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Hastoe Housing Association Development
The parish council enthusiastically supported the scheme from conception onwards. The new homes enable local families to remain in the village which in turns ensures that local facilities are viable.
The scheme was designed to harmonise with the historic village architecture which includes many older buildings with brick and flint. Two of the houses used flint banding in between brick courses. The flint blocks were manufactured locally in Cerne Abbas using flint collected from the fields around the viallage.
Prince Charles unveiled a plaque to mark the opening of the development and complimented Hastoe on the quality of the homes. In 2003 the Cerne Abbas development won the "Best Rural Housing Scheme" awarded by the Countryside Agency.
Hastoe was also highly commended for the housing scheme at Abbotsbury in the "Most Sustainable Scheme" category for homes that have stood the test of time. Hastoe built 6 houses in the village of Abbotsbury in 1987. Three of the houses are rented and 3 are occupied under shared ownership leases. There is very little housing available in the village and when properties come on to the open market they are too expensive for many local people. Priority for the homes is given to local people. The homes are built in the local honey coloured stone to a traditional cottage design to ensure that they fit in with the local street scene.
Hastoe also received the Edward Morshead Award for a new affordable homes development at Widecombe-in-the-Moor on Dartmoor. The award is made in recognition of significant contributions to the Dartmoor National Park. Hastoe built six houses in Widecombe in 2001 to provide rented homes for local people. The award was made to Hastoe because, according to the judges, the housing scheme "was carried out with detailed attention to the high standards and quality appropriate to a site within one of Dartmoor's most popular villages".
