NEWS
What is the Custom Build Task Force? ...
19/Apr/2016
At the recent Right to Build Summit NaCSBA announced its intention to form a Custom and Self Build Task Force to work with local authorities to implement the Right to ...
NaCSBA’s Right to Build Summit ...
13/Apr/2016
Richard Bacon MP, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Self Build, Custom and Community Housebuilding and Placemaking and the National Custom and Self Build Association held 2016’s Right to Build Summit last night in the ...
Summit for Council Leaders at No.10 Downing Street ...
09/Dec/2015
Today, we coordinated a high-level summit at Downing Street where Council Leaders were urged to become ‘champions’ of self and custom build housing. The Leaders who attended today’s Summit heard ...
Cutting Red Tape review of Housebuilding seeks responses ...
03/Dec/2015
The custom and self build sector is being offered the opportunity to comment on ineffective rules and heavy-handed enforcement that stops it building the homes that Britain needs, in a ...
Self build summit for council leaders at No.10 confirmed ...
03/Dec/2015
NaCSBA has co-ordinated – facilitated through Richard Bacon and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Self-Build, Custom-Build and Independent Housebuilding – a really important invitation-only summit for council leaders next Wednesday ...
The latest meeting of our custom build developer/enabler group ...
02/Dec/2015
I chaired the latest meeting of the custom build developer/enabler group this week. The Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA’s) Kirk Howe met the group to explore feedback on previous experiences ...
An inquiry into The Economics of the UK Housing Market ...
01/Dec/2015
The House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs has launched an inquiry into The Economics of the UK Housing Market. The Chairman of the Committee, Lord Hollick, has outlined ...
NaCSBA advises on self build policy within Stroud’s adopted Local ...
24/Nov/2015
I’m encouraged to hear that Stroud District Council’s (SDC’s) Local Plan received approval last Thursday – complete with a minimum 2% strategic land allocation for self and custom build – ...
Update on planned custom/self build summit at No.10 ...
05/Nov/2015
An update here on our plans for an event to be attended by a selection of council leaders and senior government representatives at No.10 Downing Street. The occasion, now planned ...
Latest session with the Housing Minister: The ways forward ...
05/Nov/2015
NaCSBA Chair Michael Holmes and I visited Westminster yesterday to discuss custom and self build issues with the Housing Minister Brandon Lewis MP. In a very cordial meeting, the group ...