Matlock CLT Is a Non Profit Organisation Who Aims To Protect Its Community Spaces & Assets
Matlock Derbyshire
Joined February 2023
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Matlock CLT is attempting to purchase a car park & plot of land off Cavendish Road in Matlock to retain it as a Asset of Community Value, not only as a car park but to provide some affordable housing & allotments. We need funds to help run the admin please gofund.me/586fbbb8
Sounds familiar
Even with me pushing for the old Studley community centre to remain as a community asset and be used by local youth groups as a community centre, from the moment I became a county councillor the Reform led county council have decided to just auction it off.
I am apoplectic.
Renting it to local community groups would have kept income over many years but instead they want a one off payment for some reason.
Removing community assets while making short term financial decisions. . . I'm glad I left @reformparty_uk more and more, Because this is shameful.
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So far 108 have responded to our traffic & road safety survey.
The results are in! 94% things have deteriorated since the car park closure75% witnessed bus or large vehicle unable to get through! 18% actually witnessed an accident 98% think re opening the car park would improve
With regard to Cavendish Road car park “Councils can dispose of land "for less than the best consideration that can reasonably be obtained" without needing consent from the secretary of state if the value is £2m or below.”
Police investigate after £4.6m college sold for £1 bbc.in/3XUyV4N
This takes less than 5 minutes
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Closing the car park has caused all sorts of problems for pedestrians. Around 35 cars have been displaced & they have literally nowhere to go. Coupled with a pavement width which can’t comply with current standards, this closure of the car park has had serious knock on effects.
We want to hear about experiences as users of Cavendish & surrounding roads. We’re not focused on pot holes! But would like to know how you fare as regular road & pavement users
Survey
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Well done to the council that recognizes community space and engages with it’s community. Something @Derbyshirecc knows nothing about!
We hope @Derbyshirecc were listening? They don’t appear to be hearing us @CommLandTrusts
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Insights from our Community Housing Fund review will form part of our campaigning for new funding so CLTs can deliver homes that:
- bolster national affordable housing goals - often in underserved places
- often get more public support
- generate community wealth and cohesion
A little sneak preview of a review of the Community Housing Fund, which we find has helped almost 1k homes get built or under construction, and 2/3rds have secured sites & planning consents. Will @mtpennycook/@AngelaRayner build on this success to grow supply in a v.popular way?
Our plan is to reconnect the community with a very usable and open space @Derbyshirecc
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This is incredibly disappointing.
We cannot build enough social homes as a by-product of private development - even if 1.5m over 5 years is achieved. More social housing grant is needed - it is great capital investment, pays for itself, and will save revenue spending as well.
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I'd add that at @CommLandTrusts we have found the current planning system now adds more than £10k to the cost of each home on small affordable housing projects, often more than the land!
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For anyone who thinks planning ain't broke and doesn't need fixing...
Stourbridge CLT chair @MortonEddy appeared on BBC Midlands Today to discuss the planning barriers SCLT have faced in our project to build eco-homes for local people
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Something that regularly crops up with @CommLandTrusts projects is the aspiration to build #lowcarbon as well as #affordablehousing
Watch this space with plans in the pipeline for our collaboration with @YCEnergy & @loficoho to deliver community owned renewable energy 😀
#CLTs
The project is a collaboration between @Yorspace @loficoho & @YCEnergy
Details here: yorspace.org/lowfield-green/
Starting onsite soon.
We'd love to know more about #zerobills
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We were so disappointed to hear @Keir_Starmer on @BBCPanorama how he would treat communities in planning reforms as enemies with disrepect and disdain. Does @UKLabour really support the volume housebuilders over local people?
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Matlock CLT members out in the community today, asking for support to get the Cavendish Road Car Park open for local residents again. #matlock
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With estimates showing that just 1% of land owners control half the land in England #BuildingwithCommunities is exploring the communities taking back their agency to collectively own land for rewilding, ecological farming and nature stewardship. Register: bit.ly/BWCom2024
