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Three free trees for villages See page 8

Cut your food waste See pages 20 and 21

Our 2020/21 priorities Cllr Bridget Smith, Fulbourn Parish See pages 32 and 33 Councillor Gill Ward and local schoolchildren plant a tree

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4 www.scambs.gov.uk Spring 2020 Spring 2020 www.scambs.gov.uk 5 Environment Zero carbon communities take action As the global climate crisis gets ever more real, local groups are stepping up their response and helping us cut carbon emissions.

We’re looking to fund more not-for-profit groups as we want your help to become a net-zero carbon district by 2050.

What does net-zero carbon mean? Cycling Greenhouse gases are released when fossil fuels – like petrol, diesel, gas and coal – are burned. Orchard Park’s Cambridge Carbon dioxide is one of these Cohousing will purchase a gases, and we’ve released so community electric cargo much into the atmosphere that trike that will be decorated in it’s changing the climate. This is climate change awareness causing increased floods, wildfires artwork and used to take and droughts across the world, and children to and from school. urgent action is needed to avoid Additionally, the parish councils things getting worse. in Teversham and Great Abington will purchase electric In South Cambridgeshire we’re bikes, while Waterbeach playing our part. We’re finding Village, Fen Ditton Parish ways to reduce carbon emissions, Council and Meldreth Station but we need to remove carbon will install new bike stands, that’s already in the atmosphere, Pupils from Melbourn Village College alongside a bicycle repair café with a new refill station too. Trees do this naturally, and by at Meldreth Station. reducing emissions as well as using trees to capture existing carbon, Papworth Trust plans to support we’re aiming for an overall ‘net-zero disabled people through carbon’ district by 2050. Reducing opportunities to gain experience plastic working in new bicycle repair workshops, and CycleStreets What are communities Ltd will build a digital platform doing to become net- Gamlingay Eco Community Group’s monthly pop-up shop to help cyclists create cycle zero carbon? will offer plastic free household routes in new developments. There are all kinds of steps we products. Pupils from Melbourn can take at a local level and Village College, partnering with we launched the Zero Carbon the parish council, will install Communities Grant in 2019 to six water refill stations in the Cleaner energy help with these. 19 local projects college. The school currently successfully bid for a share of sells nearly 5,000 bottles of £120,959 to run community of water each year, so the Ickleton Village Hall will projects promoting behavioural fountains will reduce single replace current lighting with change and reducing reliance on use plastics and, eventually, low energy equivalents, fossil fuels. enable a ban. reducing their carbon footprint as well as energy bills.

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Last call for Community Chest funding The deadline to apply for funding from our Food Education and Community Chest Grant production, awareness scheme is 31 March. distribution raising Voluntary and community groups and waste in South Cambridgeshire Cambridge Carbon Footprint’s Orwell Benefice’s Living Food are invited to apply to the Net Zero Now project will Community Chest Grant scheme Bank and Climate Café project establish conferences to will establish plots to grow for funding up to £1,000 to equip people to respond to support their activities. vegetables and introduce the climate crisis. Cambridge opportunities for food production Sustainable Food will run For the financial year ending in people’s own homes. Food Our Future, a campaign in March, the total fund was Lay Minister Wayne Talbot to raise awareness of links increased by £20,000 so many explains: “Our grounds between food production more groups could be in with are a neutral space for the and carbon emissions. And a chance of receiving funding community to grow food, so we Sustainable Cottenham’s Eco than in previous years. But time can take control of food security Eats campaign and festival will is running out before the 31 and become less reliant on encourage more sustainable March deadline. donations. It will also help us to and healthy ways of living. From improvements to reduce our carbon footprint with community buildings and food being produced locally. repairs to historic buildings, The idea of the Climate Café to purchasing equipment is to develop recipes to tackle Zero Carbon and covering start-up costs, food waste, and also to bring Communities – join us! the Community Chest Grant the community together, which We have set up our Zero scheme might provide that little is essential to addressing the Carbon Communities extra that your group needs. climate crisis.” programme to support local At the end of 2019, successful action and everyone is bids came from Duxford Lawn welcome. Watch this space Tennis Club, to buy new for details about our new net posts; Hauxton Village Tree planting quarterly e-newsletter. Hall, to install library shelves The first Zero Carbon in the new hall; Sawston Four projects look to restore Communities event will Church Institute, to purchase biodiversity and capture take place in March. new ceiling tiles; Hinxton carbon through planting trees 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Parish Council, to replace a and hedges. The HITrees Saturday 7 March playground train; Oakington Action Group will plant Vikings Football Club, for a 0.8 hectares of woodland South Cambs Hall, Cambourne new line marking machine; and to replace what was lost Active New Communities, for through the A14 expansion. a pool of sports equipment for Cambourne Town Council, For more information Northstowe residents. and the parish councils about the Zero Carbon For more information: in Whittlesford and Great Communities programme: Wilbraham, have also pledged www.scambs.gov.uk/ to plant trees and hedges. [email protected] communitychest

Spring 2020 www.scambs.gov.uk 7 Environment Three free trees to encourage more planting in villages Since the start of the year, we’ve been offering all 103 parishes across South Cambridgeshire three free trees. This is because we’re eager to encourage more tree planting across the district and beyond, with Cambridgeshire one of the least wooded counties in the country.

