Self Build

Kingspan’s Building Designers and Architects Event educates on timber frame ...

26/Aug/2019

Building designers, architects or architectural technicians wanting to get to grips with the finer points of designing homes to be constructed from timber frame or Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs) should ...

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. ...

Winning entry of Letchworth Garden City design competition embraces Self ...

18/Jun/2019

Self Build opportunities included in the winning entry to Letchworth Garden City expansion competition ...

Right to Build Task Force leads professionals’ Graven Hill site ...

11/Jun/2019

The Right to Build Task Force is leading a professionally focused tour of Graven Hill, to share the learnings from this transformational custom build site ...

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. ...

NaCSBA research highlights unequal picture of Right to Build registers ...

29/Apr/2019

NaCSBA has created a series of maps that illustrate the unequal picture created by the range of approaches local authorities are using to fulfil their duties under the Right to ...

Scotland launches its own Self Build Portal ...

16/Apr/2019

Scotland's Self Build Portal is a brand new site supporting anyone wanting to build, providing valuable insight into Scottish laws and funding ...

CIL ruling warns of dangers of not following procedure for ...

08/Feb/2019

A High Court decision concerning self build Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) exemption has set out the importance of observing the process to the letter for anyone building their own home. ...

Amended 1APP form supports council monitoring of custom and self ...

24/Jan/2019

The Planning Portal's 1APP planning application form now includes reference to custom and self-build homes, offering better data management ...

40,000 sign up to self build despite postcode lottery for ...

21/Dec/2018

Following NaCSBA’s annual Freedom of Information request to all English councils, it has announced that 40,000 people have now signed up to Right to Build registers across England ...