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Greater London Authority launches self/custom build register
27/Aug/2015
List will gauge city-wide interest in programme which could see councils allocate plots of land across the city
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Self builders sought to deliver 39-home scheme on Dartmoor
26/Aug/2015
Councillor aims to voluntarily train team to build eco-friendly bungalows for themselves
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Custom build developer establishes West Midlands projects
12/Aug/2015
Thirty zero-carbon custom build homes earmarked for sites in Staffordshire and Telford
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Scottish council to develop self/custom build options in major housing
11/Aug/2015
Local authority commits to bring forward sites for people to build or customise a home for themselves as ...

Challenge to overturn Section 106 fees exemption upheld
06/Aug/2015
Court ruling could block government measures to save people thousands of pounds from the cost of delivering self ...

Handful of self build plots released in Cumbria
05/Aug/2015
Work to build eight homes in county's Eden District to start in January
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Self build idea wins RIBA competition
04/Aug/2015
Scheme triumphs in challenge to generate ideas for derelict island site in Leicester
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UK-Swedish collaboration to spearhead Cambridge K1 scheme
31/Jul/2015
Construction on innovative 38-home custom build cohousing project set to start by the end of the year
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Government document sums up state of the self/custom build sector
27/Jul/2015
Briefing paper summarises initiatives launched to date aimed at helping people build homes for themselves
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Sheffield City Council unveils numerous self/custom build plots
20/Jul/2015
Right to Build vanguard council brings nine sites to market allowing up to 80 homes
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