We have already declared a Our Leader Cllr Bridget Smith said: Parish councils have until 14 March climate emergency and, back to apply for their Three Free Trees in November 2018, pledged voucher and trees must be planted to work towards making the “The idea is to show that by 31 March. Visit www.scambs. district zero carbon by 2050. when you join lots of small gov.uk/three-free-trees to apply. We have also committed to the positive changes together, they aim of doubling nature. contribute to something much We all know that trees remove larger. I am hopeful that this carbon dioxide from the modest project will be a trigger atmosphere, but did you know this for much more extensive tree is one of the biggest and cheapest planting by parish councils, ways of tackling the climate crisis? businesses, farmers and Trees have many other benefits residents throughout our too. They reduce the risk of district, which has far fewer flooding, provide shade for wildlife, trees than most areas in the reduce soil erosion and help to cool country. It would be great if down towns and cities. people were inspired to plant Cllr Bridget Smith and one of Our Three Free Trees scheme saw more. I certainly intend to.” our members for Fen Ditton and Fulbourn Ward Cllr Claire Daunton us invite all our villages to apply for a voucher to exchange for three trees at a local garden centre. To ensure the trees are given the best chance of survival, the voucher also pays for stakes, ties and protection guards. The launch of the scheme was marked by the planting of a young tree at Fulbourn Recreation Ground on Tuesday 7 January. Representatives from the village’s parish council joined local schoolchildren to plant the Cllr Bridget Smith, Fulbourn Parish Councillor Gill Ward and local tree. The take up of this initiative schoolchildren plant a tree has proven very popular with around two thirds of all South We’ve recently rejuvenated our Tree Warden Network to help parishes Cambridgeshire parish or town manage their treescape. Although still in the early stages, it has identified a councils claiming their voucher real interest and need for education in tree planting. If you would like to find by mid-February. out more about how you can get involved with parish tree projects, please visit www.scambs.gov.uk/treewardens or contact your parish council.

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Did you know that we can lend bins of material saved from your community group or parish landfill! We’d like to support more council litter-picking equipment, communities to recycle on their as well as providing sacks litter-picks. The Great British Spring (including separate clear sacks Clean, also run by Keep Britain for recyclables) and arranging Tidy, runs from 20 March to 13 collection? April. It aims to create cleaner streets and protect wildlife. Visit We already support a number of for parish councils and villages in this www.keepbritaintidy.org further details. way, helping to keep the streets tidier. If your group or parish or town council would like to arrange a In 2019, almost 40 per cent of community clear up, visit litter collected during the Great www.

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What are we currently monitoring? We have a network of air quality monitors, which includes: • Three Automatic Monitoring Stations, which monitor levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matters (PM10 and PM2.5), which are the main pollutants associated with traffic Our monitoring station at the Girton intersection of Huntingdon Road that could affect human health. The three monitors are currently located at: Do we need to make Air Quality Management changes to monitor Area - Orchard Park Primary School air quality near new Some of our monitoring network - the Girton intersection on developments? is located within our Air Quality Huntingdon Road Management Area. These areas are Our district currently has low levels established when pollution levels - the A14 westbound by of air pollution. rise above national thresholds. Impington roundabout With significant growth planned in the South Cambridgeshire’s Air Quality coming decades, we want to monitor • and 27 Diffusion Tubes, which Management Area around the A14 what impact this has on air quality. monitor nitrogen dioxide (NO2). was first declared in 2008 – but we A lot of the growth will be residential These are located near the A14 have now been advised by DEFRA and, individually, the impact of these and other villages. it is no longer needed because we residential developments is unlikely haven’t recorded levels of nitrogen to be substantial. dioxide or particulate matters above However, the cumulative impact the national thresholds for five of multiple developments is more years. However, we will be looking likely to influence our air quality – at how we effectively monitor this so we want to monitor this. area as part of our full review. Where should we monitor? Get involved with air In order to have a better quality monitoring understanding of the likely Find out more about our air pollution levels, and to upgrade quality reports and services: our monitoring network to full www.scambs.gov.uk/air-quality effect, we will undertake surveys Let us know about any concerns and computer-based air pollution in your area: modelling near major developments [email protected] by the autumn.

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In November, in collaboration with in April. The homes at this site will construction partner Enterprise, have the benefit of air-source heat Are you one of we completed nine new homes pumps and high levels of insulation. our Council house at Gibson Close in Waterbeach. These 43 homes delivered across They were all earmarked for our villages are supporting our tenants? Do you local residents, with six classed objective to double the number have questions as affordable rent and three as of Council houses we build about your tenancy? shared ownership. annually. This year will see These were closely followed by 13 further new homes delivered in Would you like to new homes at High Street, Balsham, Hardwick, Foxton, Teversham and know more about delivered in partnership housbuilder West Wickham, as well as work what we do and how Hill. These nine affordable rent progressing on our large sites in apartments and four shared Toft, Sawston and Northstowe. you can contact us? ownership houses boast high levels We have launched a new Our Lead Cabinet Member for of insulation and solar panels. Facebook page called Housing, Cllr Hazel Smith, said: @InSouthCambs especially for Also before the end of 2019, we our tenants. We answer residents’ completed a further three shared most common questions, and point ownership homes in Highfields, “We’ve got some real traction in our house building programme, you to where you can get help and Caldecote in partnership with support as well as other information and each one completed is housebuilder Wheatley. These that tenants and their families another home for local people. homes provide an affordable might find useful. Please join us option for residents looking to buy The quality of these new homes on Facebook! a property. Our shared ownership is excellent and each one is policy means that homeowners somewhere that I would be You can also email resident. pay a mortgage on part of their proud to live.” [email protected] home and rent on the remaining portion. We use the rental income generated to reinvest in building How does What can I my rent do about more affordable housing. get spent? anti-social Early 2020 has seen the delivery behaviour? I’m having of yet more much-needed new problems housing, with the completion of the paying my first tranche of homes delivered rent, can you help? with Hill at Linton Road, Great Abington. These four affordable rent and four shared ownership properties will be followed by a New Council homes at further nine rented and one shared Gibson Close, Waterbeach ownership homes to be completed

