Eligibility

You may be eligible for this property if:

You have a gross household income of no more than £80,000 per annum.

You are unable to purchase a suitable home to meet your housing needs on the open market.

You do not already own a home or you will have sold your current home before you purchase or rent.

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 Erme. 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.

1. 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.
2. 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 St Newlyn East, Ladock, Probus, St Clement, Kenwyn and St Allen.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. All phases will initially be released with a local connection to the primary area.