Northcombe Lea Open Day – Friday, 18th August

At Netherhay, Drimpton, the Northcombe Lea street name is now in place, as is Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust‘s 2023 plaque. The site has a mixture of apartments and one, two and three bedroomed homes.

The process by Abri to allocate homes to tenants will get underway tomorrow, 24th July, when the individual units will be advertised on Dorset Council‘s Homechoice website. The tenants will begin moving in during late August.

The Open Day on 18th August is an opportunity to view the 15 high quality, affordable, rural homes before they are occupied.

From 10.00am ’til 1.00pm:
Please park cars at Drimpton Village Hall and walk round to Northcombe Lea on Netherhay Lane, where staff from Abri and members of the BGP CLT Board will be available to talk to and answer any questions.
There will be a few disabled parking spaces available on the site.
Refreshments and facilities will be available at Drimpton Village Hall.

The Community Land Trust was established in 2016 and it acquired the freehold of a 1.5 ha development site from the Hedditch family. If you would you like to join the BGP CLT, find out more on their Membership page – click HERE.

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Northcombe Lea Development At Netherhay, Drimpton

The photograph shows an aerial image of Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT’s development site at Northcombe Lea, Drimpton, taken mid-September. (Photo credit: Site Manager, David Chant).

On 17th August 2022, it was agreed at a Site meeting of Abri, C.G.Fry and the BCLT that site is to be referred to as Northcombe Lea. The BGP CLT is now officially registered with the Land Registry as the owner of Northcombe Lea, Netherhay Lane, Drimpton, and is in possession of the title plans.

All sub structures are now complete and the front elevations of Portland stonework are visible along Netherhay Lane.

If you would you like to join the BGP CLT, find out more on their Membership page – click HERE.

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Housebuilding Starts At Netherhay Lane

An update from the Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust:

Work on the Netherhay Lane site is progressing well and on time. Elevations are now rising from the foundation blocks, brickwork and facings of Portland Stone are now visible. Large attenuation tanks to manage the surface water run off have been installed

BGP CLT and the Broadwindsor Group Parish Council have put forward the name ‘Northcombe Lea’ for this site to Dorset Council.

Our community project, Homemaking, has received grant funding from Dorset Council’s Community and Culture Fund. When waste timber from the site becomes available, community volunteers will creatively up-cycle the material to make bird and bat boxes etc, some of which we hope can be housed on the development site in due course. This project, which also includes photography, music, song and art work, is being coordinated on behalf of BGP CLT by Andrew Pastor.

Unfortunately, thefts of materials from site have recently taken place. 24/7 CCTV on site is now in place and CG Fry have also installed more secure storage areas. Any additional information anyone can provide about these thefts would be gratefully received by CG Fry’s Project Manager at the site.

The 2022 AGM took place in Drimpton Village Hall on Monday evening, 20th June.

Sheila Hawkins and Jacqui Sewell were re-elected to the Board for another 3 year term.
Francesca Hurrell and Rowland Hibbard, who had previously been co-opted on to the Board, were elected by Members, as was
Stefan Nikolov (Broadwindsor).
Steve Chubb, Brian Hesketh and Ken Banks are the remaining Board members.

If you have any questions about the development or the housing, please contact:
Sheila Hawkins – 11esgh528@gmail.com for a CLT membership.
Learn more at their website HERE.

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Broadwindsor GP CLT Site At Netherhay Lane

The Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust Board is absolutely delighted that they have taken a step closer to provision of 15 housing units for affordable rent for our Parish area, with the commencement of work on their development site at Netherhay Lane, Drimpton. Board members and the community have, over a period of 6 years, been very involved with the planning and design of these badly needed homes, and thy are very excited to see things actually happening at last! The CLT took ownership of the site on 24th November 2021. The main contractor CG Fry started work on 13th December, fencing off the site, creating the initial site office and facilities, removing turf and creating a working roadway before Christmas. From the beginning of January 2022, further ground condition surveys have been taking place to inform strategy on foundations, and initial trenches have been dug for drainage. The contract term is set for completion by April 2023.

CG Fry has agreed to the CLT Board’s request for 4-5 site Open Days to be organised across the construction period so that community members can visit the site and talk to staff members of both CG Fry and Abri (our Housing Association partner). They will let you know when these are scheduled in due course.

During the construction phase BGP CLT is running a community project, to include a series of music, arts and crafts events in Drimpton, which will be open for participation to everyone in the Broadwindsor Parish area. This project is being coordinated for us by Andrew Pastor, with the help of Brian Hesketh and Francesca Hurrell.

To be eligible for one of these new homes, please apply now to join the Dorset Council Housing Register HERE notifying them of your interest in this CLT housing development in Drimpton.

The principal aim of the Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT is to provide a small development of affordable housing for rent to people with a direct connection to the villages within this Parish:

Blackdown
Broadwindsor
Burstock
Drimpton
Hursey
Kittwhistle
Seaborough

If you have any questions about the development or the housing, please contact:
David Leader (Chair, BGP CLT) – westhillhousecottages@gmail.com,
Anyone interested in being part of the current and future CLT community projects are invited to contact:
Sheila Hawkins – 11esgh528@gmail.com for a CLT membership.
Learn more at their website HERE.

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