Rural housing needs survey

The Parish Council and Audlem District Community Action (ADCA) have been working with Cheshire East Council and Wulvern Housing to provide up-to-date evidence of local housing needs for both affordable housing and supported housing within Audlem.

Also, Wulvern Housing plans to replace the supported housing facility, Thornton House on Cheshire Street, with a modern, fit-for-purpose complex at some point within the next two to three years so it is important to have people's views locally.

ADCA currently uses Thornton House's communal lounge and kitchen to run its Day and Coffee clubs and has plans to expand its services there. So it's important to know exactly the type and size of future provision that is needed on the Thornton House site which ensures the continued provision of these vital community facilities. It is also important to find out about the need generally for affordable housing in the village.

It is five years since the last Rural Housing Survey was undertaken locally so the Parish Council, with the help of ADCA and Cheshire East Council, has decided to undertake a new rural housing needs survey.

Confidential questionnaires will be distributed to each household in Audlem at the end of January 2013 and will be collected by parish councillors and ADCA volunteers in early February 2013.

The results will then be collated by Cheshire East Council and the Parish Council will ensure they are made available within the village. The Parish Council is urging everyone to look at the questionnaire and give their views.

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