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Cambs HIA is a shared council improve security or safety such service that operates on behalf as fire doors. If a property falls of us, Cambridge City and below a certain standard, owners Huntingdonshire District councils. can access up to £20,000 for help The service helps disabled adults repairing the most serious defects. and children, as well as those with If you think you would benefit from difficulties getting around the home, help to improve your home get in to access grants to make them touch with Cambs HIA on 01954 feel safer at home. The service 713 330 or 713 347. The agency works closely with Occupational can help you apply for the grant, Therapists to complete adaptations choose reputable contractors and such as stairlifts, ramps, level oversee the work on your behalf. access showers and door widening The agency will also help those not to enable people to remain living entitled to a grant who need to pay independently at home. Recently completed refurbishment for the work but can’t manage it for work in a kitchen Cambs HIA Manager, Frances themselves. Swann, said: Often, people think they won’t be Search Cambs HIA on Facebook eligible for a grant because they visit www.cambshia.org or email “Many people think that these work, own their own home or [email protected] for more types of grants are just available receive a pension, but that isn’t the information. for council tenants or to those case. People can always contact receiving benefits – this isn’t Cambs HIA to find out what they true. The council housing teams are entitled to. have their own budgets to pay for One example of a household work in council owned homes so Cambs HIA have helped is a the funding that we receive from retired couple who own their Government is solely for use in own home and have savings. private rented, housing association Another is a woman who lives in and owner occupied homes.” a housing association property with a reasonable pension. Both households received Disabled Facilities Grants. Cambs HIA also helps owner occupiers receiving benefits and on low incomes to complete major repairs to their homes. They can help with replacement boilers, roofing repairs, insulation Cambs HIA can help create level Cambs HIA can carry out work to access showers make it easier to get around a home and damp work and repairs that

Spring 2020 www.scambs.gov.uk 17 Housing Shire Homes Our private sector leasing scheme, Shire Homes, is now working to provide housing that is affordable for single people who are at risk of homelessness.

Shire Homes is taking on and At Shire Homes, we are always They provide landlords with a managing properties to use as looking to work with private guaranteed rent every month, as Houses in Multiple Occupation landlords who have a property to well as a full management service (HMO). This is a longer term rent out. The scheme provides and a lease for up to three years. solution for people who have found homeowners with a hassle-free Contact shire.homes@scambs. themselves in danger of losing way to let out properties, whilst gov.uk for more information or visit their home. allowing the team to provide www.scambs.gov.uk/shirehomes At present, one-bedroom housing to those who need it most. self-contained private rented accommodation is unaffordable for single people on low income, so we hope to provide longer-term help for those who have foundthemselves at risk of becoming homeless. The first HMO on the scheme is a 3-bed bungalow in Bassingbourn. This was ready just before Christmas and one of the tenants moved in on Christmas Eve. Our Single Person Housing Advice and Accommodation Officer, Emma-Clare Togher

Homes for refugee families Five refugee families who have fled war-torn countries have been given homes in South Cambridgeshire.

At a Cabinet meeting in April last in place to help them to integrate and “We selected the homes we used year, councillors said we would thrive in their new surroundings. for these families carefully to offer to house up to five families This support is ongoing. ensure they were appropriate and that the impact on other people on who required urgent medical Cllr Hazel Smith, Lead Cabinet our waiting lists would be minimal.” treatment or were survivors Member for Housing, said: “While of violence and torture forced South Cambridgeshire has to be from their homes in Syria, Iran one of the best places to live in the or Sudan. country, the conditions in Syria must We gave the assistance through be some of the worst in the world. the Syrian Vulnerable Persons “Families that are running from Resettlement Scheme and The this and other war-torn countries Resettlement of Vulnerable have been through horrendous Children Scheme. experiences and I’m incredibly We worked with the resettlement pleased that we’ve helped these team at Cambridge City Council to very deserving families to start ensure families had practical support new lives here.

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BRACKENBURY MANOR, HISTON This delightful development is situated close to the Village Centre of Histon. Built to a high standard by Bovis Homes Ltd in 2007, it comprises of 46 one and two bedroom lifestyle apartments. It is surrounded by landscaped gardens and has ample car parking. The owners enjoy an active social calendar. The Manager who is on duty between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday, welcomes visitors to view the development.

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DARWIN MANOR, CAMBOURNE Ideally positioned in the Centre of Cambourne, with excellent access to all shops and local amenities, including the Health Centre and Library. Darwin Manor has 32 one and two bedroom apartments surrounded by gardens and gated car parking. The Managers are available Monday to Friday between 9am and 1pm and would be pleased to show visitors the spacious owners’ lounge, guest suite, grounds and available apartments.

Please contact Suzanne Lane or Elaine Russell on 01954 710 020 for further information.

