<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear all,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Update 29 June, 2025</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Election of the next Cambridge University Chancellor</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In person voting in Cambridge will be on 12 July or Wed 16 July</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/chancellor/election-of-the-next-chancellor/how-to-vote" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.cam.ac.uk/about-the-university/how-the-university-and-colleges-work/people/chancellor/election-of-the-next-chancellor/how-to-vote</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Cambridge University\u2019s Civic Responsibility to residents<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Thursday 3 July 6.30- 8.30pm St Paul\u2019s Church, Hills Rd CB2 IJP<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Two of the local Camb Univ candidates who are standing for election, the environmentalist and Friends of the Cam, river and chalk stream campaigner Prof Tony Booth and Cambridge astrophysicist Professor Wyn Evans whose campaign focus is have asked us to share information with you about an event they are hosting together on Thursday. The event will include</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The impact of the University\u2019s support for \u2018turbo charged\u2019 growth and building 150,000 houses, on Cambs residents<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">What power and influence does the Univ have? How are residents affected by Univ owned land?<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Local historian Antony Carpen on \u201cChanging power and influence of Camb Univ\u201d</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof Wynn Evans \u201cCambridge Univ\u2019s \u201cshowcase\u201d at Eddington?</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Honey Hill decision - Liz Cotton from Save Honey Hill on the sewage works shift to the green belt and the conservation village Horningsea<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cam Valley Forum chair Sue Wells \u2013 Developing a toxic site in Cherry Hinton chalk pits</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Friends of Paradise Nature Reserve Jean Glasberg, Pam Gatrell, Olwyn Williams \u2013 on the Impact of Queens College\u2019s Owlstone Croft development on a loved Cambridge Nature Reserve<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:150%;font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">      <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Anna Gazely Coton Orchard on the alternatives to the Univ supported \u2018transport corridor\u2019 through Coton Orchard<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It should be an interesting event and very topical given Cambridge University\u2019s recent consultation about the university&#39;s civic role and responsibilities and press reports on the university&#39;s support for the govt&#39;s plans for &#39;turbo charged&#39; Cambridge growth ( <i>FT</i>) and thirsty data centres draining the aquifer (<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sunday Times</i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>) and Cambridge\u2019s known water and river and sewage concerns ( see links below), plus the Civic Quarter plans for Cambridge, which two national newpapers have reported as &#39;creating a \u2018playground for tourists\u2019.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:24px"><span style="line-height:22px"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">There will be tea/coffee and snacks at 6.30 and a chance to hear flautist Michael Copley. The organisers say all are welcome. Many of you have said it\u2019s a shame that local voters don\u2019t have an opportunity to hear from </span></font><b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">all of</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font></b><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">the candidates given the university&#39;s role in Cambridge&#39;s growth and their recent consultation on civic responsibilities and engagement with residents. Some journalists have reported that local Camb Univ members will have a big say in the outcome of the chancellor election as most alumni will not have registered in time to vote on line. They have reported that Mohamed el Erian, the President of Queens has already told friends he is planning to relocate back to the States. His nominators include David Cleevely, a founder of the business group Cambridge Ahead, the Bennett Institute&#39;s Dame Diane Coyle (who is on the govt\u2019s New Towns Task Force)</span></font><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"> and the Provost of King\u2019s College, Cambridge.</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">King\u2019s are represented on the board of Visit Cambridge the company that<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>controls Cambridge City Centre and the city centre green spaces, including those of the river. Professor Michael Proctor, the former Provost of Kings College has played a key role in making Cambridge a popular destination for overseas tourists. Both <i>The Times</i> and Varsity have reported that growth in overseas tourism, especially from China, features in King&#39;s College&#39;s latest business plan. See<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> </span></p><h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:20pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Cambridge college love letter tree cuttings sent to China Sept 2018<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45455426" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-45455426</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="gmail-responsiveparagraph-sc-1pktst5-0" style="margin:0cm 0cm 18.75pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof Proctor who led the University and Colleges fund raising campaign with Mohamed el Erian, has joined other former senior members of Cambridge University in appointments at national CPRE. Dame Fiona Reynolds the former master of Emmanuel College is CPRE Vice president while Emmanuel College alumna Mary Ann Ochota is CPRE President. Both the <i>Times </i>and <i>Daily Telegraph</i> have reported on a recent statement of Mary Ann Ochota that &#39;the green belt is not sacrosanct&#39;. Professor Proctor is chair of CPRE\u2019s new National Network Assembly. The appointment of a senior member of Cambridge University to this new post came as a surprise to the local CPRE Cambs and Peterborough branch who were not consulted and whose chair Dr Alan James was quoted in this <i>Times </i>report.