LILAC means Low Impact Living Affordable Community.

LILAC is a pioneering project which aims to build a community of 20 homes and a common house to high ecological standards using cohousing design principles. We have bought a site in Bramley, west Leeds which will be owned and managed by Lilac Mutual Home Ownership Society.  We are on site building now and aim to be complete in early 2013. All homes in Lilac are now full but we do have a waiting list.

The aim of LILAC is to:

• have a low impact on the environment, build to the highest ecological standards and protect our resources in the face of climate change and energy scarcities;
• respond to the housing crisis by providing permanently affordable housing;
• build a beautiful, safe neighbourhood which maximises social interaction between its residents and gives them direct power over how their neighbourhood is run;
• and, make a positive contribution to its surrounding community.

On the pages in this website you will find out more about us and our project, our plans, latest news and events, designs, interesting links and how to contact us.

Lilac is being built by the Lindum Group from Lincolnshire. Lindum is a 100% employee owned building company with the majority of their employees choosing to own shares.

In the 2013 poll Lindum came 6th in the Sunday times Best 100 big companies to work for in the UK and were the highest scoring construction company.