Debbie Wildridge, Community and Business Development Manager, East Cambs Community Housing. Debbie Wildridge has spent several years providing specialist support on behalf of the National CLT Network, giving in-depth technical advice to communities, local authorities and housing associations. She is a regular presenter on CLTs at regional and national events. Her work includes detailed community empowerment and project shaping work which includes advising prospective CLTs on forms of partnership; business planning; legal formats and documentation; finance; land and planning issues. Debbie also holds a number of positions on voluntary Boards.

1. Community Land Trusts
Delivering a solution
Debbie Wildridge
Community & Business Development Manager
EC Community Housing
8th August, 2018

2. King’s Row, Ely

3. King’s Row, Ely

4. King’s Row, Ely

5. King’s Row, Ely

6.  Market Homes:
 6 Town Houses, 5 Flats
 Affordable CLT homes:
 2 Affordable Flats – I shared ownership, I rental
 Commuted sum
 Finance – market home cross subsidy, LA land
King’s Row, Ely

7. The Shade, Soham

8. The Shade, Soham

9. The Shade, Soham
 Market Homes:
 3 Flats, 2 Houses
 Affordable CLT homes:
 6 Affordable Flats
 2 Affordable Houses – 2 shared ownership
 Finance – market home cross subsidy, LA land,
Combined Authority borrowing

10. Stretham and Wilburton CLT

11. Stretham and Wilburton CLT

12. Stretham and Wilburton CLT

13. Stretham and Wilburton CLT

14. Manor Farm, Stretham
 Phase 1 & 2
 Market Homes:
 35 houses and bungalows
 Affordable CLT houses:
 15 homes: 2 shared ownership, 13 rent
 Finance – land value uplift, market home cross
subsidy, small amount of grant, commercial loans

15. Manor Farm, Stretham
 Phase 3
 Market Homes:
 17 houses
 Affordable CLT Homes:
 8 houses and bungalows
 1432sqm open space, green footpaths, buffer zone, new
village green
 Drs surgery and Workspace land

16. West End Gardens, Haddenham

17. West End Gardens, Haddenham

18. West End Gardens, Haddenham
 Market Homes
 35 houses and bungalows
 Affordable CLT houses:
 19 houses and bungalows
 2 or 3 shared ownership, 16 or 17 rented
 Nature walk, play area
 Finance: uplift in land value, market house cross subsidy,
Combined Authority borrowing

19. Swaffham Prior

20.  Projects driven by local Community Land Trust
 Roger’s Road development
 6 Affordable Houses
 2 Affordable Bungalows
 Finance: 3 landowners subsidy, HA build
 District Heating System in planning stage
Swaffham Prior – Roger’s Road

21. East Cambridgeshire – Active Communities
Built
Planning stage/early build stage
CLTs in land negotiations
CLT opportunities

22. ENGAGEMENT
Project
scoping
Building
support
Call for land
EXPERTISE
CLT legal setup
Land contracts
Design and
planning
FUNDING
Land
acquisition
costs
Professional
fees
Construction
contracts
DELIVERY
Project
management
Affordable
homes
Marketing and
private sales
MANAGEMENT
Housing
allocations
Property
management
District-wide
CLT
Community Led Housing – Wraparound Support
12 – 18 MONTHS 12 - 36 MONTHS
EAST CAMBS TRADING COMPANY

23. Lavenham CLT

24. Off Melford Road, Lavenham
 Affordable CLT houses:
 18 houses and bungalows
 5 shared ownership, 13 rented
 Finance: £1 land purchase SCC, HA build

25. The Old School, Wells next Sea

26.  Conversion of old school
 11 affordable homes
 Acquisition of properties
 30 families housed in total
 Registered Provider
 Finance: Local Authority, HCA grants, fund raising,
loans
Homes for Wells CLT

27. Cannock Mill Co-housing

28.  Co-housing group
 23 new homes, a mixture of one and two bed flats and
17 houses with up to three bedrooms with garages
 Common house
 kitchen opening into a flexible dining room / meeting room
 a comfortable sitting room / library
 guest bedrooms (helpful for those who are downsizing
but still need extra space for visitors) and workshops
Cannock Mill

29. CLTs in East Anglia
Lavenham CLT
In formation:
Kennett CLT
Fordham CLT