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CCLT’s 18th Annual Meeting and AGM which will be held online on Tuesday 17th June. The meeting will be an opportunity to review the last 12 months and plans for the next year. If you plan to attend, please email sharon@cornwallclt.org, who will provide the login details for the meeting. Furthermore, if you are unable…

As we have reported previously, Cornwall CLT has been working with Cornwall Rural Community Charity and Cornwall Council to deliver a Site Finder role under DEFRA’s programme of Rural Housing Enabler funding. This work  has now come to an end and, as a result, CCLT is no longer looking for new sites.  We very much…

2024 was my first year as Chair of CCLT and was also a very challenging year for the affordable housing sector as a whole, with construction inflation outstripping government grant levels, and many developers curtailing their investment in new schemes. A change of government has brought with it fresh ambition and impetus to the whole…

One line of work which we are pursuing with renewed vigour is that of the Rural Housing Enabler Site Finder programme funded by DEFRA through ACRE in partnership with Cornwall Rural Community Charity and the Council’s Affordable Housing Team, as mentioned in our May e-news Joining forces with Cornwall Rural Community Charity – finding new…

In this season of goodwill, we would like to share this video and fund-raising appeal on behalf of St Ewe Affordable Housing Ltd. (SEAHL). We hope you will agree – rural community-led housing at its very best and which deserves all our support. Please support their Fundraiser HERE >>  

Andrew George, who has been CEO since late 2015, is standing down from the role following his re-election as MP for St Ives.  He had been job sharing the role with Steve Goulston since the beginning of April this year. Andrew will join the Board as a Director, so having a continuing involvement with Cornwall…

Cornwall CLT is pleased to report success with planning permission at Hendra Prazey, St Dennis (27 new homes including 23 social rent and 4 self-build). There were difficulties with the planning process, because of the proposed location and local objections, principally centred around access and road safety and lack of pavements on the approach roads.…

We would like to welcome back Jennifer Hawkins following the birth of her baby boy. Jennifer, Development Manager, will be returning part-time from the end of August 2024.

Homes for Cornwall are organising a celebratory event on the 17th September at the Hall for Cornwall Truro to both share a new vision for homes in Cornwall and celebrate Cornwall’s distinctiveness and creative talent. For further information or to book a place please go to: https://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/whats-on/homes-for-cornwall/. We hope that you will be able to…

Andrew George, MP for St Ives has secured a debate in the Houses of Parliament on 9th September to highlight the Housing Crisis in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Until his re-election to Parliament in July Andrew was CEO at Cornwall CLT and therefore has first-hand experience of the challenges faced in the County. After…