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We will soon be ready to start on site building nine affordable homes in Nancledra. CCLT has worked closely with the local community centred around Nancledra School to bring these much needed homes forward to meet strong local need. There has already been a lot of interest in the homes – five of which will…

Phil Randall, who has successfully chaired CCLT’s Board during the last five years, has stood down and Matt Ward has been appointed to fill the role. The Board thanks and congratulates Phil for guiding the organisation through a period of success and growth. Matt Ward is well known and respected amongst housing professionals and has…

Come and hear how MORE Communities are doing it for themselves Cornwall Community Land Trust invites you to join us at a Community Led Housing Seminar. Experts on different types of Community led Housing will talk about their roles in developing and managing homes in their communities and there’s an opportunity to see our latest plans…

Cornwall Community Land Trust (CCLT) is expanding its team and offering more support for community-led housing (CLH) project… so we’re recruiting a new Community Led Housing Officer to join our team. Cornwall CLT has successfully supported local communities solve their housing need since it was first established in 2007. It has helped set up a dozen local CLTs…

Community Led Homes Community Led Homes is a new partnership between the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, the National Community Land Trust Network and UK Cohousing. Their website has details of several funding packages available for Community Led Housing projects, from Group stage to site and plan stages to build stages. Follow this link for…

At the time of putting this newsletter together we still await news of the anticipated extension of the Government’s valuable Community Housing Fund. Along with the National CLT Network and others, we’ve consistently pressed the case for the extension of the Community Housing Fund. With so much uncertainty in Government and the expectation of an…

Plans to build around 15 affordable homes and to create a community orchard, nature reserve and recreation space at Lanivet have moved a step closer. The project – a partnership between Cornwall CLT and Lanivet Parish Council – has secured a government grant to take it up to planning stage. CCLT and Lanivet Parish Council…

Low cost homes needn’t mean low quality homes. That has been the consistent mantra of Cornwall CLT and it is now the principle reflected in our detailed description of construction standards – Our Charter.   Our Charter lists 20 planning and building requirements above and beyond UK basic building standards which will apply to all…