Hook Norton Community Land Trust (HNCLT) is a not for profit Community Benefit Society that was set up in June 2019 and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority and is part of the National Community Land Trust Network. It was formed to enable the community to develop a small group of I2 affordable, sustainable homes that will enable local people in need of housing to remain living in the community of Hook Norton. 

 

The homes and communal facilities will be built on a piece of overgrown land owned by Cherwell District Council (CDC). They have agreed to transfer ownership of the land for the community-led project to HNCLT for an agreed sum that will enable them to maintain the affordability of the homes in perpetuity.

 

The homes will be based on the needs of the community, already identified through extensive consultation meetings and designed to encourage social contact and community spirit. The homes will have a carbon positive impact on the environment and will benefit from renewable energy systems and low carbon transport options. 

 

HNCLT was formed initially with a core group of four directors which has now grown to a Board of eleven members including members from the local community and other practitioners with a range of knowledge and expertise to guide this exciting project through to completion.  

 

The Board members are:

 

Cathy Ryan (Chair)

Fiona Brown (Vice-Chair)

Tim Lunel (Treasurer)

Charlie Luxton (Company Secretary)

Andrew Bowen (Community Member)

Mike Read (Community Member)

Annabel Shawcross (Community Member)

Max Fontana-Reval (Community Member)

Anne Tutt (Co-opted Member)

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Diana Barber (Administrator)

 

Registered office: The Brewery, Brewery lane, Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, OX15 5NY

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Company number: RS008145

 

Community Benefit Society – Society Number 8145

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