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8/3/2017 10:32:50 am
I am extremely enthusiastic about the potential of a Seend Community Land Trust. The Localism Act 2011 may not be bedside reading for everyone but it brings a unique opportunity for local communities to take control and plan their destinies.It comes at a time when we have the threat of an unwelcome housing estate and the residents of Seend can actually acquire the powers necessary for the provision of affordable housing for their use. The community right to build and the community right to challenge are two very important ingredients in this innovative legislation. I hope the spirit of Seend will support the efforts being devoted to the formation of a Seend CLT. 8/6/2017 12:18:44 pm
“The rise of the modern day land barons” (Sunday Telegraph) Business P 4 August 6th 2017 is worth reading. It gives us an inside look at the money being made by various “agencies “ involved in procuring land, obtaining planning permission and building houses on it. The ‘land barons” are financial predators who scour villages and towns in England for suitable sites to leverage their value from £5k-£10K per acre to anything up to £4 million per acre according to area and housing density.With so many “agents" all taking a “margin” is it any wonder why homes are so expensive and unaffordable? We have a classic example of this predatory behaviour in action on the agricultural land adjoing the Lye! 8/14/2017 02:36:56 pm
The Mail on Sunday reports (P37) another unwanted housing estate (54 homes) being planned in the village of Alvescot in Oxfordshire. This follows a similar predatory model to the Seend development in which the local heritage assets are the target of naked commercial exploitation. 9/3/2017 04:56:01 pm
“Ugly New Homes create NIMBYS” is a headline in today’s Sunday Telegraph (P2). Neil Parish MP Chairman of the Environment Select Committee has sounded a warning about the imposition of characterless and poorly built new properties being imposedx on local communities. “If we fill our towns and villages with housing that people feel is totally inappropriate for their area, we will kill any sense of goodwill." 10/4/2017 08:51:47 am
Community leaders in Lyme Regis have launched a £2 million project to help combat a housing crisis in one of the worst areas in Britain for first time buyers. At £350,000 the average house price is well beyond the means of most people born and brought up in the area. After forming a not for profit Community Land Trust (CLT) a local land owner David Garman OBE agreed to sell a one acre plot to the CLT for a nominal fee. The CLT obtained planning permission and secured £2 million of public funding to build a new cul-de-sac and 15 affordable homes for local people who can prove they have spent 5 out of the last 10 years living in Lyme Regis. The new development will be named Garman’s Field in memory of the generosity of the philanthropic landowner. Leave a Reply. |
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