After an outcry from community groups and fundraisers, and questions by the Cambridge Independent, Cambridgeshire County Council has made a sudden U-turn on its plans to shorten the deadline for bids to buy the former Mill Road Library. The historic listed building has been put up for sale with a price tag of £700,000 but Cambridge City Council then declared it an asset of community value (ACV), which means the county council cannot sell it to commercial bidders for six months. This is to give community interest groups time to raise funds to buy the building. However, last week the county coun…