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Insulating Interwar Homes
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has calculated that insulation, double- or triple-glazing and gas boiler replacement in...
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Mar 10, 20221 min read
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Update: planning applications
The two planning applications that we have previously brought to your attention at numbers 4 and 45 Highworth Avenue are both being...
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Mar 10, 20221 min read
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No Playing Out this Saturday!
We've decided not to have a Playing Out session this Saturday. The weather forecast is pretty awful and we're not convinced there would...
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Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Advent Windows: Thank you!
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the Hurst Park estate Advent Windows project. Huge thanks to the 87 households who...
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Jan 6, 20221 min read
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Advent Windows 2021
We're truly amazed that no fewer than 87 households are taking part in the HPERA Advent Windows project this year - an increase even on...
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Nov 30, 20211 min read
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PLAYING OUT
The next Playing Out session will be held in Leys Avenue on Saturday 13 November, 2pm-4pm. As before, the road will be closed to traffic...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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ONLINE TALK ABOUT MILTON ROAD LIBRARY
Thursday 11 November, 7.30pm Anyone who has been concerned about the sale of our local Library will be pleased to know that Hilary...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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ADVENT WINDOWS
It's not too late to join the Hurst Park Advent windows project, which gave such enormous pleasure to neighbours and passers-by last...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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MITCHAM'S CORNER
In 2018 a development frameworkwas produced for Mitcham's Corner which outlined a number of concepts which could be used to try and make...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY - HURST PARK EXHIBITION
Our local historians Rachel Aucott and Jim Smith, creators of a wonderful website about our neighbourhood, have now used their research...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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LOCAL PLAN: CONSULTATION
Cambridge City Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council are working together to create a joint Local Plan for their combined...
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Nov 2, 20212 min read
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REFUGEES WELCOME?
Just three months ago our screens and newspapers were filled with stories of chaotic scenes at the airport in Kabul as desperate people...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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ARBURY HEDGE
You may remember that last year a group of volunteers from the estate were involved in replanting the hedge beside the new cycle path...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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SUPERSIZE CAMBRIDGE
More than 200 people attended FECRA's online event entitled Supersize Cambridge on 10 October, with presentations on subjects ranging...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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BULB PLANTING
There will be another communal gardening session this Sunday 7th November at 10am. Please do come along if you can spare an hour or two...
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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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Library lease to be extended
The ongoing issues with the Milton Road library continue to rumble on. We understand from the new regime at the County Council that it...
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Oct 6, 20211 min read
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A FOREST OF IMAGINATION
Residents may remember that three years ago the ugly hoardings around the building site while the Milton Road Library was under...
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Oct 5, 20211 min read
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GREEN SPACES: please help!
Do you know a metalworker who could help repair the railings around the small 'edible' roundabout in Highworth Avenue? Some are bent out...
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Oct 5, 20211 min read
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Supersize Cambridge
Online event: Thursday 7 October, 6-7.30pm Our colleagues at FeCRA (the Federation of Cambridge Residents' Association) have organised...
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Oct 5, 20211 min read
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45 HIGHWORTH AVE: PLANNING APPLICATION REJECTED
We are greatly relieved to report that this planning application(21/01476/FUL), which received no fewer than 35 objections, has been...
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Oct 5, 20211 min read
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