Histon & Impington
Community Land Trust

Like so many local villages, Histon and Impington face some big future challenges, especially around access to the affordable homes and amenities that are vital to a lively, sustainable community.

The 2018 Big Community Survey, that helped formulate the Histon & Impington Neighbourhood Plan, told us that 38% of respondents rated affordability of housing as a worry for the future. The Plan clearly voices the community’s wish to become or remain “a diverse, inclusive and tolerant community, embracing provision of housing for those with lower incomes, who cannot afford the housing prices that currently prevail.”

Our aim is clear – to give the people who live or work in the villages more say over how to develop locally and in ways that could benefit the whole community.

Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are being set up across the UK as not-for-profit organisations run by local volunteers to develop housing, workspaces or other assets that meet community needs. They can help more people live closer to their work, schools, shops, clubs, friends and families.

So, what is a Community Land Trust?

A community land trust is a local organisation set up and run by the people of the area:

• to develop and manage homes
• and any other communal enterprises the community would like such as creating workspaces, health facilities and libraries

Every project has to be carried out with the support of and for the benefit of the community.

Watch this short video to see another way of explaining