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The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Government Reorganisation engagement survey is open from Thursday 19 June 2025 to Sunday 20 July 2025.

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Summer Holiday activities at All Saints Academy, March 11-15 and 18-22 August

After many hurdles securing local land on which to plant a community orchard, but with many members keen to bring fruit growing and an added sense of community to the area, March Community Orchard Project did some outside the box thinking and came up with the FRONT GARDEN FRUIT project.

This is kind of like a community orchard, but spread across the town, in people’s own front gardens.

We provide a free tree, with stakes & guard, plant it for you and perform a tree health check. You provide a bit of front garden area on which to plant it. In future years, when (hopefully) you have more fruit than you know what to do with, you can opt in to be provided with a crate to leave near the footpath for passers-by.

You can also opt-in to be added to our Google pin map of trees dotted around the town so that it feels more like a cohesive community orchard.

Down the line we would love to organise community events like juice pressing, pie making and other fruit & garden related gatherings open to our FGF beneficiaries, local gardeners and the wider community. And we’d love to hear your ideas too!

If you’d like to be a part of the March Community Orchard Group we meet the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30 in the Wordsworth Room of March Library.

Or apply for a FREE tree for your front garden HERE:

https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSc…/viewform

Temporary operational change at water recycling site on Creek Road during the summer period.

As you may be aware, our waste treatment activities, particularly the use of lime, have led to increased odour and traffic in the surrounding area. While this work is essential, we recognise the disruption it can cause nearby residents.

To support the community and minimise further impact during the school holidays, we have made the decision to pause all waste treatment operations from 27 July to 22 September at the site.

This means that:

• Odour reduction: Lime treatment will cease, and associated smells should dissipate quickly.
• Traffic relief: Vehicle movements to and from the site will return to normal levels during this period.
• Community engagement: We are proactively contacting local residents by email and letter, and will continue to update our website with the latest information.

We remain committed to being a good neighbour, and this pause is part of our ongoing efforts to balance operational needs with community wellbeing.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards

Grant

Grant Tuffs

Regional Engagement Manager

Public Affairs

We are delighted to start this Summer season of band concerts tomorrow afternoon
with the Fenland Music Centre Association

Bring a chair, bring a blanket, bring a picnic – enjoy an afternoon of music FREE

The Mayor, Cllr Andrew Woollard, joined Councillors Gary Christy and Martin Field in receiving a grant from Persimmon Homes East Midlands, who donated £1000 from the Community Champions scheme to March Summer Festival.

We MARCH TOWN COUNCIL Do hereby give notice that we have applied to the Licensing Authority at Fenland District Council for a Premises Licence at The Car Park, The Market Place, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9JF.
The application is to permit:
Films (outdoors) 10:00 – 22:00
Live Music (outdoors) [weekends] 10:00 –- 22:00
Recorded Music (outdoors) [weekends] 10:00 – 22:00
Performance of Dance (outdoors) [weekends] 10:00 – 22:00 Anything of a similar description falling under Music or Dance 10:00-22:00

Any person wishing to make representations to this application may do so by writing to Licensing Department, Fenland District Council, Fenland Hall, County Road, March Cambs, PE15 8NQ or by email
to licensing@fenland.gov.uk not later than 29 July 2025.
Representations received after this date cannot be considered.
A copy of the application can be viewed at https://fenland.gov.uk/article/15345/Licensing-Public-Consultation
It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with this application, the maximum fine on summary conviction being unlimited.

Armed Forces Day takes place on the last Saturday each June.

It is a chance to show support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving personnel to Service families, veterans and cadets.

Junction Youth Project, a new initiative aimed at young people in March, is a weekly drop-in being held in Broad Street every Wednesday 6pm-8pm.