CAVENDISH COURT, CAMBOURNE This full service development benefits from a central location in Cambourne. It was built to a high quality by Bovis Homes Ltd in 2003 and comprises of a mixture of 48 one and two bedroom apartments. It is staffed 24 hours 7 days a week and owners enjoy a range of services including a restaurant, owners’ lounge, hobbies room, guest suite, lovely gardens and gated parking. The Management Team welcome viewings.

Please contact Chris Morris or a Duty Manager on 01954 714 406 for further information. Management Company: Kingsdale Group Limited Telephone: 01275 817 111 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.kingsdale.co.uk

Brackenbury Manor FP A4.indd 1 15/02/2017 13:56 Recycling and waste When it comes to food, are we spoiled rotten? As a nation we waste more than we think.

We shop without checking what we’ve already got at home. We Unite in the food Love your food boil too much rice, because who waste fight Whether you’re doing the food knows how much to cook? shop or ordering a meal at a There are lots of small habits that restaurant, every decision is an We leave salad to wilt in the bag, we all need to change to achieve opportunity to save food from the chuck out half a loaf of bread and these goals – but they all add up to bin – and there’s loads of help end up with cartons of out-of-date make a big difference. The average to get you started. milk because we bought a spare, UK family of four could save up to just in case. When it comes to food £70 a month by simply eating all of Go to www.lovefoodhatewaste.com, we are spoilt for choice. But we can the food they buy. follow @LoveFoodHateWaste all avoid being spoiled rotten. Community on Facebook or It’s not just our wallets that could on Twitter, and check Together, we can stop food being @LFHW_UK benefit. Lots of energy and water out the #SpoiledRotten campaign. wasted by making some small and is used to grow and transport the Don’t forget to share your tips to simple changes that will benefit us food we buy, so this all goes to avoid food waste as well. and our planet. There are three main waste when we throw it away. If ways that we can stop wasting food: global food waste were a country, it would be the third largest emitter of 1. Store food properly. greenhouse gases after China and Keep your fridge below 5°C, the USA. By using up every edible check the best place to store bit of your food, you’re doing your produce, and freeze food bit to look after the environment; before it goes off imagine what we could achieve if we all make a change! 2. Buy what you need. Plan meals, make a shopping list, measure portions 3. Eat what you buy. Make a plan for the fresh food you have, use up leftovers and freeze what you can’t eat in time

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“Throwing food out is a real waste of money and bad for the environment.” Cllr Bill Handley

The composting facility at the between 8am and 4pm Monday Recycling your waste management park makes to Friday and 8am to 1pm on food waste 23,000 tonnes of compost from Saturdays. You need to take along Cambridgeshire households’ food your own shovel and bags, and it’s Did you know that the food waste and garden waste every year. It worth calling ahead to check that you put in your green bin is costs £220,000 per year to remove supplies aren’t running low composted along with garden waste incorrect items that have been on 01223 861 010. to make soil conditioner for local wrongly put into the green bins, farms and gardens? But for that to Our Lead Cabinet Member for and dispose of them correctly. happen it’s important to get it right. Environmental Services, Cllr Bill Handley (pictured), said: 1. Use a kitchen caddy to separate food waste, and line it with Why are bio-plastic / corn- newspaper, paper caddy liners, starch / compostable plastic “Throwing food out is a real or just put food in loose. Do not bags not accepted? waste of money and bad for the use bio-plastic bags There are many different kinds of environment. If we all tried that these bags, and they do not break little bit harder to make sure we down quickly enough for the fast only buy what we need, and to eat composting process that we use. what we buy, we could make a real We are working with our processor difference. to test bags and see if any could be If there are still times when used in future, but for now please do you’ve got food not use them, as your bin may not leftovers that you 2. You can include tissues and be emptied if you do. can’t use, please kitchen paper along with all make sure it is cooked and uncooked food You can benefit from the compost going into waste, including meat, bones made from your food and garden your green bin. and dairy waste - you can collect some to use At least that way in your garen for free. 3. Regularly empty your caddy into it is turned into your green wheelie bin and put it The soil improver is available from compost and won’t end out for collection on your normal the Amey Waste Management Park, up being buried in landfill.” recycling day Ely Road, Waterbeach, CB25 9PQ

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MONDAY A - March April May June Balsham, Carlton, Cherry Hinton, Fulbourn, Great 2 16 30 15 27 12 26 8 Wilbraham, Horseheath, Little Wilbraham, Six 9 23 6 21 4 18 1 15 Mile Bottom, Stow-cum-Quy, Teversham, West 2 16 30 15 Tue 27 12 26 8 Wickham, West Wratting, Weston Colville Wed Tue Tue March April May June MONDAY B - 10 Babraham, Bartlow, Castle Camps, Great 9 23 6 21 4 18 1 15 2 16 30 15 27 12 26 8 Abington, Hildersham, Linton, Little Abington, 21 9 23 6 Wed 4 Tue 18 Tue 1 15 Pampisford, Sawston, Shudy Camps, Whittlesford Tue

