8 April 2015
The National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA) has published early findings from its programme of work that aims to help more people build their own affordable homes.
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The ‘Early Tips’ document details some emerging thinking from NaCSBA’s year-long research and development programme designed to help boost housing supply by making it much easier for people on modest incomes to build their own homes.
The main value of the paper is to provide some early pointers, particularly on self and custom build registers, but also other issues including the emerging shape of planning and main delivery models (including the value of working with custom build developers) and an extensive online ‘Toolkit’ that will be available towards the end of 2015.
A key part of the research and development programme involves identifying how other countries manage to facilitate much higher proportions of private homebuilding compared to the UK. The programme will also help provide UK local authorities with practical advice on how they can bring forward initiatives to respond to local demand, Government planning policies and the new Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015. The advice should also be helpful in responding to the Government’s new Right to Build policy.
