The Stretham and Wilburton Community Land Trust was set up in 2011 in response to new legislation to allow for a new approach to housing.
Put simply communities can create legal entities that allow for land (usually outside the development area) to be developed for a mix of market and affordable housing – the former being used to offset costs of the latter.
The affordable element is for local people and profits on these are retained by the trust for future housing.
Stretham got in first, has been deemed successful, but Wilburton has from the outset been the problem ‘child’.
The SWCLT and Laragh Homes has applied to build 80 market houses and 35 affordables on a site known as Camp’s Field. Some commercial units, playing fields and a community centre are included.
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Published:
10:29 AM May 17, 2021
This offensive Swastika graffiti was seen in Jubilee Park and the grounds of Ely Cathedral on Sunday (May 16).
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Residents of Ely were left horrified after they spotted Swastika graffiti in Jubilee Park and the grounds of Ely Cathedral while out on a walk.
They believe the offensive graffiti was spray-painted onto the door on Saturday evening as the Ely Litter Picker group had carried out a communal litter pick throughout the centre of Ely during the day.
It comes after a spate of offensive graffiti in recent months led to East Cambs Council and Cambridgeshire Constabulary forming The East Cambs Community Safety Partnership, which aims to crackdown on such incidents.