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Hempsted Green is a custom build development of 11 three- and four-bedroom detached homes, with different routes to build being available depending on the amount of work the purchaser is […]

In partnership with Glasgow City Council, Igloo Regeneration, BIGG, Scottish Canals and The Scottish Government custom build is being explored as a delivery method as part of the regeneration scheme […]

A new garden city of 15,000 homes is being planned for Ebbsfleet, which is currently drawing up its master plan. Custom build opportunities are to be included as part of […]

Nine of the 14 serviced plots were built out as live/work units by a single developer, as opposed to the original serviced propostion, that would have allowed plots to be […]

Ten custom build plots are to be made available as part of a larger Barratt development at Spencer’s Park , Hemel Hempstead, on a site brought forward by the HCA

Inhabit Home’s Blenheim Grove flagship scheme for five contemporary custom built homes designed by Poulsom Middlehurst. Internal floor layouts vary between 92m2 to 170m2, with the sustainable homes all having […]

Site at Pound Lane South with the potential for 10 custom build homes, subject to planning, on a site brought forward by the HCA.

At least 15 plots for custom build homes are to be included on the 85-unit HCA site at Marksbury Road, Bristol. Currently a developer is being selected, with Bilfinger GVA  acting […]

Planning has been granted for two custom build 2,500ft2 detached homes in Binfield, to be built by Concept2 Group. The homes will be built by fixed-price contract, with buyers able […]

A 14 plot site developed by Plot in conjunction with H2O, on a canalside location in Lancaster, with a mix of new builds and refurbished properties. The majority of the […]

Copper Lane is a six-home custom build cohousing project with shared communal elements in London

Fishponds Cohousing is now complete, with all residents moved in. Status March 2016 Resident are working as a group to install kitchens, bathrooms, decorating, fitting skirting and architraves, flooring, tiling […]

Potton is bringing on a 34-plot custom build site, with an average plot value of £131,250, in Holywell Lane, Ligthmoor, Telford, a brownfield site.

All plots are now reserved at French Fields, with building work on the first phase already at shell. Status October 2015 A collaboration between Potton, BuildStore and Mark Ward, the […]

Park Prewett hospital site, near Basingstoke, is is being redeveloped, with 1,250 new and affordable homes, including 120 proposed custom build plots as part of the Government’s pilot custom build site.

An 11-plot custom build site with outline planning permission in Cleobury Moritmer, Shropshire, with plot prices starting from £100,000

Knightstone Housing Association is working with homeless ex-service personnel to build 14 custom built homes for them to rent in Weston-Super-Mare

Bristol Community Land Trust’s (BCLT) is bringing on a site at Shaldon Road, Bristol for a cohousing community, building on the success of its Fishponds site. The development will include […]

30 custom built plots on offer in Winchester by HAB Housing.

Status at 10/17 165 self build plots have been allocated on the site, announced by Buckinghamshire Advantage Outline planning has been submitted for the Aylesbury Woodlands site. Status at December […]

Outline planning permission was granted in February 2016 for Beeston Park, an urban extension to Norwich, which is being promoted by U+I Plc. Development managers TOWN are currently working on […]

A group custom build project with the potential for up to 40 homes on a central Nottingham site. Brought on by Blueprint, the joint venture developer owned by Aviva Investors’ […]

10 serviced custom build plots are to be included in a larger developer by Persimmon on a 3.02 hectare site in Woodhouse, Sheffield.

A 10-plot custom build development by Czero Home in Eccleshall

Plymouth City Council is bringing on a range of homes under its Plan for Homes, with a mix of self, custom and cohousing. Lancaster Gardens, Whitleigh – 4 serviced plots […]

Dominion, Doncaster includes 25 custom build homes being built by Fairgrove Homes

This site has been withdrawn as a custom build opportunity. BuildStore is bringing on 7 custom build plots on a site of detached homes in the village of Sparkford, Somerset […]

Shropshire County Council is bringing on a 5.17 hectare site on London Road, near Shrewsbury, with 42 homes for local residents supplied as serviced plots. The sloping site has good […]

Naked House is not for profit community group promoting affordable self finish homes in London, which owners can complete as time and budget allow.

