If you have any queries 
about applying for housing, 
please call the Westlea
Housing Helpline on 
01249 466150.


How to apply

Fill in a housing needs register application form which you can get from Westlea Housing Association or the distrcit council offices in Monkton Park, Chippenham. Please fill in the form as fully as possible. If you are going to have a joint tenancy with your partner when you are rehoused, please tick the box showing that you want a joint application. If you have any difficulties with the form, please call in to the office, or phone for help. Take the filled-in form to the Westlea Housing Association office, or send it to the address given at the end of the application form.

When you send a new application, you will be sent a letter to tell you that North Wiltshire District Council has received your application. This will tell you your registration number and, if appropriate, the number of points we have awarded you. if you do not receive this letter within four weeks of returning the application, please call into the housing association office or phone the Housing Helpline on 01249 466150.

Pre-Tenancy Services staff aim to visit you at home before offering accommodation. If you ask for a personal visit, staff will be happy to oblige, either in your own home or at another address if this is necessary.

If you or any member of your household have any medical problems, or disabilities, you should show this on the application form. You will then be sent a medical assessment form. Westlea may also contact your GP, a specialist or social services if they are giving you support and will also arrange for you to be visited at your present home by a Housing Officer. Westlea can award up to 15 medical points, but will only give these if the medical condition or disability is to do with your present housing situation, and could be helped by rehousing.

If the circumstances of anyone in your household change, for example, if you change your address, you should let Westlea know. if you do not, it may affect the time you have to wait to be rehoused. Once a year; Westlea will send a review letter asking if you want to stay on the housing needs register. If you do not reply, the Pre-Tenancy Services team will assume that you no longer want to be rehoused and we will remove your name from the register.

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