Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for a property on this scheme, you are required to evidence that you have a connection to the Town of Camborne. Coastline will need to be in receipt of the relevant evidence before an offer of a property can be made.

To meet the local connection criteria for this scheme, you will need to meet one of the following:

a) being permanently resident therein for a continuous period of at least three (3) years immediately prior to the date of a Housing Application; or

b) having his or her place of permanent work (normally regarded as 16 hours or more a week and not including seasonal or casual employment) therein for a continuous period of at least three (3) years immediately prior to the date of a Housing Application; or

c) having a connection through a close family member (normally mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter) where the family member is currently resident therein and has been so for a continuous period of at least five (5) years immediately prior to the date of a Housing Application and where there is independent evidence that the family member is in need of or can give support for the foreseeable future ir on an ongoing basis

d) being permanently resident in the County for ten (10) out of the first sixteen (16) years of life

e) being in such other special circumstances which the Council considers requires the applicant to reside therein as appropriate and which is consistent with the Council’s Cornwall Homechoice policy as amended from time to time.

*The local connection criteria does not apply if you are a serving or previously serving member of the regular armed forces or qualifying under any other clause of the Allocation of Housing (qualification criteria for armed forces) (England) regulations 2012.

**As part of your application for a shared ownership home at this development, a local connection is required to be eligible to apply for this scheme. Applications will be invited from those that hold a connection to the Town of Camborne in the first instance.

***If there is still availability on this scheme 70 days after the initial advertising date, applications will then be invited from applicants that hold a connection at a county level:

a) being permanently resident therein for a continuous period of at least 12 months immediately prior to the date of a Housing Application and that residence is if their own choice; or

b) having his or her place of permanent work (normally regarded as 16 hours or more a week and not including seasonal employment) therein immediately prior to the date of a Housing Application