NEWS
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 ...
Inaugural meeting of new ‘group self build’ workshop ...
22/Oct/2015
Our recent inaugural meeting of a new working group focusing on ‘group self building’ saw the participants arriving at a number of objectives which they would like to achieve. Collectively, ...
Feedback from the first of our Autumn 2015 Workshops ...
16/Oct/2015
We’ve just completed the first of our five regional workshops for planning and housing officers. Collectively they’ll be attended by more than 200 people – mainly local council officers, but ...
Key address given on custom and self build at RICS ...
13/Oct/2015
I was invited to give a key address at an RICS CPD Day in Southampton last Thursday (8th Oct). The conference delivered six hours of regionally-focused CPD learning, covering three ...