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Showing the locations of the CLTs that attended the meeting
On the evening of Monday, September 16th, around 25 representatives from Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in North Devon and Somerset gathered in Ilfracombe for an evening of networking, sharing experiences, and receiving updates on the various projects being undertaken. Represented were CLTs from Parracombe, Georgeham Parish, Mortehoe & Woolacombe, South Molton, and Braunton, as well as the Lyn Community Development Trust and Watchet’s Base-for-Life.
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Chair of Ilfracombe Community Land Trust, Mark Read, speaking from the Bicclescombe site.
On July 30th, the evening edition of “Spotlight” came live from Ilfracombe – and featured two members of the Board of our Community Land Trust. After an introduction which set the scene by contrasting Ilfracombe’s beauty, historic interest and visitor attractions with the unseen reality of deprivation, the focus switched to the town’s housing crisis.
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Computer graphic representation of the Ilfracombe CLT affordable housing proposal for the former Bicclescombe Nurseries.
Just sometimes things come together just right. This was very much the case when North Devon Council were successful in obtaining brownfield site infrastructure funding for the derelict Bicclescombe Nursery at the same time as Ilfracombe’s newly created Community Land Trust (ICLT) began looking for a first site.
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Computer Generated Image of the proposed Bicclescombe Nursery Site development.
We’re delighted to say that the application to build on the Bicclescombe site has now been submitted to the Planning department at NDDC. You can see all the details via this link - https://planning.northdevon.gov.uk/Planning/Display/78083 (and we do mean all – house plans, drains, hedges, how many bats live there, etc).
Read more: More News on the Bicclescombe Project - Planning Application Now in Progress
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Members of the ICLT meeting visitors to the display stand
Board members of Ilfracombe Community Land Trust were invited to have a stall at the annual Ilfracombe and District Business and Tourism Association event on November 6th. This year the event was held at the Lantern Centre and the ICLT exhibited alongside a range of other businesses and organisations.
It was an opportunity to network and inform businesses in town about Land Trusts and what they do. Board members had some interesting discussions and there was useful feedback. The stall had a display of our current project to build 16 units of social housing at the Bicclescombe Nursery Site, as well as information and leaflets about our ambitions as a Land Trust. We also managed to recruit several new members.
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Architect Matt Steart outlining the proposal to the public meeting
On Tuesday the 19th of September the Ilfracombe Community Land Trust (ICLT) held a public engagement event to present plans for social housing on the Bicclescombe Nursery site.
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Members of the Project Team discuss design options
Over the past few months bi-weekly meetings between stakeholders in the Bicclescombe Nursery development have been taking place and, with Middlemarch’s guidance, getting all the pieces in place to move this project onto the next phases.
This has meant discussing aspirations with our partner Housing Assosciation, Aster, who have a large and growing portfolio of successful housing developments responding to the housing crisis and offering high quality, well-maintained accommodation.
Similarly, we have been looking at sketches and initial plans with our appointed North Devon architects, Woodward Smith who have undertaken several large, local projects with beautiful results.
Read more: Bicclescombe Project Update: Everyone’s at the table