Public Meeting 29th January 2026
Join us at the village hall on Thursday 29th January at 7pm to find out what our next steps are. This is a public meeting open to members and non-members alike
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Membership is open
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Housing Needs Survey
The Greystoke Parish Housing Needs Survey is live. ACTion with Communities in Cumbria (ACT) has been commissioned by Greystoke Community Housing, with the full support of Greystoke Parish Council, to carry out this survey and produce an independent report.
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Housing Needs Survey Coming Soon
The housing needs survey will be distributed to every household in the parish soon. Read on to find out why it’s important
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Housing Survey and Call for Sites
A quick update on the Call for Sites, the Housing Needs Survey and our incorporation progress
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3 ways forward
We have had a huge amount of support for the ambition to build affordable housing, and that is really heartening – and confirms the results of the housing survey last year. But we knew this was never going to be easy, nor without challenges. The feedback we’ve received, particularly on the potential site, has really helped us to focus on our next steps.
Consultation and Engagement launches!
We want – and need – to hear from you Drop in sessions Following last year’s survey where the village overwhelmingly supported an objective to create additional affordable housing, our first public meeting on Thursday and the café surgeries represent the next phase in our consultation process. We are totally committed to the involvement of
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Presentation from our first Public Meeting
Thank You Thank you to everyone who attended, or sent apologies for not being able to make it on Thursday. We hope we managed to convey the scale of what we’ve done so far, and the importance of the next steps we need to take. Many thanks to Chris Fawcett and Phil Houghton from Eden
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Meeting 30th January 2025
This event is over We’re holding our first meeting We’d love to share with you in a bit more detail where we are with the affordable housing initiative and to try to answer your questions, hear your opinions and ideas. You are warmly invited to the first of what will be regular meetings on Thursday
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Values and Vision
A workshop with ACT ACT, or Action with Communities in Cumbria, is a rural and community development charity for Cumbria. They champion community and rural issues and support communities. In particular they are very experienced in helping communities deliver affordable, community led housing. Fran Richardson offered to run a workshop to help us articulate what
Share Your Opinion on the Local Plan
What’s the Local Plan? The Local Plan might seem a remote, technical document which isn’t relevant to you, but in fact it’s hugely important in deciding how many houses will be built in the community, how they will be laid out and what they should look like. It will also set rules to protect our
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Register Interest in Community Housing
Would you be interested in affordable housing? Following on from the community housing survey last month, we are opening a confidential register for anyone interested in affordable housing opportunities in the parish. The idea behind this is to show proof of demand within the community. Bear in mind this is very likely going to be
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