Community Plan
Comments under the "Affordable Housing" category
- More affordable housing. Encourage local business's to stay in an area for a sustainable community. Make a vibrant area to encourage young families. Cheaper transport enabling to travel to work,. Respond
- Derelict land is lying wasted,. i.e. the old garden centre. It would make a nice housing development for starter homes and at the front Car Parking for local businesses for staff - leaving valuable short stay nearer the village. Respond
- The problems for young people is lack of good jobs, rather than the housing that always gets mentioned. Many good jobs have gone from the area in recent years. (Good job we have Lakeland Ltd I suppose). Housing - too many in plan at Troutbeck Bridge - some maybe needed but don't put just anywhere and spoil the environments of many more residents. 'For locals' is often too expensive i.e 350 K and over for a flat. Respond
- Ease planning restrictions on converting barns/outbuildings to housing. Place restrictions on houses being bought as second homes. Affordable housing for local occupancy. Respond
- More affordable housing. No more second homes. Respond
- Housing - bring back council house developments. People need housing here in the same way as people need housing throughout the country, property prices are a result of the economy not controlled by the council but the economy. Respond
- Affordable housing. Respond
- Use Windermere Garden Centre land for housing. Respond
- Improve public transport links to places outside of National Park e.g. Kendal, Ulverston, Barrow - where housing is less expensive. Respond
- The big issue with 'affordable' housing' it is not the price of houses - it is the low paid jobs. Young families should not be encouraged to stay - they should go where the jobs have better prospects. Respond
- Local occupancy clauses are starting to cause problems for local people who need to move. Housing associations and private landlords often have a get out clause and can let to anyone if the property has been empty for 3/6 months. Meantime owner occupiers have no get out plus lose their sale. Local occupancy clauses should be removed from all owner occupier property. They are a disincentive to buyers, in spite of being unenforceable. They cause hardship for lock people without providing 'affordable' housing. Many are on quit expensive properties. Respond
- More local housing for the young people of the area. Better employment so people can stay local. Respond
- Build more council houses for locals - council houses not for sale. Respond
- Need much more affordable housing. Second homes ought to be taxed very highly. Old empty properties utilised e.g the old court house. Respond
- More affordable housing. Prevent previous council houses being resold as 2nd homes. Legislation for sale into 2nd homes to be change of use. Higher council tax for 2nd homes. More diverse employment opportunities to cut down dependency on tourism. Make better use of local library as a community and educational resource. More opportunities for apprenticeships in local building, gardening, plumbing firms etc. More local Government support for insulation and fuel saving measures. Respond
- Housing - suggested development at Troutbeck Bridge of affordable housing is a good idea and should be pursued. Has the possibility of small working units be constructed for small cogs been considered. Free transport for trainees to enter hotel and catering at Kendal College. Development and encouragement of at least one sizeable industry to be encouraged, Where would it be situated? Respond
- Housing - houses unoccupied could be used for low cost housing. Poor monitoring of people occupying low cost housing. Subsidies available for energy saving devices - solar panels. Respond
- Housing - should be a local who has lived here all their lives. Respond
- With business rates high it is very difficult to make enough profit to put back to keep quality high. They say they are looking for land and barns for affordable housing. That is not true as they only say that to look good to the media. Make it easier for planning permission. Respond
- Rates of pay do not reflect local cost of living which make housing 'too expensive' for low earners. Respond
- There is no monitoring of occupancy of low cost/affordable housing. House are being sole to not local people and not monitoring of it. Respond
- Low cost housing doesn't mean locals would get one of these houses.. Depends on points system. This need changing. Respond
- More emphasis on affordable housing many local occupancy houses are expensive. Respond
- Although there has been a marked increase in building of affordable housing is there sufficient use made of possible sites and purchase of lands. Employment - in view of loss of employment office in Windermere - good idea to have notices in library. Respond
- There is a definite need for low cost housing in the area e.g. so that professionals can afford to live here within the community they service. Respond
- Let's allow barns to be converted into affordable homes. Respond
- Cheaper rentable housing needed for locals - to encourage them to stay in the area. More small industrial units needed for starter businesses. Respond
- The major problem is lack of affordable housing. This knocks on to opportunities in reasonably aged employment. There are considerable differences in income levels, with the result that there is not 100% support to a community effort. Need to convince all that lack of affordable housing impacts on the whole economy. Respond
- There is not enough affordable family housing. Too many people who work here cant afford to live here. Respond
- Housing - affordable housing an urgent must for the young of this village. Employment - there is a need for more employment and the possibilities for cheap travel to and from these sites. Respond
- Housing - more housing should be affordable for local workers. Training - schemes to be set up to provide local school leavers with skills to allow them to gain employment in this are. Setting up of an industrial unit for this purpose. Respond
- Housing too expensive for young couples. More cheap rentable housing for local young people, or special arrangements for 1st time buyers. Especially when many house are empty for holiday lets. Training needed for people in low paid jobs to improve prospects. Respond