Campaign Newsletters and Posters
The CLAG newsletter
CLAG's newsletter for residents and supporters. New issues are posted here as they are published.
"The High Court hears our case tomorrow at 10.30 am. Be in the room." Our newsletter of 19 October 2026. Open the PDF.
Breaking: the Secretary of State freezes the Christ's College library permission. Six days after councillors voted the identical scheme, 26/02109/FUL, through, the Secretary of State stopped the permission being issued. How Tuesday 13 October went, hour by hour, and what the direction means. Open the PDF. The email version: Open the PDF.
"Watch this space". Our newsletter of 9 October 2026. Open the PDF.
"Urgent appeal: please email the Planning Committee today". Our newsletter of 6 October 2026. Open the PDF.
"Cambridge council caught misleading its own planning committee. Now it is gagging the residents who caught it." Our press release of 5 October 2026. Open the PDF.
Residents have been blocked and backdated by Cambridge Council. The Council has admitted to the High Court that its committee was misled. On Wednesday it asks the same committee to approve the same building, 26/02109/FUL, after blocking our emails to councillors and backdating our evidence. Open the PDF. The email version: Open the PDF.
"The Council lost once. Now it is rushing to approve the same building". The October newsletter: the Council gave in on all four grounds. Open the PDF. Our covering email of 1 October 2026. Open the PDF.
Our statement of 16 August 2026 on the death of Professor Jason Arday. Open the PDF.
"10am Guildhall: the public hearing the College tried to avoid". Our newsletter of 28 July 2026. Open the PDF.
"Christ's College Vetoed a Public Record. Cambridge City Council Agreed." Our newsletter of 17 July 2026. Open the PDF.
Christ's College v the Court, the Experts and the City. The July newsletter: a secret surrender, a copy-paste application, an attempt to cancel a public forum, and a Master talking over the city's own residents. Read it online. Open the PDF. The email version: Open the PDF.
"Your name on the Christ's College petition: reply by Wed 1 July only if you want out". Our newsletter of 28 June 2026. Open the PDF.
"‘Just Sandwiches’? How Tesco and the Council Rewrote the Rules". Our newsletter of 17 February 2026. Open the PDF.
"Outrage in the Guildhall: ‘Rigged’ Christ’s College Vote Leaves Cambridge Stunned". Our newsletter of 30 October 2025. Open the PDF.
"Tomorrow at the Guildhall 10am: Save the Heart of Cambridge". Our newsletter of 28 October 2025. Open the PDF.
"Breaking: Starbucks Closes on Christ’s Lane ..." Our newsletter of 24 October 2025. Open the PDF.
"Christ's College's Brick Curtain - a 'Gift' to the City". Our newsletter of 14 October 2025. Open the PDF.
"Breaking News: Christ’s College Library Plans Hit Sewage Wall". Our newsletter of 3 September 2025. Open the PDF.
"Cambridge on the Line: Christ's College vs. the Public Realm". Our newsletter of 31 August 2025. Open the PDF.
Campaign Posters
The campaign in its own voice. The posters and flyers below are how residents first told Cambridge what was at stake on Christ’s Lane, plain, public and impossible to miss.
Poster: Stop the Re-Run (2026).The latest campaign poster: the Council and the College agreed in Court that the first permission should be quashed, yet the same scheme is back. A call to object.Open document
Flyer: Impact on Christ’s Lane.“Stand up for our city, demand better!” A campaign call to object.Open documentThe first permission is quashed. The second is frozen.
On Tuesday 20 October 2026 the High Court quashed the first approval, 25/02161/FUL, on all four grounds of our claim. The Secretary of State has frozen the permission. On 13 October she directed the Council not to grant it without her authorisation while she considers whether to call the application in, six days after the identical application 26/02109/FUL was controversially approved. If you would like to support a call in, write to us and we will tell you how.
Email residents@christs-lane.com.