About us

Here for you. For the community. For the future.

Peninsula Villages Community Land Trust (PVCLT) was formed for the benefit of the community to operate as a Community Land Trust in the parishes of Alderton, Bawdsey, Boyton, Hollesley, Shottisham and Sutton.

Our aim is to find an effective means of resolving some of the housing needs of local people. The area has a high proportion of holiday lets and second homes, which has resulted in high rents for local people who wish to stay close to their community and families. There are also many people working in the area who cannot afford to live nearby.

PVCLT works to identify sites for affordable homes, engage with landowners, housing associations, developers and local authorities, and oversee a project from inception to completion.

It acts as a long-term steward of the housing it builds, ensuring that it remains genuinely affordable, based on what people actually earn in the area, not just for now but for every future occupier.

It has the flexibility to provide other community assets such as workspaces, recreational facilities, a shop, a café or anything that the community might need.