TUESDAY A - 10March April May June Duxford, Fowlmere, Great Chishill, Great Shelford, 3 17 31 16 28 13 27 9 Harston, Hauxton, Heydon, Hinxton, Ickleton, 10 24 7 22 5 19 2 16 28 27 Little Chishill, Little Shelford, Newton, South 3 17 31 16 Wed 13 9 Trumpington, Stapleford, Thriplow & Heathfield Thu Wed Wed March April May June TUESDAY B - 2 1110 Barrington, Foxton, Melbourn, Meldreth, Shepreth 10 24 7 22 5 19 2 16 3 17 31 16 28 13 27 9 10 24 7 Thu 22 5 Wed 19 Wed 2 16 Wed WEDNESDAY A - March April May June Abington Pigotts, Barton, Bassingbourn, Grantchester, 4 18 1 17 29 14 28 10 Guilden Morden, Harlton, Haslingfield, Litlington, 11 25 8 23 6 20 3 17 17 29 28 Orwell, Shingay-Cum-Wendy, Steeple Morden, 4 18 1 Thu 14 10 Whaddon, Wimpole Fri Thu Thu WEDNESDAY B - March April May June Arrington, Caldecote, Comberton, Coton, Croydon, 11 25 8 23 6 20 3 17 Gamlingay, Great Eversden, Hardwick, Hatley, 4 18 1 17 29 14 28 10 25 23 6 20 3 17 Kingston, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, 11 8 Fri Thu Thu Longstowe, Madingley, Tadlow, Toft Thu

THURSDAY A - March April May June Bourn, Boxworth, Cambourne, Caxton, Childerley, 5 19 2 18 30 15 29 11 Conington, Croxton, Elsworth, Eltisley, Graveley, 12 26 9 24 7 21 4 18 18 30 29 Knapwell, Papworth Everard, Papworth St Agnes 5 19 2 Fri 15 11 Sat Fri Fri THURSDAY B - March April May June Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, Fen Drayton, Girton, 12 26 9 24 7 21 4 18 Lolworth, Longstanton, Northstowe, Oakington, 5 19 2 18 30 15 29 11 26 24 7 21 4 18 Over, Swavesey, Westwick 12 9 Sat Fri Fri Fri FRIDAY A - March April May June Cottenham, Histon, Impington, Landbeach, 6 20 3 20 1 16 30 12 Orchard Park, Rampton, Willingham 13 27 14 25 11 22 5 19 20 12 6 20 3 Tue Sat 1 Mon 16 30 Mon Sat Sat FRIDAY B - March April May June Chesterton Fen, Chittering, Fen Ditton, 13 27 14 25 11 22 5 19 6 20 3 20 1 16 30 12 Horningsea, Milton, Waterbeach 27 25 11 22 5 19 13 14 Mon Sat Sat Tue Sat Mon 24 www.scambs.gov.uk Spring 2020 Recycling and waste

What goes in your blue bin? Yes No

Black bin bags or rubbish Clean Empty Don’t bag it Recycle Nappies, tissues, kitchen paper, wipes & sanitary waste Polystyrene Glasses, flat glass or glass dishes Mirrors, Pyrex, plates/ Cardboard Paper & Tins, cans & foil Aerosol cans crockery magazines The following can be recycled elsewhere – check our website. Clothing and textiles Food, liquid or garden waste Wood, plasterboard & DIY waste Glass bottles Cartons Plastic pots, tubs, Plastic bottles Shredded paper & jars trays & bags (in envelope or clear sack) Furniture or electricals Scrap metal e.g. pans Hard plastics e.g. bucket Occasional extra recycling One clear sack and/or a bundle of cardboard that would fit in an empty blue bin Crisp packets can be left next to your bin for collection, providing the crew has sufficient space on the round. Or order an additional blue bin for free via our website.

What goes in your green bin? Yes No

Plastic & plastic bags Compostables Compostable bags e.g. Biobags Nappies, wipes and sanitary waste Soil or stones Painted or treated wood Cooked/uncooked Untreated Garden waste Used paper food waste (including wood and tissues and Cat or dog waste meat, fish and dairy) sawdust kitchen paper Plant pots and seedling trays

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Please try to reduce other rubbish that Rubble/bricks Reduce cannot be recycled or composted Soil Very heavy items General rubbish including nappies, wipes, sanitary waste, Electrical items polystyrene, broken crockery or glassware Batteries (wrapped) Take these items to Household Recycling Centres at Milton or Thriplow.

Not sure if it can be recycled? Check the ‘What goes in which bin?’ page on our website, via www.scambs.gov.uk/bins for hundreds more items Recycling and waste A sweeping success We recently overhauled the organisation Zone of our street sweeping programme as 1 Chesteron Fen Milton Cottenham Oakington/Westwick part of our efforts to keep local Fen Drayton Orchard Park Girton Over Histon Rampton streets cleaner. Horningsea Swavesey Impington Waterbeach Landbeach Willingham Longstanton We have introduced zonal Our Lead Cabinet Member for Next in this zone from 16 to 29 March working, so residents can easily Environmental Services, Cllr Bill see when we are due to be Handley, said: Zone working in the zone they live 2 Babraham Linton in, and the days each week that Balsham Lt. Abington “We think residents will notice a Bartlow Lt. Wilbraham the litter bins in their village Carlton Shudy Camps are emptied. real difference in how clean and Castle Camps Six Mile Bottom tidy their streets are with this new Fen Ditton Stow cum Quy We are still able to act responsively arrangement. However we can Fulbourn Teversham to deal with issues outside the Gt. Wilbraham West Wickham all do our bit to help by taking Hildersham West Wratting schedule, but it is much easier for our litter home and recycling or Horseheath Weston Colville our staff to monitor what needs to disposing of it responsibly.” Next in this zone from 30 March to 12 April be done, and act on reports from residents about hotspot areas in Zone an efficient manner. You can find If you want to report an Duxford Lt & Gt. Chishill 3 Fowlmere Lt. Shelford out your zone and street sweeping overflowing bin, or request a Foxton Melbourn schedule at www.scambs.gov.uk/ new litter or dog waste bin, email Gt. Abington Newton street-sweeping [email protected] or Gt. Shelford Pampisford call 03450 450 063. Harston Sawston Hauxton Stapleford Heydon Thriplow Hinxton Whittlesford Ickleton Next in this zone from 13 to 26 April

