- Planning and building control
Please note this consultation is closed
Our updated Local Plan must consider how best to meet the needs of people wishing to build their own homes. Complete the self-build and custom-build housing survey.
This consultation is your chance to tell us what you think are the issues for the partial review of the Local Plan and how you think they should be tackled.
Self and custom-build housing is built or commissioned by its future residents for their own use, either by building the home on their own or working with architects and builders.
Since April 2016 local authorities in England have been required by national legislation to establish local registers of self and custom builders who wish to acquire suitable land to build their own home. These registers are intended to help local authorities understand the level of demand for self-build and custom house building in their area. The government also requires local planning authorities to grant planning permission for enough serviced plots to meet this demand. The current Lambeth Local Plan does not set out a policy dealing with self-build. Our revised Local Plan needs to address the new priority given to self and custom-build housing by the government and plan for this.