AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the Angmering Community Land Trust will take place on Wednesday 20th September 2023 at 7.15pm at the Angmering Community Centre, Foxwood Avenue, Angmering. All are welcome.

Angmering Parish Assembly

Angmering Community Land Trust was pleased to exhibit at the annual Angmering Parish Assembly that took place on Thursday 26th May 2022 in the Angmering Community Centre.

The event was well attended and presented an opportunity for our Trustees to describe the development at Swallows Gate where ACLT has five houses together with our current project in Mayflower Way where we are trying to create a further 12 houses.

We were also pleased to welcome Andrew Griffith MP for Arundel & South Downs and Cllr Andy Cooper from Arun District Council. Both are strong supporters of ACLT and have recognised our achievements.

Affordable Homes handed over to ACLT

Wednesday 6th April 2022 saw the formal handover of the first affordable home from the developer to ACLT. It has been a long process that started just over two years ago when ACLT sat down with the developers and agreed in principle to purchase 5 homes. But it hasn’t been an individual achievement by ACLT , it has taken the support of many different organisations, all sharing the same objective in providing affordable homes for local people.

So our thanks must also go to….. Angmering Parish Council who were pivotal in bringing the developer and ourselves together; to Arun District Council who worked with us to devise the application process and the allocations policy; to Triodos Bank in agreeing to loan us the funds to purchase;  and to the South Downs National Park Authority for having the confidence to invest in us and without whose financial support this project would not have been viable.

Grant Awarded to ACLT

Arundel and South Downs MP Andrew Griffith has warmly welcomed news of a £113,770 grant being awarded to Angmering’s Community Land Trust.
The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DHULC) have approved the award from the Community Housing Fund. The money will help to deliver 12 new homes at Mayflower Way for locally affordable rent for those who have a local connection to the Angmering parish.
Andrew Griffith is especially supportive of the Community Land Trusts (CLTs) in Arundel and South Downs and believes that CLTs should be an integral part of the planning process. Community-led housing involves local people.
Tony Cross is a volunteer who leads the Angmering Community Land Trust, a charitable company. The CLT is also supported by the parish council, South Downs National Park Authority, Arun District Council, the National CLT Network and Action in Rural Sussex.
The Community Housing Fund grant will help the CLT get their next 12-home project ‘over the line’. They expect to sign contracts with the developer before the end of April.
Tony Cross, Chairman of Angmering CLT, said:
“ACLT is exceptionally pleased to be awarded such a sizeable grant and is proud that we are a flag bearer for West Sussex CLT’s in driving community-led homes forward. The money will be used to help fund the Pre-Contract Services Agreement with our contractors to commence construction of 12 affordable homes in Angmering. We are extremely grateful for Andrew’s support of CLT’s in general and ACLT in particular”
Andrew Griffith said:
“I am absolutely delighted to know a substantial award from the Community Housing Fund will be allocated to Angmering. Community Land Trusts are one of the best solutions to providing genuinely affordable homes for truly local people. There are a number of projects in Arundel and South Downs and I look forward to continuing to give them my full support.”
Tom Warder, Community Led Housing Manager at Action in Rural Sussex said; “The Community Housing Fund is a vital source of funding for community led housing groups such as Angmering CLT. Great to see this support being provided to innovative affordable housing projects such as that at Mayflower Way which should enable it to get onto site very soon.”
Photograph – L-R, Tom Warder (AiRS), James Stewart (Arundel), Andrew, Paul Wilkinson (Slindon), Roger Paterson (Pulborough), Mike Link (Aldingborne, Barnham & Eastergate), Tony Cross (Angmering), Mike Hughes (SDNPA), Robin McDonald (Angmering), Darrell Gale (Arundel).