Status at 9/17 Cannock Mill Cohousing has become the first cohousing project to be awarded funding from the Home Building Fund, with a £3.86 million loan.   A 23-home low-energy […]

Custom Build Homes is marketing six custom build plots at Gerrard’s Lane in Halewood, Merseyside for homes between 4-6 bedrooms

Swan Housing Association and Nu-LIving is creating several hundred custom build homes as part of the regeneration of the Craylands Estate in Basildon, Essex

Broadhempston Community Land Trust is a community interest company bringing on six self-build homes for local people in housing need. Planning was achieved using a Section 106 agreement. Based on […]

A pair of self build townhouses in Earlsfield, London, is being brought on by StreetPlot, following a shell model with a customised self build route to completion. The 219m2  scheme […]

Taylow Wimpey is bringing four custom/self build plots as part of proposals for land at Colway Lane and Grovelands in Chudleigh. The plots are being enabled as part of meeting […]

Igloo and Blueprint are bringing on custom build homes as part of the Blueprint’s larger Trent Basin site on the River Trent, Nottingham. The custom homes will be built using […]

London Community Land Trust (London CLT) has completed 23 CLT homes as part of the larger St Clements scheme in Mile End, London. On the site of a former hospital, […]

A Bright Green Futures development of 24 self-built or self-finished homes in with a shared garden and natural swimming pond, on the outskirts of Bristol, with underground parking.

Eve Lane is a development of executive 3- to 4-bed homes, with a choice of 8 different designs on fixed plots. Homes can be made bespoke to a degree with […]

Cherwell District Council’s Build! programme worked with Sylva Bespoke Design and Build Solutions to bring 21 customised units to market at Newton Close, Bicester. The project was a testing ground […]

A Border Oak development of seven serviced-plots for custom-build at Kingsland in Herefordshire. Border Oak undertook the landscaping and main drive, together with services to plot perimeter. The houses are […]

A mixed use development east of Sedgefield Community College that included plans for 19 self-build plots, as part of a larger development of 138 homes, including a care home and […]

Thrift CLT for Soham and CLT East’s sister company, Palace Green Homes, have united to create a 13-home community-led housing scheme at The Shade in Soham.

West Berkshire Council’s Housing Site Allocations Development Plan Document (HSA DPD) has been approved, which includes one hectare of land at Purley Rise for 35 homes, including an element of self […]

Linden Homes proposed Station Hill development on the edge of Chudleigh includes 12 self-build plots as part of the larger 230-home site. The self-build plots were allocated under the Teignbridge […]

Boughton Park in Kent offers 14 self-build serviced plots, brought on by Quinn Estates.

Loftus Village Association created 19 new homes for a co-operative housing scheme, with homes offering affordability through intermediate rent. The scheme was developed wiht Charter Housing, now part of the […]

Kennett CLT are in the process of creating a vision for a new Garden Village in Kennett, East Cambridgeshire.

Swaffham Prior CLT, with the help of three local landowners, has delivered 8 affordable homes for this village in East Cambridgeshire.

Community led organisation, Leathermarket CBS, has submitted plans to Southwark Council for 27 high quality, genuinely affordable homes in Kipling Garages, Bermondsey. 

Following the success of the 885 acre Wynyard Park in Teeside, Flaxby Park Ltd has put forward a scheme on a derelict golf course in Harrogate for a large village […]

Home Farm Village, Ely, is a pilot co-operative housing project that created 41 new leasehold homes, the first such project in Wales. The Cadwyn Housing Association helped to develop and […]

Now completed, all 12 veterans involved in the project are now residents, with the all the physically able members now in either full-time work or full-time education. Status at 23/04/17 […]

Architect John Kinsley’s Bath Street collective Custom Build has reached completion, with all residents now in occupation. The project saw four families create a series of customised flats in a […]

Linden Homes Station Hill development on the edge of Chudleigh will include 12 self-build plots on the 230-home site, thanks to the Teignbridge Rule. Outline Planning Permission has been granted […]

North Ayrshire Council has published its draft Local Development Plan, including Montgomerie Park, part of which is covered by the new pilot Simplified Planning Zone. This will simplify the process […]

Pickley Green in Leigh, Wigan, has been selected as the site of a new custom build housing scheme for self-builders and will feature a collection of serviced plots with outline planning permission, available to self-builders from Spring 2019.

London Older Lesbian Cohousing (LOLC) is working to bring on a community of 20-25 homes with shared living spaces in Waltham Forest. The group aims to create homes that will […]

London CLT has submitted planning for its first solo development, an 11 homes site at Brasted Close on the site of a former council-owned garage block.