Yule Cottages, Whittlesford opened by Andrew Lansley MP

Residents of Whittlesford viewed the new affordable homes at West End this afternoon, and which were formally opened by Rt Hon Andrew Lansley MP.
As builders cleared away a path to enable people to enter the site, the new residents who will move into the three houses were welcomed by representatives of local charity the Nicholas Swallow Trust, which will administer the scheme.
The small scale scheme is funded by the will from local resident Betty Yule. It follows on from a public meeting in Whittlesford in summer last year, which Andrew Lansley also chaired for us, to consider how to break the deadlock of providing local affordable houses.
For its part, the district council needed to produce a special agreement to allow the homes to be run by the Nicholas Swallow charity, which meant a series of meetings at the beginning of this year with South Cambs lawyers and planners.
Mince pies at the village hall followed on - localism in action.