We are striving to tackle the housing crisis by investing £50,000 to help local communities deliver more new affordable homes.
Our West Devon Housing Offer, launching this May will help tackle some of the Borough’s local housing challenges, by connecting landowners and communities, to explore potential sites and along with a development partner, make it a reality.
Our offer will provide financial support and practical advice on forming community housing groups and identifying housing need, as well as helping established groups to find suitable sites and pre-planning advice.
With tackling climate change at the forefront of our plans, it will also support communities to deliver new homes which are energy efficient and environmentally friendly.
Helping communities and partners to deliver more homes is something we are already doing and plans to do more of.
In 2019, we supported Chagford Community Land Trust and Aster Group to deliver 28 new affordable homes at Bellacouch Meadows.
Fast forward to today, and we are joining forces with Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA), to provide 10 new affordable homes at Hessery View, Princetown.
DNPA have agreed to spend £173,000 on the joint housing development, using both its own, and our land.
Councillor Mark Renders, our Lead Member for Housing, said: “We know there are communities and landowners here in West Devon who, like us want to do all they can to help tackle the housing crisis.
“Quite often, community groups find they don’t have the time or resource to get a housing development project off the ground. Our new housing offer will help bridge the gap at one of the most critical times - between identifying a site to engaging with a delivery partner.
“The new development in Princetown is a great example of how we are working with partners to build homes where there is much need, and more communities out there can really use our help.
“We want to put our efforts in where our biggest housing challenges lie. By supporting communities to deliver new lower cost homes, we can make the greatest difference to our residents.”
