Huntingdonshire District Council COVID-19 Response

Dear Resident, On Monday, the Prime Minister set out how we will continue to fight back against the resurgent virus, protecting our NHS and saving lives whilst keeping the economy running to safeguard jobs and livelihoods. The number of cases…

Welcome to your new Parish Councillor

Amit Puntambekar Fenstanton Parish Council welcomes our newest Councillor, bringing us up to a full complement of twelve. Amit’s family have been a fixture in the Fenstanton since 1988, running the local village shop. Originally, Amit had planned to study…

Hemingford Grey Quarry Re-opening

IMPLEMENTING THE FINAL PHASE OF EXTRACTION Update: 15.10.20 Enabling works for the Quarry re-opening commenced this week. The initial works involve; creating a secure compound for plant and machinery, installing a culvert across Lake Brook to allow access to the…

Traffic management and calming in Fenstanton. Your views matter.

Great British Clean-up in Fenstanton – 20.09.20

Diary of a Litter Picking Volunteer Pitfield Park was pretty grim, with a chair, carpet and sleeping bag dumped. We put them next to the bin but not sure whether council need informing. Otherwise Cambridge Road, particularly back of Travelodge…

Graffitti and Littering over the week-end

Chequer Street Play area and the underpass have both been targeted over the week-end, whether by a group or individual. Each time this happens, there is a cost to the Parish Council, which ultimately is paid for by residents. So…

Let’s keep crushing food waste

During lockdown we wasted a third less food than we usually would. We saved leftovers, wrote shopping lists and baked a LOT of banana bread. In an emergency, we got organised and we crushed food waste. But we’re still in…

What is needed for the under 18s in the village?

Do you have ideas on what your Parish Council should be looking to provide for the under 18s in the village? Add your thoughts and comments below.

Salute the village heroes

Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, the village has pulled together. A number of individuals and groups have provided outstanding support for others. We would like to recognise these. We’ve made a few suggestions, but there are many others…. Please make your…

HDC Community Development team recognise Zo’s Timebank work

As part of Volunteer Week we would like to recognise the hard work of Zo Weaver from St Ives & Fenstanton Time Bank Zo Weaver set up St Ives Timebank on her own initiative in 2013 to provide support and…