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National Custom and Self Build Week to feature McCloud talks and expert advice at ExCel
The National Custom & Self Build Association (NaCSBA) is linking with Grand Designs Live to host National Custom and Self Build Week from 6-12 May. The week will consist of a variety of talks, headed up by Kevin McCloud, as well as one-to-one expert advice, taking place on weekdays at Grand Designs Live at the ExCeL, London.
The focus will be on ‘Busting the myths that self-build is challenging’ and will see a NaCSBA specialist on the main stage each day, offering tips and advice on self- building. Those searching for a plot will also have the chance to sign up to their local Right to Build Register at the event. There will also be a NaCSBA representative based in the show’s Ask the Expert area. As well as the public activities taking place at the
show, NaCSBA and Grand Designs Live will be holding a parliamentary reception on 7 May at The Houses of Parliament. The invitation-only event will be hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Self-Build, Custom & Community Housebuilding & Placemaking and will be attended by Housing Minister Kit Malthouse, Richard Bacon MP and Kevin McCloud. Self-builders will be able to submit questions to the panel through Grand Designs Live’s social media channels.
REVEALED: THE LONDON BOROUGHS WITH THE MOST APPROVED PLANNING APPLICATIONS
Research conducted by
Sellhousefast.uk has shown which London boroughs have seen the most and least approved planning applications in recent years. The research was conducted by collating data from the London Data Store,
analysing and grouping all live and completed approved planning permissions from 2006 to December 2018. Property website
Sellhousefast.uk decided to conduct the research following
Hiscox’s findings that 15 per cent of homeowners are choosing to “improve instead of move,” including more than one in four “millennials.” The research showed that the six
boroughs with the highest number of live or completed approved planning permission applications are: • Croydon (3,865) • Westminster (3,674) • Wandsworth (3,488) • Ealing (3,159) • Barnet (3,078) • Hackney (3,064). The boroughs with the least number of live or completed approved planning permission applications are: • Kingston upon Thames (1,331) • Sutton (1,307) • Greenwich (1,199) • Bexley (1,086) • Barking and Dagenham (711) • City of London (411). The latest statistics from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government show that of a total 118,100 applications submitted in England between April and June 2018, 94,300 (88 per cent) were approved.
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Self-builder Code of Practice will offer ‘security’ to consumers
The National Custom & Self Build Association (NaCSBA) has launched a Code of Practice in order to offer security to self- builders buying from its members. The Code covers NaCSBA members who sell to consumers and has been designed to provide assurance to those buying from them that they are “dealing with a company who is committed to the custom-/self-build sector and has committed to treat consumers fairly.” As well as assuring consumers that companies are providing “truthful” and “fair” information and contracts, the Code provides an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process via NaCSBA for any problems that arise. The association has appointed The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) to assist in this. Commenting on the new code, NaCSBA
membership and development representative Calum Taylor said: “NaCSBA’s Code of Practice evolves our services to our members and carries on our tradition of working to improve the process for anyone wanting to have a hand in building their own home.”
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