Links

This page contains some links to local government sites that offer services to our parishioners, and also to some other organisations that can prove useful to them. A more comprehensive list can be found at the.gransdens.org, which covers both Little and Great Gransden (and is run independently of either Parish Council). Please let our webmaster know (via webmaster@greatgransdenpc.org.uk) about any errors or omissions!

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District Council Services

Great Gransden is part of Huntingdonshire District, huntingdonshire.gov.uk. The services for which it is responsible include:

• Housing (Policy and strategy, maintenance of the Housing Register, housing advice, homelessness, housing grants and housing association development and nominations.
• Economic Development
• Local Planning and Planning Applications
  • Planning portal:
    publicaccess.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/online-applications/
• Elections and Registration
• Street Cleaning and grounds maintenance
• Licensing
• Benefits
• Leisure
• Business Rates
• Council Tax collection
• Car Parks
• Waste Collection:
  • Rubbish collection calendar:
    applications.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/applications/RefuseCalendarMVC
  • What goes in which bin?
    huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins-waste/what-goes-in-which-bin/
• Environmental Health

County Council Services

Huntingdonshire District is part of the county of Cambridgeshire, www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Its responsibilities include:

• Education;
• Libraries and Heritage;
• Children’s Services;
• Museums;
• Community Safety;
• Public Health;
• Adult Services;
• Strategy and Development;
• Roads and Traffic:
  • to report a highway problem in Cambridgeshire, including potholes:
    https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/roadworks-and-faults/
    Note: trunk roads and motorways in England are maintained by National Highways rather than the local county, for these you will need to use a different portal – https://report.nationalhighways.co.uk/ – or (preferably) phone their Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000.
    In an emergency, don’t use the web: call 999 instead.
  • Roadwork and traffic information
    https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/roads-and-pathways/roadworks-and-faults/roadwork-and-traffic-information/
• Waste Disposal;
• Trading Standards;
• Planning Minerals;
• Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Flood line

To find out about current flood warnings and alerts, visit  https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk, which has a live map allowing you to zoom in on our area. Or you can call Floodline for advice:

• Telephone: 0345 988 1188
• Textphone: 0345 602 6340

These help lines are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Police

• Cambridgeshire Constabulary: cambs.police.uk

• Police & Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire:www.cambridgeshire-pcc.gov.uk

If you prefer to contact the police online about a non-urgent matter, Cambridgeshire Constabulary let you Report a crime online, Report a concern, or Report a vehicle collision. If you want to report something anonymously you can report it via the Crimestoppers website or via their hotline on: 0800 555 111.