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A copy of a letter sent to the Greater Cambridge Planning Policy Consultation Team regarding Regulation 19 representation – Proposed Submission Greater Cambridge Local Plan 2024–2045 can be viewed using the link below:

View letter here

A report on the Houghton Lock Water Quality and Bathing Status as of 10th September 2026 presented by The Great Ouse Valley Trust and their trustees & volunteers can be found here:

GOVTWQI Results

Message from the Environment Agency

Situation

East Anglia received an average of 39mm of rainfall during August, which is approximately 66% of the long-term average typically expected for this time of year. While this rainfall has provided some short-term improvement to river flows, the dry soil conditions and declining groundwater levels mean…

The average shower takes 8 minutes and uses around 80 litres of water.  In these days of drought, countryside campaigners have come up with a TikTok and Instagram challenge to greatly reduce our consumption. 

Cambridge and Peterborough CPRE member Ryan Tuladah has created a short, fun video focused on encouraging people to take shorter showers and reduce unnecessary water use during the…

Can we really accommodate a city the size of Birmingham on our doorstep? That’s the question being posed by countryside campaigners in response to proposals for the so-called “Forest City” development between Haverhill and Newmarket.

While the plans at present have no formal…