£3000.00 per plot and £1000.00 for legal fees. The usual land value for an ‘exception site’ (where affordable homes can be built to meet a local need) is an uplift from agricultural value but is nowhere near the full residential value of a comparable site where a developer would be able to achieve planning. (Something […]

It goes to Northleigh Parish Council for them to put back in to the village in whichever way they see fit.

Having housing stock available for a diverse community is beneficial locally and does not devalue house prices. Homes affordable to local people help families to support each other and help local businesses to retain employees. In addition, CLT-led projects are small in scale and well designed – see other local examples such as Marshwood, Powerstock, Toller Porcorum etc.

This project is being taken forward under the Council’s policy for exception sites in rural areas and the Planners and Local Authority will need to consider its viability and grant or refuse planning permission based on the justification put forward by the community in the application.

As a community-led organisation, CLTs can apply for grants to carry out feasibility work and make planning applications. This grant is used by CLTs to appoint architects, surveyors, engineers, ecologists etc and to meet planning fees; all helping to ensure that the design of the homes has the community’s support.

This is based on the housing need survey completed by Devon Home Choice completed in 2014 and updated in July 2017 indicating that There are currently a total of 12 households on the Devon Home Choice register living or working in the three parishes. It should be noted that not all of these households may […]

Into a new local treatment plant.