Cambridgeshire County Council
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
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 for County Council departments are gradually being transferred to 0845 numbers. The Cambridgeshire Direct telephone service ( 0845 045 5200) offers a single point of contact to the County Council. Telephone numbers for direct access to some departments are given below.
Tel 0845 045 5200
Open Monday to Saturday
8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Fax 01223 717 201
E-mail info@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Other phone numbers
Main switchboard – Tel 01223 717 111
Libraries – Tel 0845 045 5225
Road maintenance
South Highways Division – Tel 01223 833 717
Schools/education – Tel 01223 717 970
Social services (for adults) – Tel 0845 045 5202
Social services (for children) – Tel 0845 045 5203
Social services (out of hours) – Tel 01733 561 370
Street lighting – Tel 0800 253529
Trading standards – Tel 0845 303 0666
Waste management (not waste collection, which is dealt with by SCDC) – Tel 0845 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 and council officers. Elections for County Councillors are held once every four years. The next elections are due to be held in 2009. Sebastian Kindersley is the County Councillor for the Gamlingay Electoral Division which includes the parish of Hatley.
The County is divided into 60 electoral divisions, or wards, and each electoral division returns one councillor - in a few divisions, two councillors. After the election on 5 May 2005, the political make-up of the Council is 42 Conservative Councillors, 23 Liberal Democrats and 4 Labour members. Visit the Cambridgeshire County Council website for the full list of results.
County Councillor
Sebastian Kindersley
The Manor Barn
East Hatley
Sandy
SG19 3JA
Tel 01767 651982
E-mail sebastian.kindersley@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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