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Representation ID: 9994

Received: 27/07/2022

Respondent: Home Builders Federation

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The policy is unsound as the requirement for sites of less than 50 units to provide self-build plots it is not effective
29. Whilst the HBF support the encouragement of self-build housing through the local plan, we do not consider the requirement to provide self-build pots on sites below 50 units to be effective. A 40-unit threshold is relatively low for such a policy which in general tend to be applied to much larger sites in other areas. One key concern with having such a low threshold is that it is impossible to sperate the self-build plots from the rest of the site which creates difficulties with regard to health and safety on a site with self-builders working alongside the main contractors delivering the rest of the development. There are also concerns that the self-build sites will take much longer to complete or could be left undeveloped to the detriment on the other residents.
30. The Council should also state that this policy will not apply to flatted developments where it would not be feasible or practical to deliver self-build plots.