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Hook Norton’s Award Winning Community Housing Project!

It’s been a fantastic year for the community housing project here in Hook Norton. The first residents have moved in, the landscaping is bedding in and developing, and the community building, for use by the whole village is reaching completion.

To cap it all, it is now an award winning project, with a number of local and national awards to its name.

Unlock Net Zero Award  – HNCLT & Greencore for ‘Collaboration of the Year’
Inside Housing Development Awards  – Best affordable housing development – less than 5m
Building Awards – Net Zero Award – Finalists
Climate Action Awards – Innovation in Climate Action Award
Evening Standard New Homes Awards – Best Low Carbon Homes Award
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