The parish council will meet at 7:30pm on Thursday 14th February at the school. Village residents are encouraged to attend. The agenda is linked below.
Gareth Walker
We are compiling a list of Highways issues that we will share with County Councillor Kevin Cuffley and then use for a site visit by Highways Officers. If you have suggestions for works that should be undertaken, please forward them … Continue reading
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High Street between Sawston Road and the A505 junction, known as the Wych, will be closed from 29th January for approximately 7 days. Diversions will be in place, access will be maintained so far as practicable for normal vehicular use to/from residencies along the road, and access will always be maintained for emergency services. On the weekend of 2-3 February, works will be undertaken which will effectively block the junction onto the A505 at Brentditch End.
The work is being performed by the John Henry Group on behalf of the University of Cambridge Granta Backbone Network.
Our external auditors, PKF Littlejohn, have completed their review of our Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ended 31 March 2018. We are asked to notify Publics of this and to provide access to our submission. If … Continue reading
Babraham will mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armistice: this was the formal ending of World War I at 11.00am on 11 November 1918.
Morning Service in the High Street, Babraham
Sawston Youth Group Marching Band will leave from Babraham School to the Village Memorial at 12.00.
Revd Alan Partridge will lead a short service with laying of wreaths at 12.30. Cllr Jane Goody will lay a wreath on behalf of the Parish Council.
The band will return to the School after the Service.
Evening commemoration in Church Lane, Babraham
In conjunction with St Peter’s Church and Babraham Research Campus and the Parish Council, Revd Alan Partridge will host a short ceremony in Church Lane, Babraham.
At 18.20, a beacon will be lit and, at 18.30, Revd Alan Partridge will read a First World War poem and sing a Carol to mark the end of hostilities 100 years ago.
We welcome all Parishioners to attend either event.
As noted in the Minutes of the Babraham Parish Council Meeting on 11 October, 2018, the Council voted unanimously to oppose the H/1:b development and to prepare a response to the Application.
You can read the Council response here; it was lodged on Tuesday 23 October, 2018
The latest edition of the Babraham village newsletter has just been published – hopefully residents will have had a copy through their door by now! You can also download a copy here. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful – if you’d like to contribute to the next edition, please contact the Parish Council.