Citizens Advice Bureau
Cambridge CAB exists to help those who live or work in Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire district.
Most enquiries can be answered without a face to face interview. If you decide to visit, you do not need an appointment to see an adviser, but please be prepared for what may be a lengthy wait in busy periods.
Phone lines are staffed from Monday to Friday, but advisers are often only available between 2.00 and 4.00 pm.
Main Bureau – 66 Devonshire Road, Cambridge, CB1 2BL.
Advice phone 0844 848 7979.
Drop in No appointment necessary.
Open Monday to Friday – 9.30 am to 1.00 pm.
Drop in No appointment necessary.
Open Monday – 1.00 to 3.00 pm.
Planning
Pre-application planning advice
South Cambridgeshire District Council welcomes and encourages discussions before a planning application is submitted. Such discussions can assist in better quality applications, which stand a better chance of a successful outcome.
There are considerable benefits in seeking advice before making an application:- It gives you the opportunity to understand how policies and guidance will be applied to your development.
- It can identify at an early stage where there is a need for specialist input, for example about urban design, listed buildings, trees, landscape, noise, transport, contaminated land, ecology or archaeology.
- It may lead to a reduction in time spent by your professional advisors in working up proposals, identifying potential problems and sorting them out before an application is submitted.
- It may indicate that a proposal is completely unacceptable, saving you the cost of pursuing a formal application.
- It will ensure that you provide all the necessary information and drawings to enable the application to be registered as valid.
In light of increased requests for advice, we formalised the procedures for requesting advice in October 2009 and introduced a scheme of charges to cover the costs of providing the advice.
The scheme has been revised and the new charging structure came into effect on 18th July 2011.
Planning service contacts
Phone 0345 045 5215
Contact Centre
Monday to Friday – 8.00 am to 8.00 pm.
Saturday – 9.00 am to 1.00 pm.
Offices
Monday to Friday – 8.30 am to 5.00 pm.
Email planning@scambs.gov.uk
Milton Country Park
Up to 3,000 people headed along to Milton Country Park for a weekend at the end of July for South Cambridgeshire District Council's (SCDC) event to mark the one year count down to the London 2012 Olympics.
Families enjoyed paddle boarding, water walking, canoeing and fishing on Todd's Pitt lake, tried a number of activities in the South Cambs School Sports Partnership area and in the challenge zone scaled the climbing walls, tried archery, jumped on the bouncy castle and negotiated the inflatable assault course.
In the arts arena organised by stART, children made their own musical instruments, masks and costumes from recycled cans, bottles and other household items.
There was a closing parade with the Cambourne Bloco, Park Arts stilt walkers and a number of schools and community groups.
In the Energise area, the smoothie bike was a real hit, with hundreds of people making delicious smoothies by peddling as fast as they could. Many took advantage of the free health checks and picked up information on activities they could do in and around the park to help keep them active.
A number of the Elite Athletes sponsored by SCDC were present on the day, advising visitors how to get into sports.
Contact Bar Hill Distrcit Councillors Bunty Waters and Roger Hall
Bunty Waters
Phone 01954 201421 / 07734 690580.
E-mail bunty.waters@ntlworld.com.
Roger Hall
Phone 01954 780304.
E-mail roger.hall90@ntlworld.com.
Your local District and County Councillors
Please go to these sites for the current list:
County Council – list of all councillors.
District Council – list of all councillors.