Author: Nick Constable
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PCT Affordable Housing Project Update: March 2022
A plan showing the proposed affordable homes site (square, in red border) and Parracombe’s historic settlement. The blue arrows show key viewpoints around the village. After good progress during the autumn of 2021 Parracombe Community Trust’s affordable housing plans for local people have moved frustratingly slowly. We were hoping by now to have received our…
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Children’s Play Area and MUGA Update: March 2022
In 2021 Parracombe Community Trust (PCT) took responsibility for managing the Coronation Playing Field along with the children’s play area and MUGA (multi use games area). Parracombe Parish Council, which was previously responsible for these amenities initially donated money to the Community Trust for the upkeep of the play area. However the Council later re-considered…
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Affordable Local-Needs Housing
At last some good news. The Trust’s housing adviser, Wessex Community Assets, has persuaded North Devon Council to approve £10,000 for feasibility studies at our preferred construction site on the northern edge of Parracombe. This is on top of funding for legal searches and reports which has already been approved. Feasibility studies may include archaeological,…
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Affordable Homes – Update Feb 2020
The Trust’s project to build six affordable homes for local needs on the northern edge of Parracombe made good progress up until Christmas 2019. Unfortunately, since then, things have stalled – hopefully only temporarily. Having identified a site, won the approval of the landowner, agreed a price and general terms and submitted grant funding bids…
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Trust Committee Volunteers
Volunteers are needed to form the three committees which will steer and manage Parracombe Community Trust’s main projects – the village hall, a new community shop and six new affordable homes.
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Special General Meeting of the Parracombe Community Trust Limited
To the Members of Parracombe Community Trust Limited Members are advised of advanced notice of the Special General Meeting of the Parracombe Community Trust Limited (the Society), to be held at Parracombe Village Hall on Wednesday, January 16th 2019 at 7pm. The only business the Society can do at this meeting is that which is…