HOPES of forming a community land trust in Bovey Tracey rest with finding land on which to self-build affordable houses.

Erica Lewis, of the Land Society Community Interest Company, told Bovey Tracey Town Council Recreation, Parks and Property Committee on Monday, that the trust was set up a couple of years ago to help people who were not able to buy properties in their own towns or villages.

She said: 'They are caught in a trap of fairly modest local wages and are unable to secure a home for their family and we have been supporting local people to set up CLTs.