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22nd September 2008 Annual General Meeting We held our 22nd Annual General Meeting on 22nd September 2008 in the Pavilion Centre at the Royal Cornwall Showground near Wadebridge. Our thanks to the shareholders and guests who attended the meeting, and also to Kelvin MacDonald for an informative and thought provoking talk after the meeting. 12th August 2008 New Homes at Morwenstow CRHA has taken handover of seven new homes for rent at West Beckon Close, Shop, Morwenstow. The development consists of two 3 bedroom houses, two 2 bedroom houses, one 2 bedroom bungalow and two 2 bedroom flats (for single people and/or childless couples). All of the properties have heating and hot water provided by ground source heat pumps and the houses and bungalows also have wood burning stoves to provide an additional form of heating. The development is on an "exceptions" site on land acquired from Mr & Mrs Wickett. It was designed by Trewin Design Partnership and constructed by JJ Jones & Sons. Grant funding was received from North Cornwall District Council and the Housing Corporation. The new tenants were nominated to us by North Cornwall District Council and all had a local connection to Morwenstow or the neighbouring parish of Kilkhampton as defined by the Section 106 Agreement we signed as a condition of the planning permission.
Two and three bedroom houses at Morwenstow
Two bedroom bungalow at Morwenstow
Two bedroom flats at Morwenstow 21st July 2008 CRHA mentioned in House of Commons Our pioneering scheme at Blisland with Cornwall Community Land Trust was mentioned by Dan Rogerson MP during the closing debate on the Housing & Regeneration Bill on 21st July 2008. Click here for a link to the debate. We are mentioned in columns 604 - 605. Our work with St Minver Community Land Trust was also referred to during the debate by Grant Shapps MP. Click here for a link to Hansard and go to columns 600- 601. 16th April 2008 CRHA homes shortlisted as Eco Buildings of the Year in the Michelmores and Western Morning News Property Awards
Our development at Penmead Close, Delabole has been put on a shortlist of three for an award as the Eco Building of the Year in the Michelmores and Western Morning News Property Awards. The awards will be announced on 13th May 2008. Click here for a link to the news story from the Western Morning News. 18th March 2008 Work to start on affordable homes at Blisland We are pleased to announce that we have entered into contract with JJ Jones & Sons of St Austell for the construction of 13 homes to meet local needs at Blisland. The development will consist of 7 homes for rent and also 6 homes which will be sold at an affordable price to qualifying local people through Cornwall Community Land Trust. The homes for rent are being supported by grants from the Housing Corporation and North Cornwall District Council. Grant support for the community land trust homes is being provided by North Cornwall District Council. It is anticipated that the homes will be completed by March 2009. 18th February 2008 New local needs housing on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly
Six new homes to meet local housing needs have been completed at Barnes Acre on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. All of the homes are for rent and have been constructed by Cornwall Rural Housing Association with the assistance of grant funding from the Housing Corporation. The new homes have been built on land acquired from the Duchy of Cornwall. The scheme comprises three 3 bedroom houses and three 2 bedroom houses. The properties have been designed to be inexpensive to heat and are fitted with ground source heat pumps which provide heating and hot water. Other features include the provision of low energy lighting and water saving features such as a rainwater harvesting system which recycles rainwater for use in toilets and washing machines. They have been independently assessed as achieving an EcoHomes rating of “Very Good”. Peter Moore, Director of Cornwall Rural Housing Association, stated that: “We are pleased to have been able to work so closely with the Duchy of Cornwall and the Council of the Isles of Scilly to provide six homes for rent to meet local needs. We understand that the provision of these six homes helped to ease a log-jam on the Council’s waiting list which meant that a total of sixteen families were rehoused. The name of Barnes Acre was chosen to commemorate William Barnes who built the big house at Normandy on St Mary’s in 1900. It was about this time that he also built the greenhouses and farm sheds which previously occupied the site of this new development and his great grandson still lives in the neighbouring farmhouse. 11th February 2008 New local needs housing at Goonhavern Eight new homes to meet local housing needs have been completed at Goonhilly Close, Goonhavern. All of the homes are for rent and have been constructed by Cornwall Rural Housing Association with the assistance of grant funding from Carrick District Council. The scheme comprises four 3 bedroom houses and four 2 bedroom houses. The properties have been designed to be inexpensive to heat and are fitted with ground source heat pumps which provide heating and hot water. Other features include the provision of low energy lighting and water saving features such as water butts and dual-flush toilets. Peter Moore, Director of Cornwall Rural
Housing Association, stated that: “We are pleased to have been able to work so
closely with Carrick District Council to provide eight homes for rent to meet
local needs. We are particularly please that the additional money raised form
the council tax on second homes has helped Carrick to provide grant funding for
these much-need homes.” 4th February 2008 Four New Affordable Homes in Kilkhampton
Four new homes to meet local housing needs have been acquired by Cornwall Rural Housing Association (CRHA) at Priestacott Park, Kilkhampton. All of the homes are for rent and were built because of a planning condition imposed by North Cornwall District Council which required the developer of the private housing on this site to provide 4 affordable homes. The homes comprise of two 3 bedroom houses and two 2 bedroom houses and they were acquired with assistance of grant funding from The Housing Corporation. CRHA also put some of its own resources into the scheme to make sure that it achieved an EcoHomes “Very Good” rating through the installation of ground source heat pumps to provide heating and hot water. Peter Moore, Director of Cornwall Rural Housing Association, commented that:
“The combination of relatively low wages and higher than average house prices
found in Cornwall means that many young people often cannot afford to live in
the areas where they were born and brought up and it is hoped that developments
such as this can help rural communities remain sustainable”. For more information contact:
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