From our District Councillor
Travellers Site At Swaffham Prior
East Cambs District Council is undergoing a consultation exercise for their local development framework, Site Allocations
Options Paper.
This will be planning for future growth in the district over the next fifteen years, including where to site gypsy and traveller sites.
One of the proposals is for a site of six pitches at Goodwin Farm, Heath Road, Swaffam Prior. This would entail six pitches for extended families, meaning three caravans per pitch, therefore eighteen caravans.
I have very grave reservations with regards to this proposal. It will have a negative effect on local employment, holiday lots, nearby houses, traffic flows at an already dangerous cross road. Also admission levels at the local schools.
I will be opposing this site. But I will need as many local residents as possible to also oppose it through the council's consultation exercise. This will help me to build my case, it must not go ahead, and with your help it will not go ahead.
A website has been set up for anyone needing help or advice, it is
www.swaffham-prior.co.uk/goodwin/
Free Swimming To End
Free swimming lessons for people aged under 16 and over 60 in East Cambridgeshire are to end.
From August, normal charges will apply at the paradise pool in Ely and Bottisham Swimming Pool.
The government announced it was to stop funding this activity due to the current financial situation and research which they claimed showed the majority of free swimmers were swimming already and would have paid to swim anyway.
It is with genuine regret that we will no longer be able to offer this scheme to members of the public. Unfortunately with the withdrawal of the government support to this project, the District Council simply cannot afford to fund the gap.