November/December 2014
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editor’s letter
It may be a little early to look back at 2014 but it certainly seems to have been the year political parties recognised the real benefits self- and custom-build projects can bring to the housing sector.
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With the number of folk who want to build their own home increasing, but the number of those actually doing it decreasing, something had to be done to support self- build. So it is timely that the Lyons Housing Review recognised how self- and custom-build can help increase the number of homes built and the government introduced plans to test drive their Right to Build initiative.
The new year looks like it will be very interesting for the whole housing sector but before then, on behalf of all the Selfbuilder & Homemaker team, I would like to wish all our self-build readers festive season greetings and a constructive, custom-build 2015.
Self-build property planning applications fall to six year low
Figures released by Barbour ABI have revealed that UK-wide self-build planning applications in 2014 have decreased by 28 per cent compared to 2008. Barbour ABI, the chosen provider of
the government’s Construction and Infrastructure Pipeline, shows that 16,792 self-build planning applications were sub- mitted in the first three quarters of 2008, which has steadily declined year on year to 12,159 in 2014. The new data from Barbour ABI high-
lights that self-build applications are down across all regions within the United Kingdom when comparing 2008 to 2014, with the two worst affected areas being the Midlands and East Anglia, down 35 per cent and Wales, down a staggering 62 per cent.
Commenting on the findings of
the data, Michael Dall, lead economist at Barbour ABI, explained: “Given the economic conditions in the UK over the past six years it is perhaps unsurprising that the appetite to build your own home has diminished. However, there are cur- rently six million people in Britain who would like to commission their own house according to the National Self Build Association. “This interest clearly lends credence to
the various policies announced by the government and by the opposition Lyons Review to help increase self-build in the future. Our figures today show that while the policy environment is favourable the figures for actual building continue to decline.”
Governement launches zero carbon homes: small sites exemption consulation
The government’s desire that all new homes built in England by 2016 will be ‘zero carbon’ could have a serious impact on smaller homebuilders. Recognising that achieving the zero
carbon standard will be particularly challeng- ing for small builders the government has suggested that smaller housing sites in England should not face the total cost burden
of delivering zero carbon homes. To seek views on this proposal and
explore how this proposed exemption might work the DCLG has launched the ‘Next steps to zero carbon homes: small sites exemption’ consultation exercise. The consultation will close on 7 January
2015 and can be accessed online at
www.surveymonkey.com/s/VNPQRB8
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