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Four Seas is developing a co-housing community at Carveth Farm near Helston. Jackie Carpenter, who is well known throughout the co-housing community for her successful work in establishing new co-housing communities, is leading the initiative. So far, the group has tidied the site, developed food-growing areas, and built two log cabins at the centre of…

Congratulations to Three Seas Cornwall – a new community benefits society – which recently secured Looe Coastguard Flats from Cornwall Council and which will renovate them for the benefit of the local community. They were featured in local media and supported by those who successfully secured the Coastguard Cottages at Cawsand for the same purpose.…

Our own Alan Fox was awarded an exceptional and richly deserved “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the National Community Land Trust Annual Meeting recently. Alan is well known and admired throughout the CLT community for his professionalism and ability to deliver complex projects for communities in need, and in spite of some of the most difficult…

CCLT’s Board and staff wish Mervyn Thomas (Chair) a fond farewell and with enormous appreciation for his careful stewardship and wise counsel during his three years as Chair of CCLT. Mervyn of course remains an active member/shareholder of the charity. Mervyn has been replaced by Dominic Fairman (previous Vice-Chair) who was elected to take on…

CCLT has seen significant progress in completing pre-development work in three communities across Cornwall and the isles of Scilly in the last 12 months.  It has secured planning permission (on appeal) for 29 all affordable homes at Newlyn last summer.  This has been followed by permission for 10 all affordable homes at Gwennap and 9…

As a charity Cornwall CLT is non-Party political. However, the CLT sector will be encouraging all parties to back efforts to address the desperate need for good quality, secure, in perpetuity affordable homes and especially the critically important role which communities can play in addressing their own housing need. CCLT would like to share relevant…

Cornwall’s communities are taking a lead in efforts to combat the housing crisis. That was the message from a recent Webinar/Seminar organised by local housing charity Cornwall Community Land Trust (CCLT).  CCLT’s Chair Mervyn Thomas was delighted to welcome over 70 participants both in person and online at the Penventon Park Hotel in Redruth recently.…

Thank you to all of those you joined us for our Seminar / Webinar a couple of weeks ago.  We were delighted with the response and the positive feedback. For those who were unable to attend, the answer to the question is “YES!  And communities ARE taking the lead, delivering much-needed homes to meet the…

Cornwall CLT is pleased to report further success with planning permissions at Gwennap (10 all-affordable homes) and at Treskerby (9 all-affordable homes) which are both near Redruth. This is on top of our celebration of securing permission on appeal for Newlyn for 29 all-affordable homes in May. Newlyn Housing Working Party is already working with…