This page is to find out more about which parishes our Rural Housing Enablers are working. 

Aller:   Housing Needs Survey completed – no further work planned at the present time.

Ashcott: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Ashwick: Housing Needs Survey due to be completed September 2008.

Axbridge: Housing Needs Survey completed. Site identification currently taking place.

Baltonsborough:  Housing Needs Survey completed.  Project currently on hold due to issues with land availability.

Barton St David: Housing Needs Survey currently underway.

Batcombe:  4 affordable homes delivered on site in 2006 following a Housing needs Survey and follow up work with Hastoe housing Association, Mendip District Council and Batcombe Parish Council.

Berrow:  Housing Needs Survey completed - need identified - working with Berrow Parish Council and Sedgemoor District Council to deliver the housing.

Bradford on Tone: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Broadway:  Housing Needs Survey completed -no further action required.

Buckland Dinham: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Buckland St Mary: Hastoe Housing Association have a mixed development of rented and shared ownership homes on site and due for completion November 2008.

Burrowbridge:  Housing Needs Survey completed – need identified.

Butleigh: Housing Needs Survey completed, Parish Council currently deciding whether to continue with project.

Catcott:  Housing Needs Survey completed.

Charlton Horethorn: Housing Needs Survey completed – currently working with South Somerset District Council, Charlton Horethorn Parish Council and South Somerset Homes.

Cheddar: Housing Needs Survey completed – over 85 households identified as being in need of affordable housing. RHEs conducted 2^nd stage survey to determine need for low cost home ownership scheme.

Chedzoy: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Chilcompton:  Two phases of development already completed with planning permission granted for a third phase. Nine affordable homes have been built to date by Raglan Housing Association with planning consent for a further 10 affordable homes.

Chilton Polden: Housing Needs Survey carried out – 7 affordable homes completed by SHAL Housing Association in May 2008.

Chipstable:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required.

Churchstanton:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Coleford: Housing Needs Survey completed – RHEs very involved in site identification/scheme design process. 27 unit Mendip Housing Ltd project to start on site in 2009.

Compton Dundon: Housing Needs Survey carried out. 

Cossington: Housing Needs Survey carried out. Working with Sedgemoor District Council and Cossington Parish Council.

Cranmore: Housing Needs Survey completed – working with Hastoe Housing Association and Mendip District Council to deliver 8 affordable homes.

Creech St Michael:  Two Housing Needs Surveys completed (2004 and 2007), working with Taunton Deane Borough Council to deliver affordable housing.

Curry Mallet: Hastoe Housing Association have a 6 unit scheme currently on site and due for completion in January 2009.

Curry Rivel: Housing Needs Survey completed – working with South Somerset District Council and South Somerset Homes to deliver affordable housing for Curry Rivel.

Ditcheat:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Donyatt: Housing Needs Survey completed- no further action required.

East Brent: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Edington:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Fiddington:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Fitzhead:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required.

Hatch Beauchamp: Housing Needs Survey completed.

High Ham:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Holcombe: Housing Needs Survey completed – further work undertaken with Holcombe Parish Council. RHEs assisting Hastoe Housing Association with project for 8 affordable homes.

Huish Episcopi: Housing Needs Survey completed - Identified need for 6 units. We are working with the Parish Council and South Somerset District Council to deliver this housing.

Kingston St Mary: Housing Needs Survey and site identification work completed.

Langford Budville:  Housing Needs Survey completed.

Leigh on Mendip:  Housing Needs Survey completed - need identified – worked with Mendip District Council, Leigh on Mendip parish Council and Knightstone Housing Association to deliver 6 affordable homes. Project completed April 2007.

Long Load: Housing Needs Survey completed, site identification work progressing well.

Long Sutton:  Housing Needs Survey completed - working with Long Sutton Parish Council and South Somerset District Council to deliver affordable housing for local people.

Lydford on Fosse:  Housing Needs Survey complete – no further action required at this stage.

Lympsham: Housing Needs Survey completed, Parish Council currently deciding whether to proceed with project.

Mark:  Housing Needs Survey completed – no suitable site found was found.

