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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 […]

A 108-home site of mixed use housing in Upper Tuesley is live on site, being built by developer David Wilson Homes, part of Barratt Group, including affordable homes managed by […]

Building on the success of the first phase of its Green Street development, Nottingham-based regeneration specialist Blueprint added a second phase to its development in The Meadows, Nottingham, on the […]

A site for 10 sustainable custom build homes has been put forward by Czero Homes for a village site in Whittington, Staffordshire. A mix of bungalows, terraced and detached homes, […]

Developer Charles Everard is approaching commercial close for its 91-home sustainable Bickleigh Eco Village development near Roborough on the outskirst of Plymouth, designed by ZEDFactory. Included on the sustainable site […]

With an emphasis on creating sustainable rural communities, Archihaus has a site for 150 houses at Kingstone in Herefordshire, which will be built to Passivhaus standards, resulting in heating costs […]

The HCA  is currently bringing forward a site at Pleasley Colliery, Bolsover for residential land, with potentially 11 of the 23 homes being allocated for custom build. The 0.59ha site […]

Provision has been made for 15 custom build homes in Lightmoor Urban Village, a 1,000 unit development in Telford brought forward by the HCA and in association with the Bournville […]

Status 9/9 Planning permission has been granted for the first custom build home at Heartlands for AOC’s LittleBig House design. Site preparation work is under way at Heartlands/Trevenson Park South, […]

Excavations have started at HAB Housing’s Cumnor Hill site, The Acre. Status at July 2015 Excavation work has started on-site at Hab Housing’s Cumnor Hill site in Oxfordshire, a development […]

Graven Hill is the UK’s largest custom build site with 1,900 homes earmarked for development on this large ex-Ministry of Defence site in Oxfordshire. Cherwell District Council has been innovative […]

Cambridge Cohousings’s 40 unit project is creating custom build homes with a community ethos

Plot is bringing on a 10-unit site of detached custom build homes at Village Farm

Community land trust Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) has successfully bid for the Church Grove site, a community self and custom build site of 30 homes. Applications for self-builders to […]

Six self build homes on a development brought forward by Stoke-On-Trent City Council.

An 8-plot custom build site with outline planning permission in Caistor, Lincolnshire, brought on by Potton. At just over a hectare, the brownfield site was previously a haulage yard, with […]

Knightstone Housing Association has worked with homeless ex-service personnel to build 11 custom built homes for them to rent

19 self build plots on a development near Sandwich in Kent, brought on by Quinn Estates. The site is enabled self build, with serviced plots with OPP on them.

Planning has been submitted for the erection of a modular SNUG Home on a site at Redcliffe Way in Bristol, brought on by Ecomotive, with design by architects Barton Willmore.

Architect John Kinsley is working with a group of people to create a collective custom build at an infill site on Bath Street, Portobello, Edinburgh. The concept started in 2013, […]

32 affordable, custom build homes being built in Liverpool by charity HPBC, with sweat equity from the residents

Morris Homes has been named as development partner on the proposed 117-home project brought on by the Milton Keynes Development Partnership (MKDP) at Atterbury. The site includes provision for 15 […]

Glasgow City Council is bringing on its first serviced plot project, with scope for six self build homes in Maryhill

Custom Build Homes is bringing on the first Welsh

The site has been returned to the landowner and is no longer a custom build site. Cherrywood, formerly Silver Sands, is a 14-home custom build site near Faversham, designed by […]

The Older Women’s Cohousing (OWCH) New Ground Housing scheme is a group custom build project created by 20 women varying in age from their mid-fifties upwards. Founded on the principles […]

Luxury self build on a serviced estate near Middlesbrough

The Old Station is a collective custom build which is being put together at Brownlow Road, Ellesmere in Shropshire. Brought on by A Fairer Society, a group of community-led housing […]

Update as 10/09/17 The Mount Pleasant Royal Mail site was sold for £193 million to Taylor Wimpey, bringing to an end the association’s hopes for a community-led project for the […]

Longlieve Gardens is a 7-plot custom build development by Fairgrove Homes in Derbyshire

Peacys Orchard is a three unit custom build site in Chalford, Gloucestershire, brought on by Lived In Custom Build

Bridport Cohousing is a community land trust that’s creating 34 homes with an emphasis on highly-sustainable buildings. A minimum of 40% are to be affordable homes offered through a housing […]

Dartington Hall Trust is bringing on between 30-50 serviced plots in Devon, with shared community areas, including allotments.

25 serviced plots are being brought to market by East Staffordshire Borough Council, in conjunction with Custom Build Homes, on land the council owns at Lynwood Road, Branston, near Burton […]

A cohousing group working to create 33 households and affordable homes in Chapeltown, Leeds. The development will include shared facilities including gardens and recreational spaces, with a focus on sustainability. […]

Concept2Homes is negotiating with the landowner to bring on a site of five custom build plots at Burgess Hill. The planned homes range from 1,200-2,500ft², on a gated site in […]

Crown Estates is planning for 175 at East Kingskerswell, with a potential 5% custom build

Ty Ryan is a mix of 16 one- and two-bedroom apartments being built in Wrexham’s Western Gateway. Williams Homes and the Community Self Build Agency are working together with First […]

Northstowe is a new town near Cambridge with the potential for self build plots

Shawsburn Village is a collection of custom built homes, a few miles from Glasgow City Centre. All plots will be fully serviced and are available with Outline Planning Permission. Plots […]

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 […]