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ID sylw: 107831

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Catesby Estates Ltd

Asiant : Pegasus Group

Self Build & Custom Housebuilding Register had 345 people on it as of 31st March 2024. Warwick’s Register had 95 people on it as of 2019, which is the latest published position. Table 13.1 of the HEDNA identifies that serviced plot demand for self-build dwellings is 63 plots per annum. Evidence exists to suggest a need for custom and self-build plots, and we therefore support in principle a policy relating to delivery of such plots, although the evidence needs to be refreshed.

The policy should be amended to provide flexibility rather than a 5% of developable area on schemes over 99 dwellings. There will also be separate self-build allocations and windfall sites. Areas should not be sterilised and prevented from delivering other forms of housing to contribute towards meeting a different need which may be more appropriate and with more demand in the area. There could be reference to a trigger for releasing self-build plots on sites where there is no demand for them.