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<p>Government has put in place a range of measures to encourage self and custom housebuilding
including the Self & Custom Housebuilding legislation. The legislation is focussed
on bringing forward more suitable land, providing access to developer finance through
the £2.5 billion Home Building Fund and working with finance providers to increase
mortgage availability. We have allocated £95,000 of new burdens funding to each relevant
authority to support them to fulfil their duties under the legislation to maintain
a register of people who want to acquire serviced plots of land in their area; and
permission serviced land to satisfy demand on the register. Additionally, we strengthened
the National Planning Policy Framework to state that self and custom build properties
can provide affordable housing and that demand must be taken into account when determining
housing need and reflected in planning policies. The Department also supports the
National Custom and Self Build Association’s ‘Right to Build Task Force’ which helps
local authorities, community groups and other organisations to deliver affordable
self and custom build housing across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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