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.…
The Hook Norton Community Housing project has been shortlisted for 5 regional and national awards. It has been shortlisted in the Best Low Carbon Home category in the Evening Standard New Homes Awards, and in the Best Healthy Home category…
We recently visited this project in Hook Norton which is reaching completion. An extensive community engagement process shaped the project throughout its development through a series of interviews, surveys and open meetings. With an ambitious sustainability strategy at its heart,…
The vast majority of new housing is unsustainable, unfit for purpose, and doesn’t answer the local need. Possibly one of the biggest issues that results in the poor quality of housing in this country is the discrepancy between the local…
The planning permission has been submitted for our scheme for the Hook Norton community housing project. The scheme, which is the culmination of an extensive community engagement process plans to create 12 dwellings and a community building centred around a…
The people of Hook Norton recognised a need for affordable homes that would have a positive impact on the environment and the local community. The local Low Carbon group identified a piece of neglected and overgrown land owned by the…