Examples of good affordable rural housing in Cumbria Cumbria Rural Housing Trust October PDF Free Download

Examples of good affordable rural housing in Cumbria Cumbria Rural Housing Trust October 2010

Photos provided by Housing Associations and others Compiled by Cumbria Rural Housing Trust

Quotes - (both positive and negative) from recent responses to Cumbria Rural Housing Trust Housing Needs Surveys

Cumbria Rural Housing Trust Over 25 years of being a voice for rural housing in Cumbria

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Please consider our young families need - They are our future in the Dale or else it will become a Dale of just old people and our wonderful school will become defunct. What an awful thought and tragedy.

Barraclough Fold Glenridding Development by Eden Housing Association in 2008 Following a Cumbria Rural Housing Trust survey in 2005

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Suggestion Local tax for second home owners. The proceeds of which should be used for local housing

Langwathby Eden Housing Association

Eden Rural Foyer in Penrith Impact Housing Association

King Edward s Fauld, Burgh by Sands a development by Two Castles Housing Association

Pooley Bridge a development by Eden Housing Association after a survey by CRHT

The Paddock, Sedbergh Two Castles Housing Association

Badger s Court, Grasmere a development by Home Housing after a survey by CRHT Photo courtesy of HCA

Badger s Court, Grasmere Home Housing

Caldrigg Fold, Staveley Two Castles Housing Association

Bampton Two Castles Housing Association

Tymparon Close, Newbiggin Eden Housing Association

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Housing should be for local occupancy only - no more conversions or building for holiday homes

Kiln Orchard, Rosthwaite, Borrowdale developed by Home Group Civic Trust Award

Homes at Braithwaite Mitre Housing Association

Riverside Court, Keswick Impact Housing Association

The Glebe at Chapel Stile Mitre Housing Association

Hesket New Market Eden Housing Association

Flookburgh Flookburgh scheme developed by Two Castles Housing Association in 2008 following Cumbria Rural Housing Trust Survey in 2003

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent What is needed are affordable first time buyers - homes at realistic cost for seasonal/low wage workers

Market Place, Cockermouth Impact Housing Association

Market Street, Cockermouth Impact Housing Association

Lazonby Eden Housing Association

Lorton - Mitre Housing Association

Lorton Mitre Housing Association

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent We have been on the Local Authority and local Housing Association waiting lists for the last 15 years!

John Hext House, Coniston Development in progress in 2009 by Eden Housing Association for Mitre Housing Association Following Cumbria Rural Housing Trust survey in 2006

Rowan Court, Ambleside Impact Housing Association

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Before any new houses are built all services and roads need to be improved. Roads flood badly. Homes need to be affordable.

Boon Town development in Burton-in-Kendal by Impact Housing Association in 2008, after a Cumbria Rural Housing Trust survey in 2004

Morland scheme Eden Housing Association

Springfield, Kirkby Lonsdale developed by Home Group

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent I firmly believe that the village is large enough as it is. When we bought this house, we were told the Council would not allow any new homes to be built.

Netherfield scheme Keswick by Derwent Housing Association

Netherfield, Keswick by Derwent and Solway Housing Association Netherfield will be an important scheme for meeting an acute shortage of social housing in Keswick in the heart of the Lake District National Park. A survey in 2005 by Cumbria Rural Housing Trust showed a need for 169 affordable units. The scheme will provide 42 high quality, social rented family homes and is the largest development of its type in Keswick for over 20 years.

Netherfield, Keswick by Derwent and Solway Housing Association (contd) The Development comprises 4 property types of 2 and 3 storeys catering for families of up to 6 people. There are 40 x 3 bedroom houses and 2 x 4 bedroom houses. All of the properties are social rented, which means that they are not available to purchase. The housing will be constructed using modern methods of construction (timber frame with block outer skins). This will ensure good energy performance and a more sustainable approach to construction.

Eskdale Green in Eskdale, Copeland Built by Impact Housing Association in 1993. New housing needs survey done recently by Cumbria Rural Housing Trust

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent You cannot come close to my requirements. The Lake District National Park & Friends of the Lake District will make sure of that. They only want rich second home owners

Home Group Methodist Church at Ambleside converted into flats

Impact Housing Methodist Church at Keswick converted into housing

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent We desperately need to move, but need to stay in the area. Private rentals are too expensive - we cannot afford to buy a house in this area. Please HELP - 4 in 1 Bedroom is a squash!!