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-responsiveparagraph-sc-1pktst5-0" style="margin:0cm 0cm 18.75pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/cambridge-university-attacking-citys-green-belt-z3cqx6f7d" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/cambridge-university-attacking-citys-green-belt-z3cqx6f7d</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The former Provost of Kings is still a member of Eton College\u2019s governing body. See <a href="https://www.donturbanisethedowns.com">https://www.donturbanisethedowns.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He has recently initiated a new scheme at CPRE. The scheme aims to fast track people from outside the environmental charity who will have influential roles in deciding CPRE&#39;s views on land use and the location of New Towns. CPRE&#39;s vice president Dame Fiona Reynolds, is also chair of the govt land use adviser the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. Her predecessor as chair, Sir Ian Cheshire, is chair of the We Mean Business Coalition a partner of Cambridge University. He is also chair of Cambridge University&#39;s development partner Landsec. See blog </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><a href="https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/labours-green-growth-agenda-has-made-it-the-uks-party-of-business/">https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/labours-green-growth-agenda-has-made-it-the-uks-party-of-business/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Landsec control the master plan for a £3 billion North East Cambridge development (which includes Anglian Water&#39;s sewage treatment site and the development plans for Hartree) with partners Homes England ( whose outgoing chair Peter Freeman is chair of the Cambridge Growth Co), Cambridge City Council and Anglian Water. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The list of potential new town sites identified by WPI as most appropriate includes South Cambs and Milton Keynes. Links below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:20pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal;line-height:40px"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">New Towns for England - where should they be, and how should they be funded and delivered?</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,22,79)">WPI report and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,22,79);font-weight:normal">the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,22,79)">write up of FT article<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(8,22,79);font-weight:normal"></span></strong></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.wpi-strategy.com/new-towns-report">https://www.wpi-strategy.com/new-towns-report</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><h1 style="margin:0cm 0cm 15pt 36pt;break-after:avoid;font-size:20pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150);font-weight:normal;line-height:40px;background:repeat rgb(255,241,229)"><span class="gmail-headlinetext"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Plans for 12 new towns in England to cost up to £48bn, report says</span></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a59ae6bb-3b1d-48f7-ad8c-3d73ebe2fe0f" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.ft.com/content/a59ae6bb-3b1d-48f7-ad8c-3d73ebe2fe0f</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Will thirsty data centres drain the South Cambs chalk aquifer?</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Link to <i>Times</i> article below<b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thirsty data centres are sucking up Britain\u2019s scarce water supplies : The tech industry faces scrutiny as secrecy clouds the true cost of cooling servers and the country braces for shortages and hosepipe bans<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/data-centres-water-drought-pns6nqds2" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/data-centres-water-drought-pns6nqds2</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In January 2025 the panel of experts at Landmark Chambers Cambridge planning seminar on growth in Cambs were asked if they thought the thirst of data centres would be a planning obstacle for water short Cambridge (surprisingly thirsty data centres were not on the agenda). The planning experts said yes.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://d2nsgnsf036lw8.cloudfront.net/PDFs-documents-and-other-resources/Resources/Planning-in-Cambridgeshire-Conference-final-slides.pdf" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://d2nsgnsf036lw8.cloudfront.net/PDFs-documents-and-other-resources/Resources/Planning-in-Cambridgeshire-Conference-final-slides.pdf</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Those presenting at the meeting included the chair of Landmark Planning, Rupert Warren KC, who had represented Queens College at the Owlstone Croft Public Inquiry. He is representing the Beehive developer Railpen at the public inquiry and will represent Cambridgeshire County Council at the Cambourne to Cambridge busway public inquiry. The Chair of the Cambridge Growth Co Peter Freeman is a witness for Cambs County Council. See</span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">\u2018Rupert advised government for some years in relation to the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge Arc and continues to be involved in many projects across that area, including North Cambridge, extensions to the north and south of Oxford, infrastructure-related residential and mixed-use schemes from Buckinghamshire to Norfolk.</span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Rupert is also expert in retail, commercial, Life Sciences/R&amp;D, logistics and data centre development.He is working on appeals and applications in both Oxford and Cambridge involving substantial provision of Life Science floorspace and offices\u2019</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>link below.</span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/rupert-warren-kc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/rupert-warren-kc</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">T</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">he presentation slides from the meeting on</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></span><span class="gmail-il"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Landmark</span></span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></span><span class="gmail-il"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Chambers</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">\u2019 website</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></span><a href="https://d2nsgnsf036lw8.cloudfront.net/PDFs-documents-and-other-resources/Resources/Planning-in-Cambridgeshire-Conference-final-slides.