Cambridgeshire County Council
Phone numbers / websites for Social Services, education, roads etc.
About the County Council.
Social services for young and old.
County Councillor.
Cambridgeshire County Council's main offices are in Cambridge .
Cambridgeshire County Council
Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
Cambridgeshire County Council website
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk
County Councillors
The Cambridgeshire Community Network website, which gives access to both County Council and District Council services and to other public sector organisations.
www.cambridgeshire.net
Telephone numbers. The Cambridgeshire Direct telephone service (0345 045 5200) offers a single point of contact to the County Council. Telephone numbers for direct access to some departments are given below.
Main switchboard 0345 045 5200
Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, excluding
Bank Holidays
Saturday 9.00 am to 1.00 pm
Fax 01480 376 748
Minicom 01480 376 743
E-mail info@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Other useful phone numbers – there are more on the Council's website.
Libraries – 0345 045 5225
Road maintenance, lighting etc
South Highways Division – 0345 045 5212
Report potholes and other faults online
Street lighting – 0800 7838 247
Faulty traffic lights – 0345 045 5212
Schools / education – 01223 706 399
Social services (also see below)
For adults – 0345 045 5202; check the website too.
For children / young people – 0345 045 5203
Out of hours – 01733 234 724
Monday to Friday 5.00 pm to 9.00 am
All weekends and Bank Holidays
There are more phone numbers online
Trading Standards – 0345 0455 206
Waste management (not waste collection, which is dealt with by SCDC) – 0345 045 5207
About the County Council
The County Council is responsible for the provision of ‘county' functions throughout the shire county of Cambridgeshire, excluding the Peterborough area. Within its area are five District and City Councils – Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire and our own area, South Cambridgeshire.
The functions of the County Council include:
The functions of the District and City Councils include:
- Concessionary fares
- Conservation services for buildings and the countryside
- Council tax and business rates collection
- Elections and electoral registration
- Environmental health
- Housing benefits
- Housing services
- Licensing
- Local planning and building control
- Recreation and tourism
- Refuse collection, recycling and street cleaning
- Support to sports, arts and community development
The County Council comprises County Councillors supported by council officers. Elections for County Councillors are held once every four years. Sebastian Kindersley is the County Councillor for the Gamlingay Electoral Division, which includes our parish of Hatley.
The County is divided into 60 electoral divisions. Most divisions return one councillor - in a few divisions there are two councillors, giving a total of 69 councillors in all.
After the last County Council election on 4 June 2009, the political make-up of the Council is 42 Conservatives, 1 Green, 2 Labour, 23 Liberal Democrats and 1 UKIP member. Visit the Cambridgeshire County Council website for the full list of councillors. The next County Council election will be in 2013.
Social services for young and old
The County Council is responsible for the majority of social care services in Cambridgeshire. Its website divides between social care for children / young people and adults. The relevant website pages are:
County Councillor
Sebastian Kindersley
The Manor Barn
East Hatley
Sandy
SG19 3JA
Tel 01767 651 982
E-mail sebastian.kindersley@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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