Tender: St Ives Pioneering Parish Affordable Housing Project Support – Delivery of 250 Homes

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St Ives Town Council is seeking project support from qualified individuals, freelancers or consultancies to assist delivery of the Pioneering Parish project, a partnership with Cornwall Council to identify, de-risk and progress a deliverable supply of a minimum of 250 affordable housing plots in St Ives Parish over a programme expected to run for up to three years. The project will use planning contributions collected by Cornwall Council to enable delivery and requires outputs including RAG assessments and action plans for sites, site schedules with tailored delivery tools, completed development briefs and supporting studies to de-risk planning or secure planning permission, site purchase/heads of terms and landowner collaboration agreements, Cornwall Council approval for land transfer, economic viability assessments aligned to housing need and policy, a proactive delivery board and a neighbourhood priorities statement following community consultation; resourcing can be proposed as a short-term employment contract, fixed-term freelance contract or an award to an established consultancy, with an anticipated part-time project lead of about 2.5 days per week (around 975 hours per year) and indicative funding of up to £100,000 for project resource hours plus up to £150,000 for commissioned technical advice, reports, planning support and community engagement.