Links

Regularly updated and improved  - any missing links, please let us know.

Planning - General
Countryside & City - Access and linkages
Historic Buildings and Historic Environment
Local Green Spaces
Countryside Events

 

Planning - General

Local Planning Authorities

Cambridge City Council - Planning Applications -
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/planning/

South Cambridgeshire District Council - Planning Applications -
http://www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/default.htm#

Cambridgeshire County - Planning Applications -
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/planning/

Planning - Sub-regional, Regional and National Organisations

Cambridgeshire Horizons -
http://www.cambridgeshirehorizons.co.uk/

Green Infrastructure Strategy/Green Vision (under review autumn 2009) - Cambridgeshire Horizons and Cambridgeshire County Council and others -
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/natureconservation/delivering/greenvision/gistrategy.htm

Planning Aid - East of England -
http://www.planningaid.rtpi.org.uk/pooled/articles/BF_SITEART/view.asp?Q=BF_SITEART_120407

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment [CABE ] - advise on well-designed buildings, places and spaces -
http://www.cabe.org.uk/#2

Shape East - the architecture and built environment centre for Cambridge and the eastern region of the UK -
http://www.shape-east.org.uk/

Royal Town & Planning Institute [RTPI] -
http://www.rtpi.org.uk/   

Campaign to Protect Rural England [CPRE] -
http://www.cpre.org.uk/home

Royal Institute of British Architects [RIBA ] -
http://www.architecture.com/

Royal Institute of British Architects - East of England [RIBA - east] -
http://www.architecture.com/RegionsAndInternational/UKNationsAndRegions/England/RIBAEast/RIBAEast.aspx

Cambridge Architect Association [CAA] - regular journal Cambridge Architecture Gazette - issue CAg 57 (winter 2009) illustrates local major developments -
http://www.architecture.com/Files/RIBAProfessionalServices/Regions/East/CAMBSARC200857.pdf

East of England Civic Societies - EECS (previously EEACTS - website under review) -
www.eeacts.org.uk/

Civic Society Initiative -
http://www.civicsocietyinitiative.org.uk/

 

Countryside & City - Access and linkages

Green Infrastructure Strategy (under review autumn 2009) - Cambridgeshire Horizons and Cambridgeshire County Council and others

Cambridgeshire Green Vision was the result of the development of a green infrastructure strategy for the Cambridge Sub-region. This was produced to ensure that enough green infrastructure is provided to support the significant growth in housing provision that is planned over the next 20 years.

Three main green infrastructure elements were suggested by the strategy, which are now being taken forward by the Green Vision (for details follow the weblink below):

  • Green Corridors
  • Major New Greenspaces
  • The 'Big Six' Landscape Projects

http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/natureconservation/delivering/greenvision/gistrategy.htm

Ramblers - charity working to promote walking and to improve conditions for all walkers -
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/

Cambridge Cycle Campaign - not a cycling club, but an organisation of volunteers campaigning for the rights of cyclists and promoting cycling in and around Cambridge -
http://www.camcycle.org.uk/

British Horse Society - promoting equestrian activities in the UK  -
http://www.bhs.org.uk/

Cambridgeshire County Council - countryside access team -
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/access/

 

Historic Buildings and Historic Environment

Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings [SPAB] -
http://www.spab.org.uk/

East Anglian Mill Society[TEAMS] on facebook

English Heritage [EH] -
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/

Garden History Society [GHS]- local branch -
http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/

20th Century Society - safeguarding the heritage of architecture and design in Britain from 1914 onwards -
http://www.c20society.org.uk/

Victorian Society - Campaigns for the preservation of Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales -
http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/

 

Local Green Spaces

Cambridge City - parks and green spaces and play grounds -
http://www.cambridge.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure-and-entertainment/parks-and-playgrounds/

Cambridge City Council - Local Nature Reserves -
http://lnr.cambridge.gov.uk/

Magog Down - Magog Trust [MT] -
http://www.magogtrust.fsnet.co.uk/

Milton Country Park - Cambridge Sport Lakes Trust -
http://www.cambridgesportlakes.org.uk/MiltonCountryPark.cfm

Wildlife Reserves - Wildlife Trust [WT] -
http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/reserves/index.php

Local attractions - National Trust [NT] -
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-eastengland.htm

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [RSPB] - Cambridge Group -
http://www.rspb.org.uk/groups/cambridge

Forestry Commission [FC] - East of England -
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/eastengland

 

Countryside Events

(see also contacts of organisations under Green Spaces)

Cambridgeshire County Council -
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/countryside/activities/events.htm

South Cambridgeshire District Council -
http://www.scambs.gov.uk/events/

Local Secrets -
http://www.localsecrets.com/