Self and custom build housing provision
Dear South Norfolk District Council,
Under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, local planning authorities are required to return data regarding self-build supply and demand. This data is returned to central government annually, with the ‘year end’ fixed as the 31st of October each year.
As part of this data return, the local planning authority counts the number of self-build or custom build building plots it has permitted in the previous 12 months.
The Right to Build Task Force has produced planning guidance on how to calculate this number, which can be found on their website here: https://righttobuild.org.uk/resources/pl....
Two documents within this guidance are of particular importance:
PG 10 Counting Relevant Permissioned Plots
PG13. Monitoring Custom and Self Build
In the interest of transparency we would like to analyse how the local authority has arrived at the number of plots it has permitted for each year, as presented to central government.
Document PG13: Monitoring Custom and Self Build, paragraph 30 states:
“30. As the counting of relevant permissioned plots is a nuanced and complex matter, the inclusion of permissions within the council’s CSB land supply should be fully evidence based and justified. This will provide the council with a defensible custom and self build land supply position that the council can take into account as part of the development management process. It will also enable the council to understand the extent to which the council is meeting its statutory duties. It is considered that the following information should be recorded:
Location (town / parish)
Site address
Description of development
Council ref (application reference)
Application type (eg outline, reserved matters)
Related application references (where applicable)
Applicant
Applicant type
Site type
Gross new dwellings
Net new dwellings
CIL Self Build Relief (where applicable)
Date validated / received
Decision
Decision date
Relevant base period (permission granted)
Building regulations commencement date
Completion notice
Submission of CIL Part II
Marketing information
Evidence (see paragraph 25)
Notes”
In order to analyse the self-build plots reported to central government we would like to see as much of the above list from PG13 as the council has recorded.
We are therefore requesting the following:
The full available information used by the council to calculate the number of permitted self-build plots for each of the following years:
Year ending 30 October 2016
Year ending 30 October 2017
Year ending 30 October 2018
Year ending 30 October 2019
Year ending 30 October 2020
Year ending 30 October 2021
Year ending 30 October 2022
For ease of data return we are happy to receive the data in whatever format it is currently held. We would like as much of the list of information quoted in PG13 paragraph 30 as the council has already recorded.
Yours faithfully,
Milo Mason
Dear Milo
I refer to your Freedom of Information request to which I am now in a position to respond on behalf of South Norfolk Council.
The attached Excel spreadsheet is the register of permissions that the Council uses to count as properties we consider would be suitable for self-builds.
This spreadsheet is updated each week following a manual search of the Council's website for all of the planning permissions decided for that week. Permissions which are added to the excel spreadsheet are:
• Any single dwellings from conversion or new build but excluding any Affordable Housing or Holiday Lets.
• Any multiple dwellings which includes a phasing plan or allow each plot to claim exemption or where the proposal includes self-build.
I hope this is of assistance and is sufficient to meet your requirements, but if, for whatever reason you wish to get back to me, please feel free to do so. In particular if you are unhappy with the information provided or how your request was handled, please let me know and I will explain how you can request an internal review of our decision.
Please quote SFOI 23-112 in any further correspondence concerning this request.
Regards
Tracy Brady
Civic Officer
t 01508 535321 e [email address]
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