Norfolk MP calls for self-build revolution
Richard Bacon MP wants more land to be made available to help people commission their own homes. Bacon says more plots should be sold to groups or individuals so they can self or custom build their own houses. “If we were developing as many self-build units as the Netherlands, we’d be creating an extra 60,000 homes a year,” says Bacon. The MP championed 2016’s Right to Build Act, under which councils are obliged to monitor the demand for self-build in their catchment area, and provide sufficient sites to meet that.