From NIMBYs to Co‑Creators: How Communities Are Leading Development Through CLTs?

About this episode

This week, Tom Chance the Chief Executive of the National Community Land Trust Network joins Paul to discuss something most SME developers either haven’t heard of – or are massively underestimating - Community Land Trusts. If you’re battling viability, stuck on marginal sites, or sick of being painted as “the bad guy” in planning committees, this episode is for you. You’ll hear how CLTs can unlock land that doesn’t work at full residential land values, bring locals in as genuine partners, smooth planning, and even help with tricky Section 106 and funding challenges. Use Paul´s Scorecard to test your current development assessment process and work out exactly how to improve it. Click here - http://bit.ly/MLASCORE or https://millbanklandacademy.scoreapp.com KEY TAKEAWAYS A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a nonprofit organization that owns land and leases it long-term to individuals or groups who own the homes, gardens, etc. on the land and ensure they remain affordable when re-sold.  There are already CLTs delivering schemes - everything from small village projects to a 600‑home former council estate in central London. CLTs turn locals from objectors into co‑deve