The Witherslack Community Land Trust was formed in 2006 by a group of villagers concerned about the lack of affordable housing in the village, especially available to the young. Our aim is to meet this need and provide affordable homes whilst retaining ownership of the land. Through retention of land we aim to ensure long term affordability and ensure local occupants in need remain the priority for the homes.

We’ve achieved success on a number of projects; facilitating the self-build of two affordable homes to local families, securing Ivy Bank Works – a piece of land in the centre of the village for a local enterprise, purchasing the freehold on the failed local pub in order to guarantee its long-term survival.

We have explored a site allocated for residential development by the Lake District National Park utilising their Community Housing Fund to cover the pre-development costs of the project. Unfortunately, this project was deemed not feasible for affordable housing due to the difficult nature of the site leading to large abnormal cost.

Housing needs surveys have shown us the demand for affordable housing in our village is as prevalent as ever as there have been no affordable housing developments in our village since the last survey was carried out. We are continuing to work with the Lake District National Park to identify sites for development of affordable housing.

If you have any questions or would like more information on the development please do not hesitate to contact us