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.
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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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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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 30th January at 7:30pm
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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
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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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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The Survey Results Are In Thank you to everyone who took the time to fill in the survey, whether online, or paper. We got 89 responses in total, and we have spent the past week looking at the answers and working out our next steps. As a group we are committed to sharing information regularly
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Our quick survey is open Our Greystoke Parish Housing Survey is now open – and your views matter! It only takes a few minutes to fill in, and you can do this anonymously. Fill the survey in online here: https://www.housing.greystokevillage.co.uk/community-survey/ or fill in a paper copy which you should now have received, if you live
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Affordable Housing in Greystoke It’s important to note that there is already affordable housing in Greystoke. Regardless of whether we need, or want, more, there are houses which can become available. What affordable housing already exists in Greystoke and how often does it become available? It is estimated that 33 homes in Greystoke meet a
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Terminology can be confusing. What exactly is the difference between social housing, affordable housing and community housing? And which one do we aspire to? This post tries to outline the difference in these terms, and where we think we are at the moment. We’ll follow this up with more in-depth articles exploring this topic. Let’s
Social, Community or Affordable Housing? Read More
Follow us on Facebook Greystoke Parish Community Housing is now on Facebook. Please like and follow us on there to make sure you stay up to date with our latest news and announcements. We’re also working with Eden Housing Association to make sure that when any new housing becomes available within the parish or nearby
