Government & policy

NaCSBA’s calls for a Help to Build to mirror the ...

23/Jul/2019

NaCSBA has responded to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Help to Buy – Equity Loan Scheme Progress Review with written evidence, calling for Government to back a Help to Build ...

New ‘Housing in Jeopardy’ PAC report stresses problems with 300,000 ...

10/Jul/2019

As part of the Planning and the Broken Housing Market Inquiry, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) recently published a report, New Housing in Jeopardy, highlighting serious flaws with the planning ...

Game changing planning appeal grants Self Build site due to ...

28/Jun/2019

A planning inspector has allowed plans for 30 Self Build plots in Woodville, Swadlincote, following North West Leicestershire District Council’s (NWLDC) initial refusal to grant outline planning permission. Lauren Land ...

Planning system problems threaten government’s 300,000 housing target, finds PAC ...

27/Jun/2019

The Public Accounts Committee has found that inherent problems in the planning system seriously jeopardises government's 300,000 annual new homes target ...

Nearly two thirds of Help to Buy users could have ...

20/Jun/2019

The National Audit Office has published a report that states that nearly two thirds of Help to Buy users could have afforded a home regardless. ...

Lack of policy secures Self Build permission outside development boundaries ...

17/Jun/2019

A lack of provision for Self Build led to to wins for SF Planning in cases outside village boundaries ...

Local Authority model supports planners to assess long-term demand for ...

12/Jun/2019

Produced with Right to Build Task Force input, the Three Dragons model for assessing Custom and Self Build demand is a core tool for all local authorities. ...

2019 NaCSBA Annual General Meeting ...

20/May/2019

The NaCSBA AGM is on the 25 June at the NSBRC in Swindon. Come along to find out what NaCSBA has been doing to earn congratulations from Kit Malthouse. ...

SME builders show dip in workload for first time in ...

12/May/2019

The FMB has reported that workloads for small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms have dipped for the first time in six years ...

Richard Bacon secures Kit Malthouses support for the Custom and ...

01/May/2019

In a parliamentary debate, Richard Bacon MP secured some significant asks from Housing Minister Kit Malthouse around the custom and self build sector. ...