Meare: Housing Needs Survey currently underway.

Mells: Housing Needs Survey and site identification completed. Raglan Housing Association currently negotiating with landowners.

Milverton: Housing Needs Survey completed, working with Milverton Parish Council, Taunton Deane Borough Council and Falcon Housing Association to deliver affordable housing for Milverton. 5 affordable homes expected on site in 2009.

Nether Stowey: Housing Needs Survey completed – Falcon Housing completed 7 affordable homes in March 2008.

North Petherton – Housing Needs Survey and site identification work completed. Negotiations with landowners underway.

Norton Fitzwarren: Housing Needs Survey completed.

Norton St Philip: Housing Needs Survey completed, a development of 8 affordable homes is planned for the parish.

Norton Sub Hamdon: Housing Needs Survey completed – currently working with South Somerset District Council, Norton Sub Hamdon Parish Council and South Somerset Homes to identify the best site for a development of 10 units.

Nynehead: Housing Needs Survey carried out – no further action required at this stage.

Over Stowey: Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Oake: Housing Needs Survey carried out – Knightstone Housing Association project on hold due to site availability issues.

Othery: Housing Needs Survey completed – project currently on hold due to lack of suitable site.

Pilton:  Housing Needs Survey completed – worked with Pilton Parish Council, Mendip District Council and Hastoe Housing Association to deliver 10 affordable homes for rent. Project completed spring 2006. A second stage Hastoe development of 4 more rented units is planned for 2008/9.

Pitney:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage. South Somerset Homes working on project for 2 affordable homes.

Priddy: Hastoe Housing Association have gained planning consent for a 4 unit scheme of affordable housing for local people due to start on site in September 2008.

Queen Camel: Housing Needs Survey and site identification work completed. RHEs assisting Parish Council in delivering a Community Land Trust project.

Rodney Stoke: Housing Needs Survey carried out – extensive work undertaken with Mendip District Council, Rodney Stoke Parish Council and Hastoe Housing Association. Project on hold due to difficulty in aquiring a suitable site.

Ruishton: Housing Needs Survey completed. A low cost home ownership project is being considered by the planning authority.

Sampford Arundell: Housing Needs Survey completed – no further action required at this stage.

Shepton Beauchamp: Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Shipham: Housing Needs Survey due to be completed July 2008.

Sparkford:  Housing Needs Survey completed – site identified, South Somerset Homes currently working on planning application, work expected to start on site in 2008.

South Cadbury: Housing Needs Survey completed – working with South Somerset District Council and South Somerset Homes to bring forward a sustainable exemplar project of 4 affordable homes. Scheme designed to exceed the forthcoming Code for Sustainable Homes legislation. Scheme should be on site in 2008.

South Petherton: Housing Needs Survey completed, project currently on hold.

Stawell and Sutton Mallet:  Housing Needs Survey completed - no further action required at this stage.

Stoke St Gregory:  Worked with Falcon Housing Association on a development of six affordable homes, completed in 2006.

Stoke St Michael:  Housing Needs Survey completed in 2004. A follow up survey was completed May 2008 and site identification work will begin in July.

Stoke Sub Hamdon: Housing Needs Survey completed, Parish Council currently deciding whether to proceed with project.

Tatworth and Forton: Housing Needs Survey carried out – currently working with Hastoe Housing Association and South Somerset District Council to deliver a development of affordable homes for the parish. Development expected to start on site in 2009.

Trull: Housing Needs Survey completed. Two planning applications for affordable housing development rejected by planning committee.

Wedmore: Housing Needs Survey completed – working with Wedmore Parish Council, Sedgemoor District Council and Sanctuary Housing Association to deliver affordable housing for the parish.

West Bagborough:  Survey completed. No further action required at this stage.

Wiveliscombe: Housing Needs Survey completed – 16 affordable homes completed in 2006.

Wookey: Housing Needs Survey completed. Raglan Housing Association has received planning consent for a development of 12 affordable homes, completion due for December 2008.

Woolavington: Housing Needs Survey due to be completed July 2008.

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