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Mike Hardwick, general manager of NaCSBA and Build It expert, updates us on the latest news about the Right to Build scheme
What is the Right to Build legislation and how can it help those interested in building their own home?
The Right to Build scheme is part of the Housing & Planning Act 2016. What it does is ensure that every council in the country – all 336 – manages a register of names of people and groups who would like to undertake a self or custom build project in
England. So they have to keep a formal record of this interest.
It can help interested parties because for the first time it forces councils to acknowledge that self builders actually exist. In the past, while councils would be quite happy to grant planning permission for a block of hundreds of properties to a big developer, they were less keen on focusing on smaller plots and authorising places where individuals could build, arguing there was no demand for it.