Zone Abington Pigotts Litlington 4 Arrington Longstowe ZONE 1 Barrington Lt. Gransden Bassingbourn Meldreth Croydon Orwell Gamlingay Shepreth Grantchester Shingay-cum-Wendy Guilden Morden Steeple Morden ZONE 5 Harlton Tadlow Haslingfield Whaddon Hatley Wimpole Next in this zone from 27 April to 10 May ZONE 2 Zone Bar Hill Elsworth 5 Barton Eltisley ZONE 4 ZONE 3 Bourn Graveley Boxworth Gt. Eversden Caldecote Hardwick Cambourne Kingston Caxton Knapwell Childerley Lolworth Comberton Lt. Eversden Conington Madingley Coton Papworth Everard Croxton Papworth St. Agnes Dry Drayton Toft Next in this zone from 11 to 24 May

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28 www.scambs.gov.uk Spring 2020 By supporting Emmaus Cambridge you are helping people to change their lives

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Easter sports camps Athletics • Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 Fun and fitness for children April, 10am to 3.30pm during the school holidays Wilberforce Road Athletics Track For children in Year 2 to Year 9 of all Learning and competing in events abilities, our holiday camps are run by including throwing, sprinting, jumping qualified coaches at training grounds and endurance, all on the University fit for elite athletes. of Cambridge’s athletics track. Register now for a place on our Netball Dates for the diary Easter holiday camps. • Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 • May half term • £25 per child per day or £21 per Tuesday 26 May: Athletics child per day if attending more April, 10am to 3.30pm Wednesday 27 May: Netball than one day, or siblings attend Impington Village College Sports Centre Learn and practise netball skills in fun • Summer Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 coaching sessions and be part of a July: Athletics For further information email team during friendly matches. Wednesday 29 and Thursday [email protected] 30 July: Netball or call 01954 713 070. • October half term Tuesday 27 October: Athletics Wednesday 28 October: Netball

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Winter 2019 www.scambs.gov.uk 31 Resident updates Delivering on your priorities We set out an ambitious five year Business Plan this time last year to make sure we were focussing on the things you have told us matter most.

We are now one year into the What’s ticked off? And what’s next? plan and have done a review. Some of the Business Plan actions The updated plan to 2025 is now This is to make sure we are on we have achieved over the last 12 available on our website track. We’ve also set further months include: www.scambs.gov.uk/businessplan goals for the next 12 months. Completed 43 new Council Some of the key things we will be The four key areas we are houses. We remain on track to doing include: focussing on in our Business Plan double the number of homes are unchanged. These are: • Creating a business team to help we will build each year by 2024 firms navigate the Council and Invested over £1.5 million in our provide support not available Housing Council houses to make them elsewhere so they can grow and that is truly more energy efficient create jobs affordable for Supported around 1,000 people • Working with local people on everyone to on benefits who moved to where and how new homes and live in Universal Credit communities will be built to meet our needs Provided a home for five refugee families – see page 18 • Reducing emissions by trialling Being green for more details on this electric bin lorries, making to our core our offices more efficient and Awarded around £300,000 supporting zero carbon projects of funding to help local with £100,000 of grants communities – including A modern launching our new Zero Carbon • Making it easier for customers to and caring Communities Grant scheme, access and complete tasks online Council which you can read about on • Setting up at least three new pages 6 and 7 mobile warden schemes to help Growing Ran an anti fly-tipping people live safely and happily in local businesses campaign that reached over their homes for longer and economies 40,000 people Improved the way we plan our Invest to balance the books street sweeping and introduced a system so residents know Like most public sector when we will be coming to their organisations, the amount of The biggest change has been to funding we receive, with which to tidy it up so it is now easier for area – see page 26 for further information run services, has fallen over people to see at a glance what we recent years. will be doing, and by when. Given outline planning Rather than cut services, we are We provide dozens of services permission for the first phase of a new town north investing to try and bridge the gap and key everyday tasks, such as by generating our own income. collecting your bins, which are not of Waterbeach specifically mentioned in the plan. Created a new planning These are a given and we monitor document that encourages how well we are doing those things development to be more as a matter of course. environmentally friendly

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“We made a bold pledge to generate 25% of our income through investments by 2024 and it is excellent news we are well ahead of schedule to do that.” - Cllr John Williams

Facts and stats

£20 million £250,000 25% The money we have to Is expected to be saved How much of our budget deliver services in 2020/21 in 2020/21 from a senior we will generate from management review investments by 2024 £10 million £150.31 £3.5 million Around half our budget comes The amount of Council Tax The amount of income from the Council Tax you pay we charge per year for an we expect to generate (The rest is from our investments and average band D home in 2020/21 money we receive from Government) (The rest of your bill is made up of (We’re ahead of schedule on reaching charges for Cambridgeshire County our 25% target) Council, Police, Fire and in most cases your parish or town council)

Cllr John Williams, Lead Cabinet through investments by 2024 and Member for Finance, said: it is excellent news we are well “Investing to generate income we ahead of schedule to do that. can spend on providing services “Although we are on sound financial is key to making sure we can footing, the challenge ahead is balance the books. In the past we vast as we expect money to be had enough money to provide the reallocated away from district services people need, but that councils to authorities such as simply isn’t the case anymore. county councils, which deal with “Our investments include our budget pressures of adult social property company Ermine Street care. Without small rises in Council Housing, two offices on the Tax now we will store up a big Cambridge Science Park, the Ice problem in the future and that is why Rink on the edge of Cambridge, the £5 per year, or around 10 pence and Colmworth Trading Estate in per week increase for the average Cllr John Williams St Neots. We made a bold pledge band D home has been agreed from to generate 25% of our income April 2020.”