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">. Below are links to the speakers\u2019 profiles and their talk titles:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/jenny-wigley-kc" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/jenny-wigley-kc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Jenny Wigley KC,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">(Chair)<br></span><a href="https://www.bidwells.co.uk/people/mike-derbyshire" target="_blank" title="https://www.bidwells.co.uk/people/mike-derbyshire" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Mike Derbyshire, Bidwells</span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Cambridge Growth; Cambridge 2050<br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/matthew-reed-kc" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/matthew-reed-kc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Matthew Reed KC,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Water law<br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/rupert-warren-kc" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/rupert-warren-kc" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Rupert Warren KC,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Green belt and grey belt framework<br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/heather-sargent" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/heather-sargent" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Heather Sargent,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Retrofit sustainability<br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/matthew-henderson" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/matthew-henderson" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Matthew Henderson,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Townscape heritage<br></span><a href="https://www.mills-reeve.com/people/peter-seaborn" target="_blank" title="https://www.mills-reeve.com/people/peter-seaborn" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Peter Seaborn, Mills &amp; Reeve</span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Update on S106<br></span><a href="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/harriet-wakeman" target="_blank" title="https://www.landmarkchambers.co.uk/barristers/harriet-wakeman" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Harriet Wakeman,<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Landmark</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-il">Chambers</span></span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Panel discussion and questions<br></span><a href="https://greatercambridgeplanning.org/about-us/meet-the-team/stephen-kelly/" target="_blank" title="https://greatercambridgeplanning.org/about-us/meet-the-team/stephen-kelly/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Stephen Kelly, Greater Cambridge Shared Planning</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> \u2013</span></b><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Panel discussion and questions</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/peter-freeman--3" target="_blank" title="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/peter-freeman--3" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Peter Freeman, Homes England</span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2013 Panel discussion and questions</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">England\u2019s rivers \u2018under threat\u2019 as water extraction surges to record levels<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">i</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">nvestigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,18,18)"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/20/england-rivers-water-extraction-record-levels" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/20/england-rivers-water-extraction-record-levels</span></a></p><p class="gmail-Normal1" style="margin:0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm">Funding plea to rebuild &#39;unsafe&#39; Cam locks<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm">Cam Conservators say they could go bust if they are unable to find the money to repair two unsafe locks. Link below</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql0ywpng9eo" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql0ywpng9eo</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Last year a nature rights conference hosted by Friends of the Cam reported that the Cam was close to dead. Link below<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> ,</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://premium.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cam-close-to-dead-says-river-rights-campaigners-at-cambri-9384860/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://premium.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cam-close-to-dead-says-river-rights-campaigners-at-cambri-9384860/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Keeping Cambridge Special?<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">See link<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> below </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl/vision/blythe.pdf">https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl/vision/blythe.pdf</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:24px"><span style="line-height:22px"><b><font><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Residents concerns have been raised at numerous &#39;</span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">Keeping</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> Cambridge Special&quot; events </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">hosted</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> by the business </span><span style="font-size:14.666667px">group</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> Cambridge Ahead. The </span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px">maintenance</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> of basic public services, including Cambridge&#39;s </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14.666667px">water</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> supply and sewage, and the overcrowding at Addenbrook&#39;s A &amp; E Dept, has never featured in the group&#39;s newsletters or their growth </span></font></b></span><font color="#000000" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;font-size:medium"><b><span style="font-size:14.666667px">modelling.