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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Kiely Bros Holdings Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Draft Policy B – Providing Custom and Self-Building Housing Plots
5.12.
As set out in the PPG (Paragraph: 016 Reference ID: 57-016- 20210208), The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016) sets out the legal definition of self-build and custom housebuilding, and also sets out the requirement for each relevant authority to keep a register and publicise the register.
Furthermore, self-build or custom build will help diversify the housing market, as per PPG §16a Reference ID: 57-016a-20210208.
5.13.
With regards to demand for self-build, Stratford’s Self Build & Custom Housebuilding Register had 345 people on it as of 31st March 2024. Warwick’s Register had 95 people on it as of 2019, which is the latest published position. Table 13.1 of the HEDNA identifies that serviced plot demand for self-build dwellings is 63 plots per annum. Evidence thus exists, though it needs to be refreshed, to suggest that there is a need for custom and self-build plots within South Warwickshire, and as such a policy relating to the delivery of such plots would be justified and supported in principle.
5.14.
The policy states that 5% of the developable area of a site must be made available for custom and self-build on schemes comprising 100 dwellings or more. It is considered that this should be amended to provide flexibility; self-build plots should be delivered in line with the identified need, and provision will be made elsewhere, as noted in the policy, on allocated self-build sites, and windfall sites too. It is important to note that other types of housing need must equally be met within South Warwickshire, and areas of sites should not be sterilised and prevented from delivering other forms of housing which will contribute towards meeting a different need, in a location which may be more appropriate for this than for self-build, or for which there may be a greater demand. Reference could be made to a trigger for the release of self-build plots if there is no demand for these. Whilst the delivery of self-build plots as part of larger schemes should be encouraged, providing that evidence underpins this, it should not be a fixed requirement.