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South 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.
South 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
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- 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 South Cambridgeshire for 2026–27: £180.64 of a £2,536.25 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | none budgeted |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £4.0 million |
| Cultural and related services | £575,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £10.2 million |
| Planning and development services | £14.5 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £5.7 million |
| Other services | £4.6 million |
| Total service expenditure | £39.6 million |
Life in South Cambridgeshire: the official facts
- People living here
- 174,641 people
- Typical age
- 43 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £32,205
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £796
- Children growing up in poverty
- 14.0%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 1.9%
- Average price of a home
- £441,410
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 8.8 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 7.4 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 85.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 204.6 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 8,225 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough combined authority, with its elected mayor.
45 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 43, Conservative and Unionist 2.
Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.
All 45 councillors, by ward
- Geoff Harvey (Liberal Democrats) — Balsham
- William Scantlebury (Liberal Democrats) — Bar Hill
- Aidan Van De Weyer (Liberal Democrats) — Barrington
- Adam Bostanci (Liberal Democrats) — Bassingbourn
- John Jefferies (Liberal Democrats) — Caldecote
- Amber Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — Cambourne
- Helene Leeming (Liberal Democrats) — Cambourne
- Michael Booth (Liberal Democrats) — Cambourne
- Chris Poulton (Liberal Democrats) — Caxton & Papworth
- Peter Sandford (Liberal Democrats) — Caxton & Papworth
- Eileen Wilson (Liberal Democrats) — Cottenham
- Yasmin Deter (Liberal Democrats) — Cottenham
- Peter McDonald (Liberal Democrats) — Duxford
- Carla Hofman (Liberal Democrats) — Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
- Chloe Wills-Eve (Liberal Democrats) — Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
- Vince Farrar (Liberal Democrats) — Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
- James Hobro (Liberal Democrats) — Foxton
- Bridget Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Gamlingay
- Corinne Garvie (Liberal Democrats) — Girton
- Richard Stobart (Liberal Democrats) — Girton
- Catherine Hubbard (Liberal Democrats) — Hardwick
- Ariel Cahn (Liberal Democrats) — Harston & Comberton
- Laurence Damary-Homan (Liberal Democrats) — Harston & Comberton
- Lisa Redrup (Liberal Democrats) — Harston & Comberton
- Geo Sebastian (Liberal Democrats) — Histon & Impington
- James Rixon (Liberal Democrats) — Histon & Impington
- Martin Cahn (Liberal Democrats) — Histon & Impington
- Henry Batchelor (Liberal Democrats) — Linton
- John Batchelor (Liberal Democrats) — Linton
- Natalie Warren-Green (Liberal Democrats) — Longstanton
- Sunita Hansraj (Liberal Democrats) — Longstanton
- Jose Hales (Liberal Democrats) — Melbourn
- Sally Hart (Liberal Democrats) — Melbourn
- Anna Bradnam (Liberal Democrats) — Milton & Waterbeach
- Laura Macleod (Liberal Democrats) — Milton & Waterbeach
- Paul Bearpark (Liberal Democrats) — Milton & Waterbeach
- Aisha Rashid (Liberal Democrats) — Over & Willingham
- James Hutchcraft (Liberal Democrats) — Over & Willingham
- Brian Milnes (Liberal Democrats) — Sawston
- Ed Sanders (Liberal Democrats) — Sawston
- Farhan Hussain (Liberal Democrats) — Shelford
- Mark Lunn (Liberal Democrats) — Shelford
- Vivien Biggs (Liberal Democrats) — Swavesey
- Heather Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — The Mordens
- Richard Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Whittlesford