Your Right to Build
For too long, the building of new homes has been dominated by a small group of large developers and house builders. This has caused systemic rises in house prices, poorer quality housing and little to no design choice.
Your Right to Build
For too long, the building of new homes has been dominated by a small group of large developers and house builders. This has caused systemic rises in house prices, poorer quality housing and little to no design choice.
YOU CAN HELP BREAK THE MOULD BY SIGNING UP TO THE RIGHT TO BUILD REGISTER
Since 2016, a law has been in place that allows individuals to build or have their own homes built in the areas they desire to live. This means that people have the right to choose where and how their homes are constructed. In England, every local authority has an obligation to meet the demand for custom and self-build housing. They do this by granting new planning permissions for the sale of prepared (serviced) building plots, on a rolling three-year basis.
To ensure compliance with the Self and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, all local planning authorities must keep a register. This register helps track the demand for custom and self-build homes. National planning policy emphasises the significance of this demand when deciding on planning applications and appeals. In fact, our data has been crucial in overturning appeals for custom and self-build housing where local authorities incorrectly claimed there was no demand or that demand had already been met through non-compliant housing options.
The information we have on the Right to Build Register is extremely detailed, and many local authorities use our data to populate their registers. This benefits both the authorities, by ensuring a steady supply of building plots, and local individuals by enabling them to find suitable plots more quickly.
Data is becoming a major factor in determining planning permissions in the UK. By making it available to those developing land, it can be used to inform the design of new places, ensuring they are sensitively created, considering the impact of new homes for homebuyers as well as current local residents. It can also inform the housing mix and tenure, as we enable places to come forward that respond to the needs of real people looking to engage locally.
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