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Resident updates Go paddle at Milton Country Park Save the date for family fun day on the lake.

On Sunday 24 May Cambridge this year. It allows people to try the Sport Lakes Trust is hosting a various water sports on offer for half water sports taster day on the the price of a regular session, to lake at Milton Country Park. encourage them find new ways to be active and healthy outdoors. The Go Paddle event offers a chance for everyone to try their Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust, hand at paddle boarding, paddle the charity that manages Milton board yoga, kayaking or canoeing. Country Park, is committed to The taster sessions last 45 minutes creating opportunities for everyone To book these activities in advance with prices ranging from £7.50 (on to access outdoor sport and visit www.miltoncountrypark.org/ paddle board and kayak) to £10 (per activities. The park’s popular water gopaddle canoe or paddle board yoga). sports programme runs from April Sessions book quickly and are to September and includes paddle The event ties in with the British likely to sell out in advance. Please boarding, kayaking, canoeing, open Canoeing Go Paddling Week as check the website nearer the time water swimming, fishing and paddle part of their GoGo Tokyo initiative to see if places are available to club sessions. ahead of the summer Olympics book on the day.

Elections in May On Thursday 7 May we will go to the polls again, to vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire.

The Police and Crime Supplementary Vote system Registering to vote Commissioner oversees the The election for the new Police and The deadline to register to vote in police force and helps to set Crime Commissioner takes place this election is Tuesday 21 April: priorities and budgets, and holds across Cambridgeshire on 7 May, www.gov.uk/register-to-vote the chief constable to account using the Supplementary Vote More information or to apply to for the force’s performance. system. This voting system allows vote by post or proxy: Police and Crime Commissioners residents to indicate their first and www.scambs.gov.uk/elections are elected for four years. second choice candidates on the ballot paper. Who can stand as a The votes for first choice candidates candidate? are counted; if a candidate has over Please contact the Police 50 per cent, they are elected. If Area Returning Officer at East no candidate has over 50 per cent Cambridgeshire District Council the top two continue to the next for advice and support on the round, where the second choice nomination process. vote of everyone whose first choice candidate has been eliminated is added to their second choice candidate’s total. The candidate who now has the most votes is declared the winner.

Spring 2020 www.scambs.gov.uk 35 Resident updates Council Tax bills – your questions answered At this time of year, we send around 88,000 documents advising residents of their new Rent, Council Tax, Benefits and Business Rates amounts, so our phone lines are always really busy.

The documents contain most of the information you will need, but further information is available online should you need it. 1 1/4/2020 If you do need to contact us 1 about your bill, please have 2 your account number to hand This is the address of the 2 property the bill relates to, and can be different from the postal address if you own more than one home Your bill will show the amount 3 we collect on behalf of several 3 authorities. Our part of the bill is a small proportion

Direct Debit payers do not 1/4/2020 to 31/3/2021 4 need to do anything as the payments will continue to be collected Your bill will include a 5 breakdown of your instalments throughout the year

To find out how to appeal your Council Tax banding, contact the 4 Valuation Office Agency: www.gov.uk/council-tax-bands 5 How to pay Full details of how to pay are shown on the back of your bill. If you wish to sign up to pay by Direct Debit, you can do so online. All this and more can be found online: www.scambs.gov.uk/council-tax

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36 www.scambs.gov.uk Spring 2020 Resident updates What you need to know about Universal Credit Universal Credit helps people of working age with living costs, for instance those who are on a low income or who are out of work entirely.

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The £14 million package of The current works include new ‘quick wins’ to improve road traffic lights at the Linton High safety, walking, cycling, horse Street / A1307 junction which are riding and bus journeys along being installed to improve road BOOK & LYRICS BASED ON THE the A1307 was approved by the safety and traffic flow. DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE DREAMWORKS MOTION Greater Cambridge Partnership In the spring, the GCP will install PICTURE & THE BOOK BY (GCP) Executive Board in July MUSIC WILLIAM STEIG a signal-controlled crossing for JEANINE TESORI 2018 as part of the Cambridge cyclists, pedestrians and horse South East Transport project. riders at the Babraham Research We’re a member of the GCP and Campus roundabout to make it our Deputy Leader, Cllr Aidan Van safer to cross the busy A1307. de Weyer, is the current Chair of Babraham High Street will see the Executive Board. works to improve road safety at this junction combined with a new bus Future works along the A1307 The next phase of the scheme lane on the approach to the A11. include a new roundabout and plans to create a transformational local travel hub at Bartlow Road off-road public transport route Later this year further construction in Linton, safety improvements at from the A11 to the Cambridge will create a dedicated right-turn the Dean Road crossroads, and Biomedical Campus, via Sawston lane from the A1307 Babraham improvements to the cycleway and Shelford, as well as better Road into Granham’s Road and along the A1307 between routes for walking and cycling. The a traffic-signal controlled crossing Cambridge and Babraham as part scheme will also include a new for pedestrians, cyclists and of the Linton Greenway. travel hub where people can park horse riders at the Hildersham their cars or bikes and switch to crossroads. Last year, the GCP improved road public transport. safety at the Dalehead Foods’ junction near Linton, created a bus lane along the A1307 towards Linton, and provided additional cycle parking at Babraham Road Park & Ride. The project is part of the GCP’s vision to create better and greener transport networks, TICKETS connecting people to homes, jobs, FROM study and opportunity. £12.50 The findings of the recent public consultation on the route options for phase two of the scheme are being published on the project’s web page at www.greatercambridge. WED 8 - SAT 18 org.uk/CambridgeSouthEast JULY 2020 before a recommended route is put before the GCP’s Executive Board Free online booking for a decision in the summer. at ctc.show/shrek The Fen Causeway, Cambridge CB2 7AD Spring 2020 www.scambs.gov.uk 39 Tim Phillips SCDC ad.qxp_Tim Phillips SCDC ad 10/02/2017 16:22 Page 1