</span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">See short film \u2018A Meeting of Rivers\u2019<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> Friends of the Cam,</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> \u201cWe\u2019re a group that came together because we were concerned about the way in which nature in our area and around the country is being depleted\u201d. Link below</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://vimeo.com/1077559713/a48c54c6d1">https://vimeo.com/1077559713/a48c54c6d1</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A recent<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Times<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>report has asked how viable are the huge building plans for Cambridge<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> ? </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">\u2018<b>From Silicon Fen to Ox-CamArc \u2013 how viable are huge building plans for Cambridge?</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The report stated \u2018in addition to Greater Cambs draft local plan which anticipated building an average of 1,771 homes a year across 19 development<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> areas by 2041, some of them on greenbelt sites , there was the mass development<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> and expansion of a proposed OxCamArc with an announcement due about this and 11 other new towns next month.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Times<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>report said that in addition to this Michael Gove\u2019s adviser, Nicholas Boys Smith, the founder of Create Streets consultancy (chair of the Building Better <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>Building Beauty Commission along with<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span> Dame Fiona Reynolds and Cambridge Growth Co adviser Peter Studdert), suggests developing 183,000 to 214,000 homes by 2050. See link below</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/cambridge-universitys-plan-to-build-its-own-housing-f5gh823m5#:~:text=From%20Silicon%2DFen%20to%20Ox,military%20land%20around%20the%20city" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)">https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/cambridge-universitys-plan-to-build-its-own-housing-f5gh823m5#:~:text=From%20Silicon%2DFen%20to%20Ox,military%20land%20around%20the%20city</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The new neighbourhoods that Create Streets propose in addition for Greater Cambridge are: South Cambridge, West Cambridge and Fulbourn. The Create Streets report with Britain Remade \u201cCreating New Towns Fast and Well\u201d recommended a new tram line to link these new neighbourhoods and improvements to cycle routes. Their page on Greater Cambridge page 17, includes Grantchester Meadows.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.britainremade.co.uk/newtowns" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.britainremade.co.uk/newtowns</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.britainremade.co.uk/newtowns#our_top_twelve_suggested_new_towns" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.britainremade.co.uk/newtowns#our_top_twelve_suggested_new_towns</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.createstreets.com/projects/creating-new-towns-fast-and-well/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.createstreets.com/projects/creating-new-towns-fast-and-well/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Some good news to end with!<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20);background:repeat rgb(246,246,246)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80);background:repeat rgb(246,246,246)">Cambridge City Council has refused to grant permission to fell three London plane trees at St Matthew&#39;s Centre.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0epl95xr0po" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0epl95xr0po</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/glorious-cambridge-trees-saved-being-31944383" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/glorious-cambridge-trees-saved-being-31944383</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="gmail-ssrcss-1q0x1qg-paragraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-67297975" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(84,86,88);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm">Three previous applications</span></b></a><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20)">have been made in relation to felling the three trees in recent years. Residents who have commented to us on the number of repeat applications for these trees wasting council time say other householders have not complained about these trees. They highlight <span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>that the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">application for a student centre in the park, supported by officers, was turned down because of these trees. Link below.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm;font-weight:normal">\u201c</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm">Ugly structure will monster our beautiful park\u201d</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-4th-may-2020/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm">https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-4th-may-2020/</span></a><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0cm"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><a href="https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-10th-january-2021/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://www.fecra.org.uk/update-10th-january-2021/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best wishes,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wendy<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:22px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,20,25)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 18.75pt 36pt;font-size:medium;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:24px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Wendy Blythe, Chair, FeCRA</span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.fecra.org.uk" target="_blank">www.fecra.org.uk</a></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CambridgeRAs" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/CambridgeRAs</a></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/fecra2" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/fecra2</a></div></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>