Partners
Cambridge City Council
Cambridge City Council serves the city of Cambridge and its population of around 115,000 people. It is responsible for delivering a range of services for all those who live or work in the city as well as visitors to Cambridge. These services include: arts, leisure and recreation; community development and safety; environmental health; housing; local planning and development control; street cleaning, waste collection and recycling; council tax collection and benefits; and customer services.
The Council's objectives are based on: promoting sustainability; making contact with the council a positive experience; maintaining a healthy, safe and enjoyable city for all; and leading on the growth of Cambridge.
www.cambridge.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire County Council
The County Council provides services for Cambridgeshire's c500,000 residents, local businesses and visitors. Its main functions are Education, Libraries and Heritage, Social Services, Roads and Traffic, Environment, Strategic Planning, Trading Standards, Waste Disposal and County Farm Estates.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce is a local business network that is committed to the enhancement of economic prosperity and the quality of life throughout the whole of Cambridgeshire.
http://www.cambridgeshirechamber.co.uk
East Cambridgeshire District Council
The District has a population of c79, 000, is mainly rural in nature and contains the Cathedral and market town of Ely. The District Council provides Housing, Leisure and Recreation, Waste Collection, Local Planning, Council Tax Collection and Environmental Health services.
www.eastcambs.gov.uk
East of England Development Agency - EEDA
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is one of the nine Regional Development Agencies created by Government in 1999 to focus on economic development and building prosperity in the English regions. EEDA drives sustainable economic regeneration in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Its vision is for the East of England to be an ideas driven region that is internationally competitive, harnesses the talent of all and is at the forefront of the low carbon economy.
www.EEDA.org.uk
Fenland District Council
Fenland District Council provides a broad range of local services in and around the Cambridgeshire market towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey and Wisbech. It provides Housing, Leisure and Recreation, Waste Collection, Local Planning, Council Tax Collection and Environmental Health services to a largely rural population of c85,000.
www.fenland.gov.uk
GO East
GO East covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and brings together into a single operation the varied regional activities of a range of Government departments with the aim of making the East of England a better place to live and work in.
www.gonetwork.gos.gov.uk
Greater Cambridge Partnership - GCP
The GCP is the sub-regional economic partnership (SREP) covering a 25-mile radius around Cambridge. The area includes Huntingdon, Wisbech, Ely, Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Royston and Stansted.
http://www.gcp.uk.net
Homes and Communities Agency - HCA
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the single, national housing and regeneration delivery agency for England. Our role is to create opportunity for people to live in high-quality, sustainable places. We provide funding for affordable housing, bring land back into productive use and improve quality of life by raising standards for the physical and social environment.
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk
Huntingdonshire District Council
Huntingdonshire District Council provides Housing, Leisure and Recreation, Recycling and Waste Collection, Local Planning, Council Tax Collection and Environmental Health services to the c165,000 population of Huntingdonshire. The district is mainly rural and contains the four main market towns of Huntingdon, Ramsey, St Ives and St Neots.
www.huntsdc.gov.uk
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire District Council serves a largely rural district with a population of c130,000 mainly living within small villages. The key services provided by the District Council include Housing, Leisure and Recreation, Waste Collection, Local Planning, Council Tax Collection and Environmental Health.
www.scambs.gov.uk
Joint Development Control
In late 2007 South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council, the three local authorities responsible for planning major growth around Cambridge decided to work more formally in partnership by creating two Joint Development Control Committees to determine the planning applications for the major growth sites.
Find out more here.
Cambridgeshire Together
Cambridgeshire Together is a group of key local organisations that are working in partnership to improve the quality of life for those who live, learn, work and travel in Cambridgeshire.
www.cambstogether.org.uk/Default.aspx
NHS Cambridgeshire
NHS Cambridgeshire is responsible for improving the health of its local community by assessing what your health needs are and providing or developing services that respond to those needs.
http://www.cambridgeshirepct.nhs.uk
Highways Agency
The Highways Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), and is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving the strategic road network in England on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport.
http://www.highways.gov.uk
Cambridgeshire Partnerships Ltd - CPL
A partnership of five housing associations appointed by a Government agency, South Cambridgeshire District Council and Cambridge City Council to provide 3,300 affordable homes at three major new developments in Cambridgeshire. The developments are Northstowe, Cambridge Southern Fringe, and North West Cambridge.
www.cambridgeshirepartnerships.org.uk