May Update
It’s been a couple of months since our last official website update, but hopefully you’ve been keeping tabs on us via Facebook and the Together Magazine updates. As the Call for Sites came out last week, and our housing needs survey makes real progress, we thought a quick update on some key points would be in order!
Call for Sites
Last Friday (16th May) Westmorland & Furness Council published the initial responses to the Call for Sites. Multiple sites in and around Greystoke and surrounding areas have been submitted. As we shared in January at our public meeting, our potential site is one of those. What next? The council will now begin assessing all the sites submitted to see if they are suitable for development. Some sites will be ruled out in that process, which follows a well defined methodology. We’ll find out the results of that process in the Autumn, when there will be a public consultation. We’ve pulled together some key links and data for anyone interested in learning more about the process here: https://greystokeclt.org.uk/links/#W_F_Call_for_Sites
Housing Needs Survey
As mentioned in the latest Together magazine, Action with Communities in Cumbria are working with us and the Parish Council to draw up a confidential and independent housing needs survey. We hope to distribute this near the end of June / start of July. The survey is absolutely critical in helping us understand the housing needs (not just affordable) of the community and will help inform what housing we need. It’s really important that as many people as possible fill this in.
Establishing the Community Land Trust
Meanwhile we continue to work to establish the Community Land Trust as an official Community Benefits Society and are currently reviewing the draft model rules for incorporation.
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