Tebay scheme Eden Housing Association

Barraclough Fold, Glenridding by Eden Housing Association

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent If future housing needs are not met, it will become harder to employ people in the future.

Example of Community Land Trust Witherslack, Cumbria Dispersed but vibrant settlement Community saved village pub and set up a community shop High local housing need 2 units self built housing planned Land gifted by local landowner 62

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent I grew up in the village and was able to purchase an affordable home in a local development. However I am aware that I am the only person left living in the village who went to the local Primary School in my year. Everyone I know has left because they could not afford homes here.

THE LEVEL OF NEED From the 23 Housing Needs Surveys completed by Cumbria Rural Housing Trust in the last 18 months - 279 households were shown to be in need of affordable housing, which was nearly 9% of the responses to the surveys.

A more detailed example - Tyson Fold scheme, Hawkshead, Home Group

Tyson Fold scheme in Hawkshead Home Group In addition to the shortage of homes in Hawkshead, local house prices stand at an average of 345,000, rentals at over 300 week. In an area where wages are traditionally low, these 5 affordable rented homes make a real difference for local families. The housing needs survey, carried out in Hawkshead by Cumbria Rural Housing Trust in 2005, indicated there were 14 households in housing need.

Tyson Fold scheme in Hawkshead Home Group (contd) Local land owner, Mrs Rosemary Walton, saw the need for housing for local people and worked together with Architect Nick Pighills and planners from the Lake District National Park Authority to obtain planning permission for the 2 x 2 bed and 3x 3 bed houses, following the signing of a S106 local occupancy agreement. The residents were all nominated by South Lakeland District Council and were handed their keys to their new homes on 18th August 2009. All of them have lived most of their lives in Hawkshead.

Hawkshead Home Group - development of affordable homes in Hawkshead under construction

The completed Tyson Fold scheme, Hawkshead by Home Group

Melmerby scheme Eden Housing Association

Community Land Trusts a way forward for communities Incorporated, progressing sites & business plans Crosby Ravensworth, Keswick, Witherslack Intending to develop Alston, Coniston, Ellen Valley, Hawkshead, Helsington, Windermere Expressions of interest Cockermouth, Harraby, Levens, Ulverston, Underbarrow, Waberthwaite, Wetheral

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent We need small houses for first time buyers, and sheltered accommodation for the elderly.

Barraclough Fold, Glenridding Eden Housing Association

House acquired and upgraded in Cockermouth Westfield Housing Association

Pear Tree Park, Holme Low Cost Home Ownership developed by Russell Armer in 2009

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Small houses under the control of the parish council to ensure that they are only for local occupancy.

Main Street, Dearham - acquired by Westfield Housing Association

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent Objections: No, but they must be built in the traditional local aesthetic, be sympathetically sited and be sustainable. Mustn't look suburban or mean.

John Hext House - Coniston Developed by Eden Housing Association for Mitre Housing Association

80 Cumbrian groups interested in Community Land Trusts - Visit to Glendale Gateway Trust European, RDA, LA funded Wooler, Northumberland Renovated workhouse as community centre and office space Town centre shops and affordable homes Acquired Youth Hostel - increased to 5,000 overnights pa Enabled RSL development of social housing 75% financially independent Tom Johnston hosts Cumbrian visit Feb 09

QUOTE from Housing Needs Survey respondent This house is left to the Lakeland Housing Trust in my will.

The Old School House, Troutbeck Developed by Eden Housing Association for Mitre Housing Association

Residental Care Home for people with autism Victoria Road in Ulverston by Impact Housing Association

Internal view of Residental Care Home Victoria Road in Ulverston by Impact Housing Association

Residental Care Home Victoria Road in Ulverston by Impact Housing Association

Howe Bank View, Chapel Stile Mitre Housing Association

New homes at Threlkeld Eden Housing Association

Copies of Housing Needs Surveys and our Annual Review are available from Cumbria Rural Housing Trust s website www.crht.org.uk