this autumn. Numbers of hedgehogs in rural areas have declined between 30 and 75 per cent since 2000. To help halt this decline we’re asking residents to do what they can to help our prickly friends.
East Cambs residents keen to find affordable homes in Ely have been given a boost with the announcement that all 27 new properties at Arbour Square in Ely will be affordable.
