Planning
Planning Practice Guidance on Self-build and Custom Housebuilding updated ...
11/Feb/2021
Government has updated the Planning Practice Guidance on Self-build and Custom Housebuilding, the first update since the legislation was passed ...
Chief Planners newsletter flags contribution of custom and self build ...
11/Feb/2021
In her most recent Planning Newsletter, Chief Planner Joanna Averley stressed the role that custom and self build has in securing greater housing diversity, and its contribution to empowering people ...
New National Model Design Code sets out provision for custom ...
04/Feb/2021
Government has announced a new National Model Design Code together with other proposals that will boosts the outcome for self and custom build ...
Right to Regenerate could force councils to bring land to ...
18/Jan/2021
Councils could be forced to sell public sector land and buildings in a new Right to Regenerate, as announced by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The new scheme will “cut red ...
Bat mitigation – call for consultation response for new process ...
15/Dec/2020
As a developer or builder add your opinion to a proposed new bat mitigation licence system, which is currently under consultation ...
Richard Bacon MP guests on Have We Got Planning News ...
07/Dec/2020
Self build champion Richard Bacon MP guests on Have We Got Planning News For You, watch live on or catch up after on YouTube ...
Tracking self build register activity with Freedom of Information requests ...
03/Nov/2020
NaCSBA has launched its 2020 Freedom of Information request of all plan making authorities in England, to assess progress against the Right to Build ...
Custom and self build planning guidance launched by Right to ...
30/Oct/2020
Launched to coincide with Right to Build Day, 30 October 2020, the Right to Build Task Force is publishing the first notes of its comprehensive new suite of guidance, specifically ...
Planning for the Future – NaCSBA responds ...
29/Oct/2020
NaCSBA has submitted its Planning for the Future consultation response, setting out its priorities for custom build and self build homes in the reform ...
1 in 3 SME house builders want broken planning system ...
29/Oct/2020
The Federation of Master Builders has found that 1 in 3 SME house builders want the broken planning system fixed, to support construction ...