NEWS

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 ...

Welsh architect wins Self Build on a Shoestring 2015 with ...

08/Oct/2015

Welsh architect Niall Maxwell, 44, from near Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, has today been announced as the winner of the £5,000 top prize in the 2015 Self Build on a ...

Self Build on a Shoestring 2015 finalists shortlisted ...

05/Oct/2015

During the first round of judging our team of referees for this year’s Self Build on a Shoestring competition whittled down more than 30 entries (received from the UK and ...

NaCSBA member Cherwell District Council honoured at industry awards ceremony ...

25/Sep/2015

Congratulations to NaCSBA member Cherwell District Council which picked up the award for the NaCSBA-sponsored ‘Best Council for Self/Custom Builders’ category for the second time at the Build It Awards 2015. The ...

Report on the latest self/custom build meeting with DCLG ...

16/Sep/2015

Last week, NaCSBA Chair Michael Holmes and I visited the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for an update meeting on self and custom building. Both continue to feature ...

The outcomes of a recent session on regulations affecting housebuilding ...

03/Sep/2015

Last Tuesday (1st September) I was invited to a housing workshop at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) along with major players in the housebuilding industry. The session ...