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ID sylw: 106518

Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Wychbury Developments

Asiant : Cerda Planning Ltd

Policy B – Providing custom and self building housing plots
We object in principle to this policy.
Self build plots meets a specific need within the SWLP area, and it is appropriate to plan for the delivery of
self build properties, however the provision of 5% of all sites of 100 houses or more is a wholly
unacceptable approach to delivering on need.
Self build plots set within spatial growth sites will result in sites becoming piecemeal, it will be more
challenging to first development and then implement Design Coding, our experience is that self build
demand is low where such plots are set within a much larger strategic scale development, the servicing of
individual plots becomes problematic, and given the inherent risk associated with the set aside and
delivery of self build plots it makes the commitment to infrastructure more difficult.
The alternative approach is for the SWLP to expressly allocate sites specifically for the delivery of self build
plots and no other purposes. In this way Design Codes can be prepared reflective of the specifics of the
delivery of self build plots, planning permissions can be granted with site specific conditions and
obligations which are bespoke to the nature of self building, and infrastructure requirements and delivery
triggers drafted in a manner reflective of the timing issues around self build delivery.