Housing Needs Survey Report April 2012 Colton Parish Cumbria Rural Housing Trust Redhills House, Redhills Business Park, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT T: 01768 210264 E:
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[email protected] W: www.crht.org.uk Data Protection Registration Number Z810236X Company Registration Number 292 0997 Registered Charity Number: 1064136 Colton Parish Housing Needs Survey April 2012 CONTENTS 1. Return Rate & Map of Survey area 2. Introduction & Key Findings 3. Recommendations & Observations 4. Summary of Survey Part One, Questions 1 to 8 - All respondents 5. Summary of Survey Part Two – Questions 9 to 19 - Respondents assessed in need of affordable housing 6. Comments from the survey responses Appendix 1 - Methodology, Assumptions and Criteria Appendix 2 - House Prices Appendix 3 – Current supply of affordable housing Appendix 4 - Survey Letters and Survey Form Colton Parish Housing Needs Survey 2012 1. Return Rate and Map of Survey Area Requested Parish /Ward No. of survey No. of survey Return Rate Return Date Surveyed forms issued forms (%) returned 16 April 2012 Colton Parish 458 116 25.3% Colton Parish - Housing Needs Survey April 2012 2. Introduction & Key Findings Between 2010 - 2012, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, commissioned by the Lake District National Park and South Lakeland District Council, conducted Housing Needs Survey across many of the parishes of the National Park with the purpose of identifying the need for affordable housing.