Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for a property on this scheme, you are required to evidence that you have a connection to the Parish of St Agnes. Coastline will need to receive 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) being formerly permanently resident therein for a continuous period of at least five (5) years; or

c) having your 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

d) 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 or on an ongoing basis.

*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.

**If there is still availability on this scheme after two weeks, applications will then be opened to applicants that hold a connection to the secondary area, defined as the neighbouring Parishes of Portreath, Chacewater, Kenwyn and Perranzabuloe.

***If there is still availability on this scheme two weeks after the initial cascade to the neighbouring parishes, applications will then be invited from applicants that hold a connection to the County of Cornwall.

****If after 70 days from the date of advertising the homes for sale there is still availability, the homes may be opened up to a person who meets at least one of the points a – d listed above, or who holds a Minimum Local Connection to the County of Cornwall.