Fire service plans to increase council tax to keep pace with growing county
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I was (0ne) of only 3 Whittlesey Councillors who attended this important public briefing.
There was 21 ‘Consultee’ members/agency/regulators in attendance.
On this first event (another later today) 26 public attendees – including, those part of businesses at Saon Pit. Only a few questions but maybe more to come.
Read through the report(s) published earlier.
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In addition, Public Health is providing an update response into the latest planning application by Johnson’s who operate at Saxon Pit. We are recommending refusal.
This response will be made public tomorrow too via the CCC planning portal.
This response will be considered as part of the Planning Committee’s usual decision-making process and within that there will need to be determination of how much weight to put on the public health response.
Saxon Pit Risk Assessment Press Release - FINAL
Saxon Pit Public Health Report 13.01.26
I will be publishing the (2) reports @ 09:00 today.
From Cambs CC –
As many of you are aware from our briefing sessions last week with you, following concerns from residents about perceived health impacts from operations at Saxon Pit, Whittlesey, one of my Consultants in Public Health convened an incident management team to establish whether there are any potential harms to human health.
Partners from the public health system included Fenland District Council (Environmental Health), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
As regulators, the Environment Agency and Waste Planning Authority at Cambridgeshire County Council have provided data, information, and advice into the work.
The report from this work will now be released at 9am (Tuesday) morning.
I am sending you an advanced copy of the report and press statement.
Please keep this confidential until tomorrow morning.
We have held a media briefing today and have two briefing sessions on MS Teams at
11am – 12pm and 6pm – 7pm where members of the Whittlesey community have been invited.
We will be following this up with an information session for residents in Whittlesey in a couple of weeks.
Sally Cartwright.
Director of Public Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.
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I wonder ‘if’ our Police and Crime (Crumbs) Commissioner + MP’s have obtained any for our under-funded Cambs Police. (RG)
The Home Office has announced that police forces across England and Wales are set to receive a funding boost of up to £798 million in the next financial year.
This brings total funding up to £19.5 billion.
The majority of this funding is for local forces, with an additional £746 million allowing them to prioritise the crimes impacting their communities, including knife crime, anti-social behaviour and shop theft.
Additionally, funding for Counter Terrorism Policing will increase by at least £52 million. This will bring its total funding to up to more than £1.2 billion.
The Government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee has put named, contactable officers in every community, increased peak time patrols in town centres and placed anti-social behaviour leads in every force.
A final settlement providing more detail on grant allocations will be released early next year once the Government’s Police Reform White Paper has been published. This will set out reforms to bring policing into the modern age with the technology, innovation and structures forces need to fight crime and protect communities.
Ghosterman@NHW-Policing.
Dear Roy,
We’ve seen the theft of larger vehicles in Fenland in the last week – particularly trucks and 4x4s.
Here are five quick ways to protect your vehicle:
For full guidance and more practical tips, visit our website.
Kind regards,
Tim Goddard
Ghoster@e-cops.
Done part of this before, however this was done last year before even more delays and issues ongong…..Thanks RB….
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Whittlesey Community Movie Event Queen St Church Saturday 17th January
Doors open 18.30 for 19.00 start.
“ Erin Brockovich ”
When a single mother without employment becomes a legal assistant, she is determined to punish a powerful Californian energy corporation which has allegedly polluted a city’s water supply network.
No admission charges are made for these regular winter events with refreshments served during an interval. Donations are much appreciated to offset operating expenses.
Card transactions now available if preferred.
If you value “cinema” events in your Town and would like them to continue, please try to come along. Your smiling faces when attending encourage us to continue!
We really value your support!
Ghosting@U3AMovies.
Certainly an experience….Corner Suite 10210 Park Hyatt – 102nd Floor –
The Merdeka 118 (2nd highest building in the world)….
How about a bit of ‘window cleaning’….
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©JohnElworthy – Pictures ©TerryHarris.
Read the complete article – CambsNews – Click Here…
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Kings Dyke crossing opens on Monday – 50 years after campaign began,
Whittlesey, Peterborough Saturday 09 July 2022.
Picture by Terry Harris.
As usual grateful to Cllr Barry Wainwright for supplying information.
The deteriorating state of this building has been the subject of many discussions at Whittlesey Town Council and at Fenland District Council for a long time. Those discussions, at times, becoming somewhat acrimonious.
Despite several mis-steps along the way, it is satisfying to be able to note that there is – at last – significant progress being made, which I am happy to share here to all councillors that they may be aware of the current state of play if challenged.
I have been made aware that FDC have now issued two legal notices to several people and organisations who have an interest in the building.
The first of these is a Listed Building Enforcement Notice (LBEN) requiring the owner to make a list of six changes and improvements to the building to retore it to its listed condition. The second notice is a Planning Enforcement Notice (commonly known as a Section 215 Notice), listing eight improvements that need to be made.
Both of these notices have been served on a list of eleven people or organisations who may have a controlling interest in part or all of the building.
The notices are dated the 29th December 2025, and there is a period of grace to allow the recipients to appeal the notice before they become effective on the 1st February 2026.
From the effective date of 1st February, if the notice is uncontested, the improvement MUST be carried out within the specified timescale (three months for the majority fo improvements, six months for some of the more complex repairs) under penatly of further enforcement action and costs.
I can provide copies of the notices for anyone interested.
Best regards,
Councillor Barry Wainwright
Coates and Eastrea Ward.
Ghoster-BW-Sundays….
Roy, this is huge! Thanks to you — and over 60,000 others who took action — the government is being forced to confront the toxic sewage sludge scandal.
Just before Christmas, the Minister for Water, Emma Hardy, personally came outside the Defra offices to receive the petition.
She listened to your calls for action on toxic sludge, and confirmed the government is committed to addressing toxic sludge as part of its Environmental Improvement Plan.
Public pressure is working and it’s all thanks to people like you Roy, signing the petition. The petition is still open, so will you share it now and help build this campaign?
Click Here – Sign Petition
For years, toxic sludge has been spread across the UK – polluting rivers and contaminating the soil that grows our food – while water companies have been getting away with it.
Together we’ve forced the government to confront this scandal.
This campaign is moving because people like you are refusing to stay silent. And now we won’t stop until water companies are held to account and real change is delivered.
Every new signature sends a clear message:
The public will not accept toxic waste being dumped on land, threatening rivers, wildlife and human health.
Will you help build the pressure and make sure the government acts?
Thank you for standing up for our rivers and nature,
Sophie and Amy.
Greenpeace UK and River Action
Click Here….
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