Welcome to your Tenterden Community Land Trust
A local community organisation seeking to achieve genuinely affordable housing for local residents.
FEBRUARY 2021 BULLETIN
We are pleased to publish our February Bulletin, compiled by our Chair, Mark Ellender. A new Membership Application form is available here and we urge you to join and add your voice to the community.
LEAVE A LASTING LEGACY TO YOUR COMMUNITY
The recent Housing Needs Survey carried out with the support of Ashford Borough Council and Kent Community Housing Hub, demonstrated a clear need for genuinely affordable housing at a size and cost that allows allows our young people to remain in the community where they grew up and downsizing seniors and key workers to find a place to live.
As we are all aware, the current criteria for 'affordable' homes still makes the provisions demanded for new development, out of reach for the majority of these groups, due to the high cost of land and house market values. Therefore, perhaps one of our key strategies for a scheme that truly benefits our community is via what is called a Rural Exception Site.
The National Planning Policy Framework defines Rural Exception Sites (RES) as small sites used for affordable housing in perpetuity where sites would not normally be used for housing. A Community Land Trust is the best vehicle for delivering this key requirement.
If you have land in the area that may be suitable - a field or paddock, a large garden perhaps - and would like to leave a lasting legacy to the community please get in touch in complete confidence. Contact details are here.
As we are all aware, the current criteria for 'affordable' homes still makes the provisions demanded for new development, out of reach for the majority of these groups, due to the high cost of land and house market values. Therefore, perhaps one of our key strategies for a scheme that truly benefits our community is via what is called a Rural Exception Site.
The National Planning Policy Framework defines Rural Exception Sites (RES) as small sites used for affordable housing in perpetuity where sites would not normally be used for housing. A Community Land Trust is the best vehicle for delivering this key requirement.
If you have land in the area that may be suitable - a field or paddock, a large garden perhaps - and would like to leave a lasting legacy to the community please get in touch in complete confidence. Contact details are here.