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How to use the draft National Planning Policy Framework to support custom build
Ed's Blog 13 Mar 2018
March has been a busy month with the Spring Statement confirming Government’s 300,000 homes target and the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework being released. NaCSBA, Wood for Good and […]
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Could Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Draft London Plan be a model for the UK?
Ed's Blog 27 Feb 2018
Sadiq Khan’s Draft London Plan could hold lessons for all of us, at least for our cities anyway. We know the housing market is broken in this country. Government knows […]
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Chris Brown discusses the changes needed to drive custom build to scale
Guest Blog 07 Feb 2018
The National Custom and Self-build Association (NaCSBA) does great work influencing Government, work that’s helped facilitate the system change necessary to unlock the latent demand for Custom Build and community-led […]
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Right To Build core to NaCSBA’s policy for 2018, says chair Michael Holmes
Guest Blog 25 Jan 2018
With a new Housing Minister in post, NaCSBA chair Michael Holmes shares the key areas for NaCSBA moving ahead, and how these build on its Manifesto pledges of 2017. Last […]
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Is Housing Minister Raab ready to be wowed by custom build?
Ed's Blog 10 Jan 2018
How was last year for you at work? Did you work hard? Or did you just do the bare minimum to get by? Working in the custom build sector, I’d […]
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The changing face of self-build, and custom build’s great opportunity
Ed's Blog 19 Dec 2017
At last month’s Right To Build Summit, NaCSBA shared fascinating insight and information about the custom and self-build sector, check out my in-depth coverage of the speakers, here. As part […]
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Is Government hindering or helping housing, asks Chris Brown
Guest Blog 13 Dec 2017
From the point of view of what we might call the Right to Build sector – Custom Build, self-build and community-led development – the run up to the budget and […]
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Custom build opportunities tucked away in the Autumn Budget
Ed's Blog 28 Nov 2017
With over £44 billion of investment pledged to support the housing industry, Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget has been hailed a budget for builders. He’s promised consultation after consultation, looked at […]
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Jonny Anstead of Town discusses the challenge of delivering custom build homes at scale
Guest Blog 21 Nov 2017
Delivering a bespoke home for an individual customer is straight forward, but what about delivering, on a single site, unique homes for a much larger number of households, i.e. custom […]
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Balancing the Help to Buy custom build conundrum
Ed's Blog 30 Oct 2017
In her catastrophe-laden speech at the culmination of the Conservative Party Conference, Theresa May announced further support for Help to Buy, together with a commitment to support affordable social housing. […]
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