Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal & Asset Management

To note the report and:

i)               Adopt the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note to be published as guidance and afforded weight as a material consideration in the planning process; and

ii)              Delegate authority to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal and Asset Management, to approve and publish any minor changes to the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, prior to its publication.

That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Adopted the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note to be published as guidance and afforded weight as a material consideration in the planning process; and

ii)              Delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal and Asset Management to approve and publish any minor changes to the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, prior to its publication.

Councillor Bermange outlined the report to Cabinet by saying that it would signpost all of the interested parties to other sources of information. There was reasonably strong demand for this within the borough, with there being around 248 persons being on the register, comprised of 2 groups. It showed that this was becoming ever more popular. The BLP set a policy, where 5% of houses on a plot, should be set up for this. The guidance note assist in supporting all of this. He then reference a recent appeal that had occurred in Holyport.

Councillor Reynolds thanked Councillor Bermange and officers for bringing the report forward. As a Councillor who had sat on planning panels since 2019, he believed that this was a very good way forward.

Councillor Bermange then made it clear to Cabinet that a few minor changes had been made to the originally published report. This had been uploaded earlier that day to the website and asked Cabinet to consider these amendments when agreeing to a recommendation.

Councillor Werner stated his pleasure in seeing the Community Land Trust being included within the report as they could do amazing things and have done previously around the country.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Adopted the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note to be published as guidance and afforded weight as a material consideration in the planning process; and

ii)             Delegated authority to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal and Asset Management to approve and publish any minor changes to the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, prior to its publication.

i)               thority to the Assistant Director of Planning in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal and Asset Management to approve and publish any minor changes to the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Guidance Note, prior to its publication.