Sidford and developers lobbying to exempt retirement complexes from affordable housing obligations - Entrepreneur Generations

Back in 2011, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism looked into who was donating to the party in government at the time - and a modest amount was given by a certain developer of housing for the elderly:

Churchill Retirement (Group) Ltd £9,250

The biggest Conservative donors from beyond the Square Mile — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Last year a group listed a similar amount:

£10,000.00 Churchill Retirement Living Ltd

Donations to Tory party – largest first « Stop UK lies & corruption

Interestingly, Churchill is owned by the McCarthy family, who are also a developer of housing for the elderly - both of whom have been the subject of investigations into the value of their developments:
Campaign against Residential Leasehold Exploitation reveals abysmal retirement housing re-sale values - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
Housebuilders shares crash over ground rents, with McCarthy and Stone down 10% - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership

Private Eye has been looking into these issues - as captured by the East Devon Watch blog - which puts the donation now a little higher:

Churchill Retirement … big Tory donors | East Devon Watch
Private Eye | Official Site - the UK's number one best-selling news and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop

Meanwhile in Sidford:
Futures Forum: A tale of two developments > affordable housing in Sidford ... but not at Knowle
Futures Forum: Proposals for sheltered housing for the elderly in Sidford > refused as it still did not include ‘an adequate amount of affordable housing’ or a ‘provision of an overage clause’.
Futures Forum: Knowle relocation project >>> and comparisons with other proposals for sheltered housing for the elderly in Sidford >>> A planning officer recommended the application be refused as it still did not include ‘an adequate amount of affordable housing’ or a ‘provision of an overage clause’.
Futures Forum: District Council gives way in Sidford over affordable housing: “Under government guidance, we are required to reduce our requirements where a development is unviable and so we have no real choice but to accept this position.”
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