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The Right to Build – Your Complete Guide
Finding Land

On 31st October 2016, new legislation came into force establishing a Right to Build your own home. This potentially game-changing scheme means that councils in England have a duty to grant planning permission for sufficient serviced plots to meet demand, measured on so-called Right to Build registers, within a three-year period (and on an ongoing […]

Fitting The Windows & Doors
Project Blogs

Mark and Julia fit their windows and doors with a little help from their friends. I have been focusing on closing in the building for the best part of six weeks since the scaffold came down, but frankly I am making poor progress. With the best will in the world, and given the fact that […]

CIL Relief for Self-Build
Plan It

The Community Infrastructure Levy – fundamentally a tax on development – is set to be relaxed for self-build projects. Budding self-builders across the country look to have received a huge boost this morning, following a government announcement that looks set to make it cheaper to build your own home. Planning minister Nick Boles has revealed […]

Guide to Foundations for Tricky Sites
Structural Choices

Getting out of the ground is one of the great unknowns of self-building. The fact is, you can never be entirely certain what lies below the surface before you’ve dug the foundation trenches – and if any problems are going to affect your project, they’re likely to happen at this stage. The good news is […]

What is a Listed Building?
Planning Advice

In the UK we’re lucky to have inherited an amazing stock of period properties, with almost half a million of these being listed buildings. They range from grand country houses to humble cottages. Many are the subject of renovation or refurbishment projects and, in a number cases, listed building consent is required for any alterations […]

Planning a High-Tech Home
Materials Advice

You may not think you have a smart home, but everyone has one to some extent: from security lights that come on when you enter your driveway to an iPod dock in the kitchen, we all own some technology that makes our lives a little easier. Case study: Smart Home This house in London (pictured […]

Nick Mann’s self build diary
Project Blogs

Welcome to our family’s self build blog. We’re embarking on a journey to create a sustainable, contemporary family home in the glorious Somerset countryside. We didn’t always want to build our own house. The Manns are fundamentally rather lazy types, and we live in one of the most beautiful parts of Britain – Somerset – […]

FMB Contractor Search Launches Online
Plan It

The Federation of Master Builders has launched a new service aimed at linking self-builders up with suitable local contractors to help complete their home building project. The FMB’s free-to-use Find a Self-Build Contractor service draws on a database of over 1,500 local contractors who work in the design & build and self-build industries. More self-build […]

More than 40,000 people sign up to Right to Build registers
Plan It

It seems 2019 is shaping up to be a key year for custom and self build in England. On 30th October, the first period of registration under the Right to Build will come to fruition and we’ll see how local authorities have met their responsibilities under the legislation. Those who have signed up for the […]

23 Home Improvement Projects You Can Do Without Planning Permission
Planning Advice

‘Will I need planning permission?’ is a question many ask themselves when setting out on a home renovation or extension project. And, for those of you looking to refurbish an existing building, it might come as a pleasant surprise to discover just how much you can achieve without having to go through the planning approval […]

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