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East Cambridgeshire: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
East Cambridgeshire District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of CAM; part of the CPCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Cambridgeshire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by East Cambridgeshire for 2026–27: £142.14 of a £2,485.18 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- In Toto Ed Cambridge — open; reason recorded: new provision, 11 March 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £222,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.4 million |
| Cultural and related services | £816,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £9.4 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.8 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.6 million |
| Other services | £2.1 million |
| Total service expenditure | £19.1 million |
East Cambridgeshire in numbers
- Total population
- 92,906 people
- Median age
- 43 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £27,657
- Gross median weekly pay
- £671
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 16.9%
- Claimant Count
- 2.1%
- Average house price
- £346,413
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 8.2 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 15.1 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 87.1%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 90.4 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 3,865 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
28 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 14, Liberal Democrats 12, Independent / Other 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 28 councillors, by ward
- Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrats) — Bottisham
- John Trapp (Liberal Democrats) — Bottisham
- David Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Burwell
- Lavinia Edwards (Conservative and Unionist) — Burwell
- Anna Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Downham Villages
- Kathrin Holtzmann (Liberal Democrats) — Ely East
- Mary Wade (Liberal Democrats) — Ely East
- Alison Whelan (Liberal Democrats) — Ely North
- Chika Akinwale (Liberal Democrats) — Ely North
- Christine Colbert (Liberal Democrats) — Ely West
- Christine Whelan (Liberal Democrats) — Ely West
- Ross Trent (Liberal Democrats) — Ely West
- Julia Huffer (Conservative and Unionist) — Fordham & Isleham
- Kelli Pettitt (Conservative and Unionist) — Fordham & Isleham
- Gareth Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Haddenham
- Christine Ambrose Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Littleport
- David Miller (Conservative and Unionist) — Littleport
- Martin Goodearl (Conservative and Unionist) — Littleport
- Keith Horgan (Conservative and Unionist) — Soham North
- Mark Goldsack (Conservative and Unionist) — Soham North
- Ian Bovingdon (Conservative and Unionist) — Soham South
- Lucius Vellacott (Conservative and Unionist) — Soham South
- Bill Hunt (Conservative and Unionist) — Stretham
- Lee Denney (Independent / Other) — Stretham
- Lorna Dupré (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton
- Mark Inskip (Liberal Democrats) — Sutton
- Alan Sharp (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodditton
- James Lay (Independent / Other) — Woodditton