Alterations to the approved scheme (granted under applications S/0671/17/FL and 20/03690/S73) to create three additional apartments through the internal reconfiguration of the approved scheme (Units 7 and 37) and a roof extension to the Cambridge Road elevation (Unit 38), together with the introduction of two additional lifts to podium stair cores, balcony amendments to Cambridge Road elevation, introduction of green roofs, enlargement of PV arrays, provision of EV charging and the addition of one car parking space, resulting in a total of 38 residential apartments and the partially below ground car parking, cycle and refuse storage, hard and soft landscaping and associated infrastructure at the former Bishops Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 9NU was validated on Tue 22 Jun 2021
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Extension at 1 Villa Road
Single storey rear extension at 1 Villa Road Impington CB24 9NZ was validated on Wed 23 Jun 2021
4 bedroom link detached house for sale in The Coppice
Guide price £525,000, freehold.
Downstairs: Entrance hall, cloakroom, living room, dining room, kitchen.
Upstairs: Four bedrooms, family bathroom.
4 bedroom detached house for sale in College Road
Offers in excess of £1,295,000, freehold.
Downstairs: Entrance hall, cloakroom, dining room, living room, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, utility room.
Upstairs: Four bedrooms all with en-suite.
Outside annexe: Three separate rooms and potential for a shower room.
3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in Parlour Close
Guide price: £395,000, freehold.
Downstairs: Porch, entrance hall, sitting room, dining room, kitchen area, study, cloakroom, utility room.
Upstairs: Three bedrooms, family bathroom.
4 bedroom house to rent in Cottenham Road
Available 06/08/2021 for £1,700pcm, unfurnished.
Downstairs: Entrance hall, kitchen, utilty room, cloakroom, dining room with double doors to living room.
Upstairs: Three double bedrooms (one with ensuite) and one single bedroom, family bathroom.
£1.4m MRI scanner opened at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
NHS and private patients will be able to benefit from new technology that will provide a more comfortable experience and better diagnostic facility for patients needing a scan.
A state-of-the-art MRI scanner has been installed at Impington’s Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, offering patients a more comfortable experience and more advanced technology to support their diagnoses.
Around 23 patients a day will be able to have a scan using the new equipment. Their scans will be reviewed by expert radiologists who will be able to diagnose and advise on a range of medical conditions, including neurological, cancer, gynaecological, urological, vascular, orthopaedic and spinal-related issues.
Some NHS patients with hip or knee problems will also have use of the new scanner thanks to a partnership between Spire and NHS England.
Comfort and reassurance
The new £1.4m scanner uses sensors to estimate different patient sizes and body types, meaning patients can spend the least amount of time possible inside the equipment – an experience that can be very distressing.
The hospital explained: “The tunnel width is larger than previous scanners and the length of the tunnel is smaller giving the scanner a lighter airier feel. This helps patients who suffer with claustrophobia, because they do not feel as enclosed, and reduced noise and mood lighting produces a calm and relaxed environment during a time that can be stressful for some patients.”
A camera inside the tunnel lets technicians monitor patients during scans, while the new technology combines hardware and software components to reduce distortion when imaging the head, neck and spine.
Support during the pandemic and beyond
Neil McCullough, Hospital Director, Lucy Frazer MP
and Alan Rout, Imaging ManagerSpire Cambridge Lea played an important role in helping to keep services going during the pandemic, providing cancer and other services for NHS patients while local NHS Trusts needed to focus on treating Covid patients.
The hospital cared for over 5,000 NHS patients in total, 3,000 for urgent cancer services and 2,000 for other types of urgent surgery between March 2020 and March 2021.
Lucy Frazer, MP for Cambridgeshire South East, cut the ribbon to officially open the new equipment. Hospital Director Neil McCullough, said: “We were delighted Lucy Frazer was able to join us and celebrate the new scanner coming into service… The build time for this project, including the removal of the old scanner to commissioning the new, has been three months.
“I’d like to thank my team and I’m proud we will have the ability to scan a wide range of conditions from cardiac patients to whole body MRI for myeloma patients.”
Histon Library – have your say on new building plans
Proposals for our brand new library building on School Hill are about to be published and Cambridgeshire Libraries wants your input. Here’s how you can get involved.
The new library building on School Hill has now been handed over to Cambridgeshire County Council and the work to transform it into a library will commence this summer before finally opening to the public in the autumn.
From Monday 12th July, the proposed plans will be available on the mobile library currently situated in the old Infant School grounds. They will also be available on the Cambridgeshire Libraries website.
Before these plans are finalised, Cambridgeshire Libraries would like to hear from our community with its thoughts on both the design and book stock recommendations. Two online meetings are scheduled; one with the designer and another with the library staff, where you will be able to hear more about the plans and share your feedback with the people directly involved in the project.
Cambridgeshire Libraries is also designing shelf ends that will be distinct to Histon library and is seeking images of Histon and Impington which sum up our community and the ethos of our library to adorn the new shelf end panels. If you have photos you would like to submit, please email them to the Area Library Manager, Terri Lewis, at BarHill.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk and the planners will look at incorporating them in the designs.
An online survey is also now available, where Histon and Impington residents are invited to share their thoughts on book stocks and opening times. You can access the survey here.
‘Meet the designer’ will take place at 2pm on Tuesday 13th July, with the Library Staff Zoom planned for 6pm on Thursday 15th July. To attend either of these meetings, please email Terri Lewis and a Zoom link will be forwarded to you.
Tell us what you want from policing, urges Commissioner
Histon & Impington residents and businesses have the chance to influence policing priorities in the area through a new survey.
An election pledge to “listen to the concerns of the residents of our great county and support the police to act on those concerns” is being fulfilled by Darryl Preston, the newly elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Identifying priorities
He has launched a survey asking local people for their views on policing and crime priorities, and these will form the basis of a Police and Crime Plan for the next three years. The Plan will explain how crime will be tackled by Cambridgeshire Constabulary and how people affected by issues such as road safety, anti-social behaviour and drug dealing will be supported.
Early conversations with members of the public and local businesses have led to five priority areas being identified, which are community support, crime prevention, supporting victims and witnesses, ethical policing and robust enforcement. The survey asks for opinions on these and proposals for other themes that should be addressed. It also asks for information about the experiences of anyone who has been a victim of crime, and how the police and support services treated them and met their needs.
Once published, the Plan will set out how:
- people can get the help they need
- the Chief Constable will deliver an effective service
- money will be spent to support projects and services
- decisions will be made in an open and honest way, with everyone’s needs being considered
Holding to account
Darryl Preston, who lives in Ely, served as both a front-line and neighbourhood police officer for 30 years, including 20 years in Cambridgeshire. In his new role he provides a key link between Cambridgeshire communities and the police, and is the person who holds the Constabulary to account on behalf of local people.
Announcing the survey, he said: “It is important to me that the final Plan means something to local people; that it considers the views and lived experiences of people living and working in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, as well as fulfilling my statutory duties as Commissioner.
“I know from the way people responded to previous public surveys and consultations, issued through my office… that they welcome early opportunities to feed into how they want to see future policing carried out in the county and this is your opportunity to do so.”
The survey is online at https://www.cambridgeshire-pcc.gov.uk/police-crime-plan-public-survey-2021. It runs until Friday 30th July.
Telemarketing/New Business Executive – Intelligent Fingerprinting
Intelligent Fingerprinting, who are based in the Evolution Business Park on Milton Road, are looking for 3 roles including this new one.
Telemarketing/New Business Executive to generate leads through research and cold calling and follow up prospects and leads generated through online marketing activity such as LinkedIn, Google Ads, web enquiries and telephone enquiries.