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Transport East West Rail route update The Government has announced the preferred route for East West Rail linking Cambridge and Oxford.

The route chosen will include Leader of the Council, Cllr Bridget Cambourne. We were told that one a new station at Cambourne in Smith, said: “I have asked East of the key factors in determining our district. Alternative routes West Railway Company to work the route was the environmental in the area that have not been very closely with local councillors opportunities that this option selected would have gone via and officers, and to fully engage offers. Any project of this size has Bassingbourn. with all of our affected villages from an impact, but overall it will offer the outset. This is vital so they huge scope for environmental The exact route is not yet known as know exactly what is going on and enhancements, much of which will it has only been narrowed down to have every opportunity to input be in South Cambridgeshire. a zone at this stage (see map). their views into the whole process.” “The decision on whether this will The next step for the East West Deputy Leader and Lead Cabinet be an electrified line has not yet Railway Company is to carry out Member for Strategic Planning, been made but we are told that it a consultation to decide the exact Cllr Aidan Van de Weyer, said: “We will be a net-zero carbon railway details of where the track will are pleased and relieved that an which is exactly what we would be laid. We have been told this announcement has finally been want as we move towards being a consultation will take place within Potential EWR madePref eronred theroute orouteption ar eofa East WestPot ential EWR zerostation carbon district by 2050.” Existing train line the next 12 months. The railway station area Rail. We are also supportive of the line being up and running is still For more information about Potential new Network decisionExisting ttorain runstation the new railwayPo tential new Guided busway many years away. East West Rail visitRail s tation area Network Rail station

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A1198 Clapham 1 B1046 1 42 Trumpington A1 A Great Renhold Eversdon Great Barford Gamlingay Haslingﬁeld Hauxton Shelford Bedford (modiﬁed) Wimpole Blunham Harston Great A 13 3 Shelford 0 60 7 A603 Sandy A Bedford St Johns Potton Orwell Foxton Wrestlingworth Shepreth Kempston Hardwick Whittlesford Parkway Cotton End

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Towards Luton Airport & London Towards Hitchin & London Towards Hitchin & London Towards Stansted Airport & London , Transport Spring opening for Britain’s biggest road project The A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme is set to open to drivers more than half a year early.

The £1.5 billion scheme to Cambridge and Godmanchester. For more information on the A14, improve journeys between the Approximately 24 miles of new contact Highways England via the East of England and the Midlands routes for cyclists, walkers and following channels: was originally planned to open to horse riders are also included in www.highwaysengland.co.uk/ traffic by the end of 2020. the scheme. A14C2H The good news follows the recent The spring opening date will mark December opening of a part of the the end of permanent roadworks A14CambridgeHuntingdon@ 21-mile scheme – a new 12-mile and reduced speed limits on the highwaysengland.co.uk bypass south of Huntingdon – a new A14 and the A1307, but 0300 123 5000 whole year early. Already, the the project team will still need to bypass has been used to make carry out a number of completion www.facebook.com/A14C2H/ more than five million journeys. activities such as landscaping, @a14c2h Besides the Huntingdon southern installing some of the new bypass, the project includes an technology, and work in the verges. upgrade to the A14 between To carry out this work safely, some Swavesey and Milton, and a new temporary overnight closures or local access road, the A1307, off-peak daytime lane closures will which runs parallel to it between be needed.

Work starts on GCP’s Histon Road bus, cycling and walking scheme

Work to improve bus, cycling Histon Road is currently planned to and walking journeys along be closed for up to a year to all traffic Histon Road is now underway going towards the city centre after by the Greater Cambridge the completion of work by Highways Partnership (GCP), which we are England between J32 and J33 of the a member of. A14 – which is estimated to conclude by May. Construction will then begin A new bus lane and significantly on the new bus lane and upgraded improved walking and cycleways walking and cycling links. will make it quicker and easier for Histon Road people to travel into Cambridge. A diversion via the A14, Milton For more information visit www. Road and Victoria Road will be in Work to trim hedges and remove greatercambridge.org.uk/histon-road place throughout the construction some trees to clear the site began phase. Cyclists and pedestrians will If you would like to receive regular in January, along with construction still be able to use Histon Road in email updates directly to your on the new layout for the Histon both directions. inbox, please sign up at www. Road/Victoria Road/Huntingdon greatercambridge.org.uk/subscribe Road junction.

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