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ID sylw: 108180

Derbyniwyd: 05/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Bellway Homes (West Midlands)

Asiant : Cerda Planning

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.