Marshfield Community Land Trust

WHEATFIELD BARNS ADVERTS ON SGC HOMECHOICE WEBSITE TODAY FRIDAY OCTOBER 24TH

There are 4 x1bedroom, 4x2bedroom and 2x 3bedroom properties. The adverts are only available for bids for one week.

SEE RECENT POSTS FOR details ON PRIORITISATION CRITERIA

WHAT IS MARSHFIELD CLT ?

MCLT is a local Community Benefit Society. It can hold assets on behalf of the community, it is not for profit and democratically accountable to its members. It has support from Marshfield Parish Council and South Gloucestershire Council.

We believe in i) collective action for community benefit, ii) working towards net zero, iii) partnership working with other organisations, iv) small scale community led development.

Its current priorities are

i) affordable housing for local people with a focus on social housing ( Wheatfield Barns). For many decades there has been a failure to build homes that are within reach of local people and MCLT aim to help provide affordable housing for Marshfield which will give long term security to tenants.

Our Wheatfield Barns development ,now very close to completion, brings to life the aim of the scheme to enable local young people to afford to live in the village rather than be forced to move elsewhere for accommodation and work.

ii) locally generated clean energy and energy conservation.

WHO WE ARE : MCLT Board of Directors

Christine Eden, chair: Oliver Shirley, vice chair: John Fuller, secretary: Simon Turner, treasurer: Jim Brookes: Ian Dawes: Ian Jones: Caroline Page: Simon Pressdee: Ros Snow.

HOW TO CONTACT MCLT

QUERIES OR COMMENTS TO: christine.eden@marshfieldclt.org OR secretary@marshfieldclt.org

Postal address at end of this post.

UPDATE ON WHEATFIELD BARNS October 20th 2025

GOOD NEWS. The legal delay associated with the electricity substation has been cleared and the electricity is now connected.

HomeChoice wait until they know that the final building stage is underway before publishing the adverts for the rental homes so adverts on website Oct 24th. There are 4 x1bedroom, 4x2bedroom and 2x 3bedroom properties. The adverts are only available for bids for one week.

Applicants with a local connection to Marshfield and a housing need will be given priority in the allocation of all Wheatfield Barns homes.

FULL DETAILS OF THE HOUSING PRIORITISATION SCHEME ARE AVAILABLE UNDER RECENT POSTS

https://marshfieldclt.org/wheatfield-barns-draft-housing-prioritisation-scheme .

SEE PARAS 4 AND 5 FOR FULL DETAILS OF LOCAL CONNECTION CRITERIA. Applicants have to be registered with South Gloucestershire Council HomeChoice and show that immediately preceding the date of advertising the Affordable Dwelling they were a Local Needs Persons i.e. that they were in Housing Need and had one of the following Local Connections:

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN HERE OF PRIORITIES. Applicants satisfying para. 4.1 have the highest priority. This covers those who have been resident within the Parish of Provision (which is Marshfield) for a current continuous period of at least three years, or a continuous period of at least five years in the preceding eight, or a continuous period of at least ten years within the last twenty years.

 Applicants satisfying 4.2 have the second highest priority. This covers those who have been in Permanent Employment within Marshfield for a continuous period of at least two years, or have a Close Family Member who is living and has lived in the Parish of Marshfield for a continuous period of at least five years, or been resident within the Parish of Marshfield for a continuous period for at least the past two years. 

 If there are no applicants from Marshfield who meet the housing need and local connection criteria, applicants from surrounding parishes will be considered.

Questions to: christine.eden@marshfieldclt.org

Marshfield Community Land Trust Ltd is Registered with the Financial Conduct Authority ( 7361), Registered under the Cooperative Benefits Societies Act 2014, Registered Office, Tolzey Hall, 41 High Street, Marshfield SN14 8LR