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16 local families are very happy with their ‘amazing’ new homes in Rame. In February families moved into new homes at Park Pedrek and Park Wellain, Rame. The homes have been bought at a fraction of the market price, or offered for secure tenancy at an affordable sub-market rent thanks to the unique Community Land…

Locals from Grade Ruan are a step closer to delivering much needed affordable housing for their community, themselves. Council Planners have given the Grade Ruan Community Land Trust the go ahead for 6 affordable homes to be built on a site on the edge of Ruan Minor village. We advised the Trust on how it…

Construction starts on 18 affordable homes, for local residents in Duloe. As builders lay the foundation stones for 18 new homes in Duloe, Cornwall Community Land Trust says community led schemes are the best way of making sure affordable homes are genuinely affordable and safeguard local communities. Cornwall Community Land Trust (CCLT), one of the…

Cornwall CLT has enjoyed praise and support from the BIG ISSUE – the weekly journal which was set up to tackle social and financial exclusion amongst the homeless. In an article in the BIG ISSUE the paper congratulates Cornwall CLT on the recent completion of its 200th home in the 10 years of its existence…

The Director of Cornwall Community Land Trust says he has been very encouraged by the very strong response from local communities across Cornwall to the CLT’s new drive to help more families in housing need. The Director, Andrew George, a former MP, and his former MP colleague Sarah Newton were both speakers at a well-attended…

Expectation of bumper year 2017 All at Cornwall CLT wish our members and supporters a Merry Christmas and a successful New Year. Cornwall to get share of £60 million Community-Led Housing Investment We anticipate that the Government will finally confirm details of its £60 million per annum fund to support community-led affordable homes just before…

Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell paid a flying visit to Cornwall on Friday 30 September and met with Board members of Cornwall Community Land Trust (Cornwall CLT) and representatives of three of the twelve local CLT’s that have been formed to deliver affordable homes for local people in Cornwall. Accompanied by Sarah Newton MP…

The much anticipated development of seven new affordable rental homes at Landrake has now completed. Planning approval for this site was first submitted by Cornwall CLT in 2008 with approval finally being achieved in 2013. Roll forward two years, and after much viability work and value engineering the project started on site in June 2015.…