Last March, in a fanfare of publicity, East Cambs District Council announced Council to invest in new veg-fuelled recycling vehicles setting expectations the council’s new bin lorries would use HVO, a vegetation based oil, dramatically reducing the council’s carbon footprint. The new vehicles have now been delivered but just one will run on HVO, the […]

Two months ago, East Cambs Street Scene introduced new refuse collection rounds promising to “improve service efficiency for residents and reduce carbon emissions”. The experience of many residents has been very different with repeated missed collections, with days and on some occasions weeks without a collection. Having your wheelie bin emptied and black bins collected […]

Last October East Cambs District Council rejected calls to investigate civil parking enforcement to address the problems of illegal parking which blight the district. Rather than adopt the scheme used by almost every other council in England, East Cambs District Council chose to call on volunteers to take on parking enforcement under the supervision of […]

Did you walk along the old railway track bed between Sutton and Haddenham in the 1980s or 1990s? If you did then you could help build the evidence needed to start the process of designating this route as a public right of way. Sutton residents who have previously used routes to the south-east of the […]

The demolition wrecking ball was taken to Mepal Outdoor Centre last month by East Cambs District Council even though their crematorium planning application has still not been approved. Both the Lead Local Flood Authority and the Waste & Minerals Planning Authority are currently objecting to the proposed development and the latest deadline of 17 December […]

Are you looking for a way to contribute to your local community in 2022? Volunteering as a parish councillor could be for you. Parish councils are the lowest tier of local government and the one closest to the people they represent. They are a vital part of the local community and rely on members of […]

Hot on the heels of the report in the Ely Standard newspaper of staff concerns and low morale at East Cambs Street Scene last month, opposition councillors on East Cambs District Council have now learned by email that a decision has been made behind closed doors to cancel the green waste collection service from Monday […]

East Cambs District Council have finally published the results of the public consultation on their crematorium plans. A massive 85.4% oppose the plans, with just 13% expressing support. The consultation was held in January this year with the results kept under wraps until today when they were published in the “Statement of Community Involvement” on […]

Earlier today the Boundary Commission released proposals for parliamentary constituency boundary changes for England. These are the initial proposals and form the first stage of their 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies. If adopted unchanged, they will have a significant impact for most of Sutton ward, with all parts of the ward moving into a new East […]

On Wednesday East Cambs District Council Planning Committee considered the planning application for the second phase of the Linden Homes development at the top of Mepal Road in Sutton. The application is an outline planning application for a further 173 homes along with the provision of land for community facilities (sports pitches and burial ground) […]