Here are the Queen Edith’s planning applications for this week:

12/0174/FUL 15/02/2012     30 Rotherwick Way CB1 8RX First floor extension to front of house Delegated Decision 

12/0183/FUL 16/02/2012     9 Mowbray Road   CB1 7SR  Change of use to HMO  Delegated Decision 

12/0184/FUL    16/02/2012   216 Hills Road  CB2 8PQ  kitchen extension and granny flat Delegated Decision   

12/072/TTPO   17/02/2012  6 Long Road CB2 8PS Sycamore near front of house: Fell Sycamore on left of entrance gate (looking from Long Road): Fell  Delegated Decision

This year’s city council elections are on Thursday 3rd May, to elect one of three city councillors to Cambridge City Council.

In Queen Edith’s, we vote at St John’s Church (northern half of Mowbray Road to Cherry Hinton Road) and St James’s Church (southern half of Mowbray Road to Wort’s Causeway and Babraham Road). You can vote any time between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

If you prefer, you can vote by post or proxy. Voting by post means your vote is sent to you about a week before the election – only addresses in the UK; if you’re going to be abroad, you’ll need a proxy vote. Proxy voting is when you authorise someone else to vote on your behalf. Both can be arranged by filling in a form, available from the Guildhall. If you know you won’t be around on the day, why not do it now?
Cambridge City Council‘s Elections page has all the details and links to the forms.

ChYpPS stands for the Children’s & Young People’s Participation Service of Cambridge City Council and its enthusiastic and qualified staff put on an exciting play programme for children.

This half term, there’s a range of fun on offer. Closest to here are:

• a Reccy at Gunhild Close Rec, 2-4 p.m. Monday 13th February*
• a Photography Project at Cherry Hinton Hall, 1-3 p.m. Wednesday 15th February
• a Reccy at Coleridge Rec, 3-5 p.m. Thursday 16th February
• Urban Adventure Play at Accordia Green (off Brooklands Avenue), 12-2 p.m.
• * Their poster promises exciting outdoor activities and the chance to make a hot drink on a real fire!

But those are just the ones in and near Queen Edith’s. For the full programme, see the ChYpPS website or find them on Facebook.

Most of Queen Edith’s will be unaffected by delays to bin collections caused by today’s weather but there may be a knock on effect during the week. Here is the statement issued by the City Council this afternoon:

All of the black bin rounds have a large number of streets which were not completed due to the weather conditions. There
are too many incomplete streets to list, they are in Abbey, Coleridge, Romsey and the Kite area.

All of the green and blue bin collections were completed except for the following locations:

Burnside
Brookfield
Montreal Square
Monstreal Road
Rustat Avenue
William Smith Close
Lichfield House
Bailey House
Sherman House
Adams House

Chamberlain rounds (refuse at flats) were also not completed. Also a large number of trade collections and public recycling
points were not completed.

All incompleted streets will be revisited tomorrow (Tues) to attempt collections. Tuesday’s collections should then take place
as normal, unless the conditions are still bad. Further updates will be sent tomorrow.

The advice to residents is if bins on their street have not been emptied, please take the bin back in (if possible) and place
out for collection again tomorrow. People with Tuesday collections should place their bins out as normal.

12/0104/FUL   01/02/2012  8 Babraham Road CB2 0RA   2 storey extension to rear of property and 1st floor extension to side of property plus internal remodelling. Delegated Decision  

12/0117/FUL   02/02/2012   47 Cavendish Avenue CB1  7UR Erection of a single-storey porch outside the present front door, which is at the side of the house. Delegated  Decision

As well as the information given below on the forecast for this weekend, Cambridge City Council’s website gives some helpful advice at:

http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/content/transport-and-streets/snow-and-ice.en

Lets hope we don’t need it!

12/0037/ADV 26/01/2012    Laboratory Of Molecular Biology  Francis Crick Avenue  CB2 0AZ Eight directional signs in to the new Laboratory for Molecular Biology describing car park and delivery locations. Building name sign. Delegated Decision

 12/0054/ADV 27/01/2012  Land Off Francis Crick Avenue  CB2 0AZ Site marketing signage in the form of: 1 marketing sign board, 9 lamp post drop banners, 2 marketing suite entrance signs and 4 totem signs. Delegated Decision  

12/5025/PREP D   25/01/201275 Hartington Grove CB1 7UB  Conversion of half the garage to a home office   Delegated Decision

The Met Office and Emergency Management Team / Highways Division are warning of a period of sustained cold weather this week, especially overnight, with temperatures consistently reducing to below zero.

County Council services directly affected have been notified.

The Council is advising people to take extra care when traveling around the county and look out for others by checking up on friends, relatives and neighbours who may be more vulnerable to cold weather.

Daylight temperatures expected 1-3C, with overnight temperatures falling below zero. Widespread frosts expected throughout the week.

Four day forecast:
Tues / Wed -3C (Air) -4C (Road) with Frost
Wed / Thurs -5C (Air) -6C (Road) with Frost
Thurs / Fri -5.5C (Air) -6.5 (Road) with Frost
Fri / Sat -3.5C (Air) -4.5C (Road) with Frost