Apply for a home
To apply to be registered on the South Lakes Housing waiting
list you must fill in an application form. From the
information you have given us, we will decide whether or not you
qualify to be put on the list.
We will then inform you in writing whether or not your
application has been registered. If we amend your application
in any way, or if we take your name off the list for any reason we
will also write to you.
If you feel there are exceptional circumstances in your case
please write and tell us.
We will tell you how many points you have when you have been
registered and when we amend your application due to a change in
your circumstances. We can also give you an idea of how long
you may have to wait to be rehoused in your preferred areas of
choice.
When we are in a position to offer you a tenancy we will write
to you, giving details of the accommodation type, size and
rent.
If you are not happy with the way your application has been
handled, please contact the Head of Housing Services at South Lakes
Housing in the first instance. If you are still not
satisfied, the Council operates a formal complaints
procedure.
Who can go on the list?
How long will I have to wait?
Unfortunately, this is the most difficult question to
answer. It depends on a number of things which we can often
neither predict nor control:
- the area(s) in which you wish to be rehoused
- the type of property you need
- the rate of vacancies in suitable properties
- the number of people needing similar properties
- the circumstances of these other people
Some Council property is not in high
demand and you would not have to wait long to be offered this type
of accommodation. This particularly applies to some sheltered
housing for the elderly. Other accommodation is very popular
and applicants have to wait for a long period before being offered
this. If you would like more detailed advice on which areas
or types of accommodation are more popular, please ask at your
local housing office.
If you are making an application you
will want to see a summary of the CBL
Allocations Policy which is available from any local
housing office. The information above is an extract from the
summary.
Below is the average waiting
time over the last 5 years prior to re-housing in a Council
property throughout South Lakeland:
Waiting List Times
| Area |
Number
re-housed
|
Average
waiting
time
|
| Allithwaite |
2 |
5.6 years |
| Ambleside |
65 |
2.3 years |
| Arnside |
10 |
3.8 years |
| Backbarrow |
2 |
0.4 years |
| Bowness |
46 |
1.9 years |
|
Beetham
|
1 |
3.5 years |
| Broughton Beck |
3 |
1.3 years |
| Bouth |
1 |
12.5 years |
| Broughton-in-Furness |
4 |
4.9 years |
| Burneside |
60 |
1.3 years |
| Burton |
2 |
3.0 years |
| Cartmel |
7 |
2.6 years |
| Casterton |
2 |
1.6 years |
| Chapel Stile |
4 |
0.9 years |
| Coniston |
11 |
1. 8 years |
| Crosthwaite |
1 |
3.2 years |
|
Crook
|
1 |
5.1 years |
|
Crooklands
|
1 |
8.2 years |
| Elterwater |
5
|
1.7 years |
|
Endmoor
|
3 |
2.1 years |
| Finsthwaite |
3 |
1.3 years |
| Flookburgh |
5 |
1.9 years |
| Grange-over-Sands |
74
|
1.9 years |
| Grasmere |
7 |
4.4 years |
| Great Urswick |
21 |
1.3 years |
| Haverthwaite |
9
|
3.0 years |
| Hawkshead |
13 |
3.9 years |
| Holme |
6 |
2.1 years |
| Ings |
1 |
1.1 years |
| Kendal |
437 |
2.4 years |
| Kirkby-in-Furness |
11 |
4.6 years |
| Kirkby Lonsdale |
26 |
2.3 years |
| Levens |
4 |
2.5 years |
| Meathop |
1 |
19.4 years |
| Milnthorpe |
81 |
1.6 years |
| Natland |
1 |
4.6 years |
| Oxenholme |
1 |
4.2 years |
|
Old Hutton
|
1 |
0.9 years |
| Sedbergh |
66 |
1.8 years |
| Spark Bridge |
3
|
1.6 years |
| Staveley |
20 |
2.5 years |
| Swarthmoor |
22 |
2.1 years |
| Ulverston |
292
|
1.5 years |
| Windermere |
168 |
2.2 years |
| Average |
1505 |
2.1 years |
Contact
South Lakes Housing at:
Little Aynam House, Little Aynam,
Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AH (01539 717717)
Town Hall, Queen Street, Ulverston,
Cumbria, LA12 7AR (0845 057 0080)