Community Involvement and City Pride
Growborough feels that we have grown a culture of dependence within Peterborough: A reliance on others to take care of the improvements and regeneration that we need to see happen. For example, why do some people throw rubbish on our pavements or leave rubbish for others to pick up and not use the bins provided? Why do we stand back and let those who don’t know better do what they want? If the people of Peterborough do not begin to realise that this is their home and start to look at their own street and think “I can make this place look better just by picking up the rubbish I can see”, then what hope do we have?
Being involved and taking
action,creates a sense of ownership and will help drive our City forward.
There are so many fantastic community projects within Peterborough and
examples of proactive people within our City who are driving towards a positive
future for Peterborough. We have talented young people, inspirational
leaders and outstanding members of our community that need to be
championed. Growborough wants to meet these people and take advice and insight
from them to see how the City can restore the cohesion between communities and
residents.
When visitors arrive they will meet people with pride in their City, community and pride in themselves.
What do we need to improve and how can you help?
Community News
- Growth comes with the news of 25,500 new homes for Peterborough: MARCH 2012
THE end of a long and arduous process to pass a strategy setting out the locations for 25,500 new homes and swathes of new employment land is in sight after the final plan was approved by the city council’s cabinet on Monday (26 March).The council’s controversial Site Allocations document was formally adopted by cabinet and will now just need to be ratified by the full council on April 18 before it becomes official policy.The document makes provision for such major extensions of Peterborough as Great Haddon, which alone will bring 5,500 new homes to the south-west of the city.The document also makes provision for numerous smaller-scale housing developments in outlying villages, including Eye where residents have objected to plans for 160 new homes in addition to 220 already under construction.A planning inspector who carried out an inquiry into the document last year judged it to be “sound”, and suggested only a few amendments.There was broad support for the document at the cabinet meeting, although Stanground Central councillor Irene Walsh expressed reservations about the possible creation of a rail-freight interchange between Stanground and Whittlesey, provisionally called Magna Park.She said: “I think (the document) is a brilliant piece of work which will make a massive contribution to the growth of the city.
“I would like to say, though, that I do have great doubts about the benefits of the rail freight project and reserve the right to consult my residents should a planning application be put forward.”
MARCH 2012
- Primark looks set to open in Peterborough Autum 2012 as construction in Queensgate for the retailer is on target
