Do you want to downsize? Are you currently living at home with parents and want your own home? Do you need a bungalow in preference to a house? Do you work in the parish and would also like to live locally?
A lack of suitable and affordable housing in rural communities has been a serious problem for many years. House prices have outstripped average incomes by large margins in our town and parish. The last housing needs survey was carried out in 2014-2015, so we are updating data using this nationally recommended survey, to find out what homes local people need.
The form is to be completed ONLY if you have a need for alternative housing and wish to live within the parish.
If you know anyone currently living elsewhere who would like to live in Yarmouth Parish (including Thorley, Hill Place Lane and Tapnell), they can complete their own survey form. They would need to have a local connection. For example: they work or volunteer in the parish, previously lived in the parish or have close family currently living in the parish. A map of the Parish Boundaries is here: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/
Data is being collected on our behalf by Community Action Isle of Wight (an independent charity that supports rural communities across the Island) for the purpose of identifying parish-wide housing need only. All information is treated in confidence and the returns will remain anonymous.
A separate form should be completed by each household / group of people (e.g. family, single person, couples) in need of alternative housing who wish to be housed within the parish within the next five years.
Complete this online form by the 28th of February 2025 or collect a paper copy at West Wight Sports Centre, Freshwater Library, CHOYD, The Wheatsheaf Inn (Yarmouth) or The Riverside Centre in Newport.
Thank you for participating in this survey.
Yarmouth Town Council