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Published:
1:09 PM March 3, 2021
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2:01 PM March 3, 2021
Three more tenants have arrived at new bungalows as part of the Haddenham Community Land Trust scheme.
- Credit: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
More tenants have been handed the keys to three more properties as part of a village Community Land Trust enterprise.
Five one-bedroom bungalows have now been occupied in Ovins Rise, Haddenham, part of the Haddenham Community Land Trust (HCLT) which gained planning permission in 2018 for 19 affordable homes in the village.
Mayor James Palmer said: “We’re pushing forward with support and funding for community-led housing, putting power in the hands of more people and communities to design, build and manage their own housing.
Naming of the estate turned out to be the least of the multifarious issues that faced HCLT.
Initially it was to be called West End Gardens but the district council felt it sounded too similar to the existing road West End which lies adjacent.
The trustees suggested an alternative, Ovins Rise, that was accepted. The name refers to Ovin, who is believed to have been the steward of Etheldreda, the East Anglian Queen who lived from 636-679AD.
A dash of luxury inside the first community land trust home at Haddenham
- Credit: HCLT
A stone plinth called Ovins Stone is in Ely Cathedral but was originally found in Aldreth; a replica can be found in Haddenham churchyard.