Self Build Pilot

[Simon Fairlie]

DCLG names 11 Right to Build 'vanguards'
Planning Magazine, 30 September 2014 by Jamie Carpenter , Be the  
First to Comment

Eleven areas have been selected to take part in a pilot scheme under  
which local residents are given the right to a self-build plot from  
their local planning authority, the Department for Communities and  
Local Government (DCLG) has announced.




Self-build housing, the Netherlands (picture by Lamiot)

Under the department's "Right to Build" initiative, aspiring custom  
or self-builders will be able to register their interest with their  
local council, who will then be required to offer suitable serviced  
plots for them that are for sale at market value.

The 11 areas named today have volunteered to help test the approach  
ahead of a consultation on Right to Build. It will then be decided  
whether the scheme should be extended across the country later this  
year, the DCLG said in a statement.

The 11 areas to pilot the scheme will share £550,000 to trial the  
approach. They are:

Cherwell District Council, which will receive £90,000 and has  
committed to deliver 2,000 custom-build homes over the next 10 years
South Cambridgeshire District Council, which will receive £50,000 and  
will bring forward at least 100 plots of land for custom builders
Teignbridge District Council, which will receive £100,000 and will be  
implementing a  ‘5 per cent self-build’ policy in its newly  
adopted local plan so 5 per cent of all new homes in the area are  
delivered by custom and self-builders
Shropshire Council, which will receive £10,200 to bring forward 6  
hectares of land for self-builders
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, which will receive £15,000 to  
begin bringing land forward for sale in autumn 2014 by using formerly- 
developed council-owned land to support aspiring self-builders in the  
area
West Lindsey District Council, which will receive £5,000 to make self- 
build plots available on previously-developed public sector land in  
the area
Exmoor and Dartmoor National Park Authorities, which will receive  
£28,000 to explore how local self-builders can be helped while  
protecting important countryside
Pendle Borough Council, which will receive £46,000 to deliver self- 
build plots in the area
Sheffield City Council, which will receive just under £100,000 to  
deliver over 800 self-build sites
South Norfolk District Council, which will receive £25,000 to work  
with Saffron Housing Association in the area to deliver 40-60 custom  
build plots
Stoke-on-Trent City Council, which will bring forward 72 hectares of  
land for local self-builders in the area

Housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis said: "We're determined  
to help anyone who aspires to own their own home - whether that's  
buying on the open market through schemes like our Help to Buy, or to  
build.

"That's why from today, 11 areas across the country will be the first  
to offer a new Right to Build, one of a range of measures we're  
taking to ensure anyone who wants to build their own home has the  
opportunity and help they need to do so."


Simon Fairlie
Monkton Wyld Court
Charmouth
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Dorset
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