Image of the town of IlfracombeWe want to create beautiful spaces, places and homes for Ilfracombe

The purpose of Ilfracombe Community Land Trust is to create affordable, secure homes for local people to rent with confidence. These become locally owned assets that can serve the Ilfracombe community for good.

We are a community-led group composed of local individuals.

In contrast to a property developer a Community Land Trust is a non-profit organisation run by local people to benefit the community they are part of.

You can play a role

Community Land Trusts depend on local individuals and groups getting involved and lending their opinions, skills and abilities – and everyone’s voice matters.

Bicclescombe Nursery Development

Building work on the 16 new Ifracombe CLT homes is now well underway.
To find out more, follow the links to the right and our News stories.

Latest News

  • An Eye Opener

    Building work in progress at the Bicclescombe site. A phiotograph of the front of one of the new blocks, surrounded by scaffolding.Building work in progress at the Bicclescombe site.

    Mark Read, Chair of the Ilfracombe Community Land Trust, writes:” My monthly visits to our Bicclescombe Nursery Project are always an eye-opening experience; whether it be the technology our contractors are employing to work effectively and efficiently, or the depth and breadth of detail that is covered in our site progress meeting.

    My last visit yielded a more literal eye-opening moment as I stood on top of the scaffolding by an almost completed roof, at the opening for a window, looking down the valley to the ocean, thinking to myself – “this will be someone’s view”.

    Read more: An Eye Opener

  • Annual General Meeting 2026 Report

    An image with the text "The Chairman’s Report to the ICLT Annual General Meeting7pm, Tuesday 19 May 2026"

    Annual General Meeting

    The Annual General Meeting of the Ilfracombe Community Land Trust was held on Tuesday, 19 May.  

    The current Board were reelected en bloc.  

    The Chairman, Mark Read, gave the following report:

    Read more: Annual General Meeting 2026 Report