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Cambridge Science Centre’s ‘STEM in the Fens’ initiative garners support from Combined Authority
Cambridge Science Centre (CSC) proudly welcomed Dr Nik Johnson, the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, earlier this week to their immersive STEM Pop-Up Science Centre, currently hosted at the Wisbech & Fenland Museum. This groundbreaking initiative is part of the visionary programme to engage with the public and local schools to improve access to Science, […]
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Deputy Mayor sees Renaissance work in Chatteris
Building improvements in Chatteris brought about with funding from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority were welcomed by the Deputy Mayor when she visited the town on Saturday. Cllr Anna Smith was invited by the Mayor of Chatteris, Cllr Linda Ashley, to visit the Fenland market town to see for herself how Chatteris Town Council […]
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Further £300K allocated to North Cambridgeshire Training Centre by the Combined Authority
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board have voted to allocate a further £347,000 to the North Cambridgeshire Training Centre (NCTC), Chatteris. The money is additional to £3.16m of Local Growth Funding the Business Board awarded the training centre in January 2020. NCTC, which has been built on land owned by Stainless Metalcraft in Chatteris […]
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An Extraordinary Meeting of the Combined Authority Board was held on Friday 20 May.
At that meeting, an amendment to the Motion on Notice was passed. It recommend that, in light of the investigation currently in progress under the Member Conduct Complaints Procedure, that the Board would fully support that investigation and not interfere or prejudge any outcome nor see any reason to cause the Mayor himself to prejudge […]
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Jubilee Gardens Get Platinum Makeover
The Fenland market town of Chatteris has a brand new town sign, crowning a wider makeover funded by the Combined Authority. The proud heraldry of the design, created by Chatteris artist Ric Savage, was unveiled in Jubilee Gardens by the town’s Mayor, Councillor Linda Ashley. A key public space in Chatteris, Jubilee Gardens has been […]
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Travel information screens and smart sensor network set to transform market towns across Cambridgeshire
Market towns across Cambridgeshire are set to benefit from the installation of travel information screens alongside a new wireless sensor network which is being rolled out to help the local economy grow and create better and more sustainable places to live, work and visit. On behalf of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, the Connecting […]
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Spades hit the ground at Chatteris training school helping young people into great careers
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Dr Nik Johnson was joined by MP for North East Cambridgeshire Steve Barclay to mark the start of building work for a new training school based at Stainless Metalcraft in Chatteris. The facility is funded by a £3.16 million Local Growth Fund grant through the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority […]
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Fenland market towns scoop a million from Combined Authority
Community, culture and public health in Fenland were big winners at today’s meeting of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Board when Chatteris and Wisbech scooped £1,071,021 for proposed projects under the Market Towns Programme, and for use in town-centre Covid recovery. Chaired by Mayor Dr Nik Johnson, the Board unanimously approved the two Fenland District Council […]
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£16,788,750 grant funding approved for affordable housing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Grant Funding of £16,788,750 has today (21 June 2021) been approved by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s Housing and Communities Committee. The grants will support three housing projects which form part of the Combined Authority’s £100M Affordable Housing Programme to build 2,000 homes before March 2022: £2,082,000 for 50 new homes (41 affordable rented properties […]
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Affordable Housing Programme is on course to deliver more than 2,000 homes before the end of March 2022
Thanks to the co-operation of local house builder, planning authorities and funding from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Combined Authority has started 37 projects totalling 733 units and the Housing and Communities Committee has approved a further 15 projects which are subject to MHCLG approval. That will add a further 770 […]
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Market town investment tops £20 million as Combined Authority splashes cash for Wisbech, Chatteris and Ramsey
The Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough James Palmer today won wholehearted approval from the Combined Authority Board to fund four project proposals for Fenland and Huntingdonshire under the Market Towns Programme and for plans to support Covid-19 recovery. Combined Authority investment into the Market Towns Programme, and match funding, now tops £20 million across eleven […]
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Potential for Peterborough, Chatteris and Ramsey CAM extensions to be developed as part of project’s next steps
Realising CAM’s potential as a truly regionwide network, with flexibility to extend across the whole of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, is set to form a key part of the project’s next steps. Potential extensions to Peterborough, Chatteris and Ramsey will be worked on, alongside the CAM routes as currently proposed, in the project’s next business case […]
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Mayor asks Combined Authority to splash out on Wisbech water park, Chatteris learners, and Ramsey pedestrians as Market Town investment tops £20 million
The Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough will ask the March meeting of the Combined Authority Board to approve five Fenland and Huntingdonshire proposals under the Market Towns Programme and Covid-19 recovery To date, 38 projects have pocketed £9,016,648 in Combined Authority grants, which have attracted a further £11,072,744 of match investment. There have already been […]
Find out moreMayor gets go-ahead for Market Town multi-million giveaway
The Board of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority today unanimously approved triggering the process through which eleven market towns can bid for millions of pounds to help them build the future they want. The first funding applications for a share in the £13.1 million allocation are likely to go to the Combined Authority Board […]
Find out moreMayor’s Masterplan: £13.1 million for eleven Market Town makeovers
Mayor James Palmer will this week ask the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board to trigger the process by which the region’s market towns can apply for millions of pounds to help them unlock opportunity and shape their own future. The Combined Authority has put £13.1 million on the table to support delivery of eleven […]
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