Issue - meetings

Following the meeting of the Executive on 23 March 2017, Councillor A C L Bowes, Portfolio Holder for Planning Policy, introduced the report which outlined the responses to the public consultation on the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, and recommended to Council that it be approved as Guidance Note for individuals and organisations who wished to acquire serviced plots for self-build or custom housebuilding.  It was noted that the report had been considered by the Local Development Framework (LDF) Working Group at its meeting on 6 March 2018.  Following a question regarding the possible future release of Council land for self-build purposes, the Leader of the Council commented that the preference would be for social and affordable housing to be built on the Council’s valuable land.

Recommended to Council

That  (i)    the draft Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report, be adopted as Guidance Note to provide useful advice for individuals and organisations who wish to acquire serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding; and

(ii)   authority be delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, to approve any amendments to the draft Guidance Note to reflect new information before it is approved, and thereafter to make sure that the Guidance Note is regularly reviewed to bring it up to date.

Reason:   To enable the Council to comply with the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act (2015) and the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding (Register) Regulations 2016.