A message from Richard Wood, Mill Road News Distribution Co-ordinator, Mill Road Bridges Committee The independent Mill Road News is needing to find more volunteer distributors, for side streets in Romsey and Petersfield. This involves taking on a ‘round’ of one or two streets and sliding the Mill Road News through letterboxes. Your bundle of […]

There were five new applications registered for Romsey Town last week, including an outline application for housing on the Ridgeons site: 16/1894/FUL   109 Vinery Road, CB1 3DW Erection of detached timber garden room; more details here. 16/1904/OUT   Ridgeons, 75 Cromwell Road, CB1 3YB Outline application for erection of up 245 dwellings, including affordable housing, […]

There were three new applications registered for Romsey Town last week: 16/1886/FUL   201 Coldhams Lane, CB1 3HY Single storey rear extension to provide garden room and WC; more details here. 16/1901/FUL   147 Coldhams Lane, CB1 3JB Proposed rear single storey annexe for one additional bedsit; more details here. 16/1905/FUL   150 Coldhams Lane, CB1 […]

Wednesday 9th November, a talk by Jo Costin on the Cambridge Kitcheners. In the opening months of the First World War 1,500 men from Cambridgeshire came forward to serve their country as a battalion in Kitchener’s New Army, many from the Mill Road area. Whether farm labourers, shop assistants, bricklayers, chauffeurs, university scholars or college porters, […]

… and that includes Romsey! THE LATEST funding round, offering grants of up to £15,000 for small-scale public art projects, has been launched by Cambridge City Council. Based on a particular type of S106 developer contributions, this grant funding is aimed at local organisations, working with professional artists and crafts people. It could help to […]

There was just one new application registered for Romsey Town last week: 16/1755/FUL   9 Hope Street, CB1 3NA Single storey rear extension and balcony at first floor; more details here.

An appeal on behalf of Robinson College has been dismissed by a planning inspector. The application would have allowed a new development at the end of Romsey Terrace. The proposal included four new dwellings and a dramatic reduction in space for the existing houses which would, as proposed, share a garden. After a long and […]

On Thursday 13 October at Cambridge Magistrates’ Court the resident was ordered to complete a community order and to pay full costs of £639 for dumping waste, which is a criminal offence under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The court heard that a council enforcement officer discovered household items had been dumped […]

There were five new applications registered for Romsey Town last week: 16/1830/FUL   96 Ross Street, CB1 3BU Rear roof extension and single storey side and rear extension; more details here. 16/1831/FUL   98 Ross Street, CB1 3BU Rear roof extension and single storey side and rear extension; more details here. 16/1841/FUL   71 Greville Road, […]

There were five new applications registered for Romsey Town last week: 16/1780/S73   172-176 Mill Road, CB1 3LP Section 73 application to vary condition 2 of planning permission reference number 16/0313/FULd ated 06/07/2016 to replace drawing PL(21)01REV A with PL(21)01REV B and PL(21)02REV C with PL(21)02REV D to show chimney to house and conceal flues and […]