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Update 1st August 2023

Dear all, Update 1st August, 2023 STOP-PRESS Urgent message re St Matthew’s Piece Trees – STILL Under threat – Planning Committee meeting tomorrow Please email your views to councillors today.  See link below. Scroll down for helpful pre formatted emails....

Letter to Planning Inspectorate re Queens College Appeal – Owlstone Croft

Date: 7th August 2023 Subject: APP/Q0505/W/23/3323130 Queens’ College Appeal – Owlstone Croft To: <alison.bell@planninginspectorate.gov.uk> Dear Ms Bell, APP/Q0505/W/23/3323130 The Federation of Cambridge Residents Associations ( FeCRA) strongly objects to Queen’s College’s appeal re Owlstone Croft...

Update 12th June 2023

Dear all, Update 12th June 2023  Friends of the Cam invite you to celebrate the declaration of the Rights of the River Cam, Jesus Green (between lock and tennis courts). Declaration at 6pm, Celebration...

Update 13th May 2023

Dear all, Update, 13th May 2023  Congratulations to FeCRA Secretary Jean Glasberg on her election as Newnham Councillor for the Greens. With so much local knowledge Jean will be a great community rep. STOP...

Update 18th April 2023

Dear All, Update 17th April 2023   I hope that you have all had a happy Easter. Development plans for central Cambridge conservation areas  Pembroke College plans for Panton Street gardens and trees   https://www.change.org/p/stop-pembroke-college-causing-harm-to-conservation-area/u/31495308 https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/college-plan-will-turn-cambridge-street-into-stone-desert-9306567/  North...

Update 13th March 2023

Dear all, Update 13th March, 2023 Wins for Nature! Paradise Nature Reserve The proposal by Queens’ College to build adjacent to Paradise nature reserve was turned down by the planning committee with a vote...

Update 9th January 2023

Dear all, Update 9th January 2023 Happy New Year!   Wed 11th Jan, 10 am Guildhall Planning Committee Meeting, Crunch time for the wildlife of Paradise Nature Reserve Threat to Paradise Nature Reserve –...

Update 1st December 2022

Dear All, Update 1st Dec, 2022 Last chance to comment on the Barton Greenway and the Barton Road trees and verges The consultation on the Barton Greenway ends at midday 2nd December – please...

Update 17th November 2022

Dear All, Update 17th Nov 2022 Cambridge for Sale – Who’s Buying? AGM event  The AGM event generated a lot of interest, with 136 people signed up to attend. The discussion about investors and...