The CCLT was formed back in 2018 in order to help bring forward a previous Poole Housing Partnership project on unused land in the Creekmoor uban area along Northmead Drive and this remains our primary objective. It had been known for a long time that there is a shortage of social housing, that rents in the private sector are unaffordable for many, and that it is extremely difficult for many young families to move on from the family home and stay within the area. This is till (2026) very much the case and we are aware of sometimes three, maybe four generations of people living in family homes locally. An opportunity arose to use government funding, through the creation of a Land Trust, to allow the local community to take ownership of land, build affordable homes for local people, to have a level of control on letting through a Lettings Plan, and to take benefit for the community via a ground rent, to be spent purely for benefit to the local community. The CCLT literally belongs to the local community, all members of the community can get involved, and the CCLT belongs to Creekmoor. Working with BCP Council, and our build and letting administration partner Sovereign Housing (Part of Sovereign Network Group) we are working to bring forward 14 units of social housing, all of a high ecological standard, on site close to the Creekmoor Local Centre, to help alleviate the chronic and acute shortage of affordable housing in the area, with priority for people living or working in the vicinity.