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First residents move into new affordable homes in Marazion

Some 40 affordable homes have been built in Marazion

9 March 2021 Natalia Rotaru with her daughter and mother at their new home in Marazion

By Olivier Vergnault

Natalia Rotaru with her daughter and mother at their new home in Marazion (Image: LiveWest)

A development offering affordable homes for people in Marazion has seen its first residents move in.

Housing association LiveWest teamed up with Cornwall Council and regeneration specialists, Vistry Partnerships, to develop the 100% affordable development of 40 homes as part of the Homes for Cornwall initiative.

The Marazion scheme, which began in October 2019, was made possible by grant funding from Homes England and Cornwall Council.

Robert Cock, head of delivery for LiveWest, said: “These new homes will form a high quality and sustainable affordable housing development that meets the needs of local people.

“Ensuring people have access to social housing is of vital importance in today’s climate. Importantly, the homes are in a coastal community which will help to sustain local services in the future.

“The development has proved to be particularly popular with people wanting to own their own homes in the town of Marazion, Cornwall where many of them have a local connection.

“We look forward to welcoming the remaining residents into their new homes.”

The first residents have started moving in at the new LiveWest affordable homes in MarazionThe first residents have started moving in at the new LiveWest affordable homes in Marazion (Image: LiveWest)A memorial stone has ben erected on the development in tribute to HMS Warspite whose last resting place was near to MarazionA memorial stone has ben erected on the development in tribute to HMS Warspite whose last resting place was near to Marazion (Iage: LiveWest)

Originally 35% of the development was designed to be affordable but thanks to extra funding and the partnership between all parties, that figure has increased to 100%.

Built on former council-owned land on the edge of the town, the development offers a mixture of affordable homes for shared ownership and rent.

The 40 homes are made up of 28 for affordable rent and 12 shared ownership.

Cornwall Council cabinet member for homes Andrew Mitchell said: “We’ve worked with Vistry Partnerships and LiveWest since 2013 to provide 396 new homes for open market sale, affordable rent and shared ownership on surplus Council land throughout the Duchy.

“The Homes for Cornwall partnership has been hugely successful – 52% of all homes have been provided as affordable housing across the programme with this site in Marazion 100% affordable.

“As part of the partnership, other homes have been built at Shortlanesend, Blackwater, Madron, on two sites in Penzance, Wadebridge and St Breward.”

 

Natalia Rotaru is one fo the first tenants to move in with her family.

The 40-year-old had been privately renting in Townshend with her mother and her five-year-old daughter Fleur, for the past seven years.

She said: “We were renting privately and it was very expensive. I was logging on to the Cornwall housing system every week bidding for homes as we desperately needed more space.

“Then these beautiful new homes in Marazion came up and we were really excited. When we found out that we had been accepted for one, the emotion was one of pure joy. Everything is perfectly designed and the location is great as we are just on front of St Michael’s Mount.

“It has changed everything for us.”

Sue Nicholas, Cornwall Council local member for Marazion and Perranuthnoe, said: “It provides long awaited quality houses to meet the needs of local families. Having spoken with some residents it is really lovely to see they are settling into their new homes.”

Meanwhile Marazion Town Council, with financial support from LiveWest, has erected a memorial stone on the development in tribute to HMS Warspite whose last resting place was near to Marazion.

HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s which served during both world wars earning battle honours for its involvement during the Normandy landings.

Decommissioned in 1945, Warspite ran aground under tow in 1947 on rocks near Prussia Cove and was eventually broken up nearby.

Natalia Rotaru with her daughter and mother at their new home in Marazion
The first residents have started moving in at the new LiveWest affordable homes in Marazion
A memorial stone has ben erected on the development in tribute to HMS Warspite whose last resting place was near to Marazion

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