East Cambridgeshire District has denied a claim by Liberal Democrats that they were banned from handing out leaflets on Ely Market explaining a new 20mph speed...
Nineteen families will get affordable housing after the Government Planning Inspectorate overturned a decision by East Cambridgeshire District Council to stop them from being built. A...
Urgent approval of a further £30,000 of expenditure has been agreed by East Cambridgeshire District Council to bring forward a full business case for “a potential...
A couple who took a gamble in buying a Cambridgeshire riverside pub with no intention of re-opening it have lost a planning appeal to use it...
A council won its planning battle to prevent an 82-year-old woman, who has run a business in Ely for 40 years but is now going blind,...
A Government planning inspector decided an enforcement notice issued by East Cambridgeshire District Council was so riddled with ambiguity, she had no option other than to...
Three years after fire destroyed Corkers Crisps in the Cambridgeshire Fens, planners are yet to give the go ahead for a replacement factory. November 12 is...
Planning officers who refused Basil Jackson’s plans to demolish an existing house and replace it, didn’t hold back in their criticism of his proposals. “The proposed...
A council has been accused of “acting unreasonably in part” and been ordered to pay costs to a developer for “wasted time and expense” in having...
Most define community as “a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society” but in a Cambridgeshire village that...
To five refusals – dating back to 2005 – can now be added a sixth in failed bids to build a house on what a planning...
Sleeping pods used to house security staff at the London 2012 Olympics are being used by a Cambridgeshire care home to house staff. The pods have...
East Cambridgeshire District Council faces a legal bill after it unsuccessfully tried to stop Twentypence Marina at Wilburton from continuing to operate a caravan site. The...
In 2021, the political isolation of Cllr Josh Schumann began – it was not, in retrospect, one of East Cambridgeshire District Council’s finest hours. Though very...
Planning officers pulled few punches when East Cambridgeshire District Council refuse permission to allow “a modest” extension of a family’s garden. The family had applied for...
Steve Turvill has won his long-standing battle to build his dream home in a Cambridgeshire village. “We hope that our being persistent and ultimately successful, will...
A Government planning inspector put paid to the dreams of Claire Collins by banning her from using a small wooden shed in her garden as a...
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey believes his party can not only win a majority on East Cambridgeshire District Council next month but could possibly oust...
Stretham is a quintessentially English village -just off the A10 from Ely to Cambridge, 4 miles south-west of Ely and the centre of a minor political...
Conservative deputy leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council Josh Schumann will fight for a seat in May elections as an independent. The surprise news – which...
A planning inspector ruled that two large homes can be built in the garden of a former Cambridgeshire pub that is now a successful Indian restaurant....
Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto for the May local elections in east Cambridgeshire with a blistering attack on Conservatives – and pledges that include retention of...
A Conservative county councillor has resigned from Cambridgeshire County Council and will not seek re-election next month to East Cambridgeshire District Council where he is vice...
The battle for control of East Cambridgeshire District Council began today with Labour unveiling a full slate of candidates to contest local elections on May 4....
A council trying to force a Cambridgeshire man to stop using part of a converted garage as a home office, asked Cambridge City Airport what they...
A senior police chief has been out on the streets of Ely to see for himself the problem of illegal parking – and booked a couple...
Realisation of the seriousness of the issue prompted a swift turnaround in support from a council leader to help Sutton near Ely as they woke to...
A trading company responsible for recycling and waste services has been forced to go cap in hand to its owners – East Cambridgeshire District Council –...
Entrepreneur Peter Dawe has won permission to turn a small office block in into a five-bedroom hotel in Broad Street, Ely. The one-time independent candidate to...
East Cambridgeshire District Council says it will take £2.5m out of its “surplus savings reserve” to ensure it can, for the 10th year running, freeze its...