WitherslackTHE COMMUNITY

Can a working village survive in the National Park?

•The Parish Plan

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Action to Establish the Facts

• Housing Steering Group

• Housing Survey

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Addressing the Proven Need

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• Project Manager

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The Detail…

• Outline Planning Application for 4 homes at Blea Crag

• Certification• Section 106• Solicitor• Land Agreements• Residents• Funding

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Owning our Assets and Making it work

• Community Shop

• The Pub is the Hub

• Redundant Farm Buildings

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Roundabouts, Red Herrings and Hoops

“It has been a long and winding road to get this far. We know that these issues face most villages in the UK, but hit particularly hard in the national parks. We hope that our work will have some, small influence on Government in all its forms and that they will now accept that many of rural England's problems are solvable by the communities themselves, and move to actually support and encourage such actions.” Nick Stanley WCLT

• Questions?

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