A successful application must have a local connection to West Devon

1. Lives in settlement

2. Permanent work in settlement

3. Previously lived in settlement for 5 out of the last 10 years

4. Family have live in settlement and have done so for 5+ years.

Be eligible for the shared ownership scheme

Can demonstrate you meet the minimum income requirements

Can demonstrate a deposit sufficient to obtain a mortgage for the property

Have a local connection to the area

Be eligible for the shared ownership scheme

Can demonstrate you meet the minimum income requirements

Can demonstrate a deposit sufficient to obtain a mortgage for the property

Have a local connection to the area

A local connection to Merton will take priority. This is in the form of living, working, previously living or a family connection.

You may be eligible for this property if:

You have a gross household income of no more than £80,000 per annum.
You are unable to purchase a suitable home to meet your housing needs on the open market.
You do not already own a home or you will have sold your current home before you purchase or rent.

You live, work, or have a strong local connection to the parish of Tedburn St Mary or the Parish of Cheriton Bishop. Strong local connection means close family associations or previous periods of residence.

If we are not able to find a buyer with a local connection to a) Tedburn St Mary or Cheriton Bishop, the criteria will be widened as follows and in the following order:

b)Whitestone, Holcombe, Burnell, Dunsford and Moretonhampstead.

c)Teignbridge.

d)Devon.

As part of your application for a shared ownership home at this development, you are required to hold a local connection to the County of Cornwall. The local connection requirements are outlined within a planning document issued by Cornwall Council called a “Section 106 Agreement”, which is unique to each new development.

Coastline Housing are responsible for approving your local connection and we will need to have all evidence of this before an offer of a property will be made.

To meet the local connection criteria for this scheme, you will need to meet one of the following:

a) Lived in the County of Cornwall for a continuous period of at least 12 months immediately prior to advertising

b) Formerly lived within the County of Cornwall for a continuous period of 5 years.

c) Your place of work (16 hours or more a week and not including seasonal employment) immediately prior to advertising

d) Have a connection through a close family member (mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter) where the family member is currently a resident and has been so for a continuous period of at least 5 years immediately prior to advertising.

*The local connection criteria does not apply if you are a serving or previously serving member of the regular armed forces or qualifying under any other clause of the Allocation of Housing (qualification criteria for armed forces) (England) regulations 2012.

PROVING YOUR CONNECTION

So that we can approve your local connection, you will need to provide us with some documents as evidence.

You will need to bring this evidence with you to your application interview. If you are unsure on what you will need to provide, please contact the Sales Team.

Residency (a, b or d) – evidence to cover the relevant period for yourself or close family member**

• Full Credit report showing presence on the electoral roll - As you need to provide this to TMP as part of your financial assessment, this is the easiest way to prove criteria a or b
• Utility bills - One from each year required
• Council tax bills
• Bank/credit card statements - One from each year required
• State benefit book or receipts showing rent paid
• Payslips showing home address - One from each year required
• Written certification from either a solicitor/social worker/probation officer/inland revenue officer/police officer/teacher or doctor

**Please note that if you are using a family connection, you will also need to provide proof of family connection such as birth or

Marriage certificates and change of name documentation if applicable.

Employment (c) – evidence to cover the relevant Local Connection period

• Payslips showing employers address
• Employer’s letter confirming length and terms of employment (including hours worked if applicable)

Please note there is a local connection to the Parishes of Lewannick, South Petherwin, Lezant, North Hill, Altarnun, Trewen and St Thomas for this property:

Having a local connection in this instance is defined as one of the following:

• being permanently resident in the area for three years prior to application
  
• having a permanent place of work in the area for three years prior to application
  
• Having a close family connection with Locality five years prior to application and where a caring dependency relationship can be established.