Not just one thing Andy Lloyd, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, Redhills House, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT, Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662

Not just one thing

Andy Lloyd, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, Redhills House, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT, Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662 [email protected] CLT resources and news at www.crht.org.uk

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Self build - many variations

More involvement

Self managed and builtSelf managedSelf finished

Self commissioned

Less involvement

Individual build orGroup build

Open market orAffordable

(subsidised & unsubsidised)

Trades based,Train & build or

Layperson based

Policy supportBrandon Lewis - Housing & Planning Minister

Our plans will clear the way for a new generation of custom and self

builders.

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2012 Local Authorities must assess and meet the needs of people wanting

build their own homes, in line with local demand.

Right to Build (on LA land)

where LA land is available

LA self build registers

Custom Build & Serviced Plots Loan Fund (HCA)

£150 million investment fund for 10,000 serviced plots

75% of cost of infrastructure / 5 houses or more

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Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662 [email protected] CLT resources and news at www.crht.org.uk

Drivers - Housing supplyRoom for many players



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Affordability

Intermediate earners

Can’t afford market housing

Can afford build cost

Monoculture v diversity



Lammas eco community

West Wales

Anywhere

Space – the final frontier



“The UK builds the smallest

new homes in Europe.”

Sir Bob Kerslake when CEO of

the Homes and Communities

Agency

The economy



£2.3bn construction materials 2013(Homebuilding & Renovating Market Research)

Lyvennet Community TrustFacilitating private self build

10 affordable rented homes

7 self build plots

Photo - Derek Horn



Butchers Arms community buy outPhoto Cumberland & Westmorland Herald

Forgebank www.lancastercohousing.org.uk

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Andy Lloyd, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, Redhills House, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT, Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662

[email protected] CLT resources and news at www.crht.org.uk

Photo: © Luke Mills

Group commissioned co-housing

Creating community

Architect - Andrew Yeats, Eco Arc

Also working with Witherslack CLT and Staveley self builder

http://www.ecoarc.co.uk/


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Wales

Three bedroom house

Plot gifted by a relative

Project managed by single mum with teenage sons doing some of the work

Construction cost £105,000

Self build portal case study


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Shropshire affordable self build policy

Self funded affordable homes

214 planning permissions, rural communities

Resale value restricted to 60% market value


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Community Land Trust self buildSt Minver, Cornwall

All shared ownership

No Housing Grant

£85,000 build cost (simple design)

Modest subsidy North Cornwall DC

Managed self build - On time & on budget Dec 08

Ashley Vale, Bristol

Andy Lloyd, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, Redhills House, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT, Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662 [email protected] CLT resources

and news at www.crht.org.uk

Community Land Trust & Self Build Homes

Spin-offEcomotive - a social enterprise working to create more sustainable and affordable homes and communities by supporting and enabling self build and custom build group projects.

Spin-off SNUG homes – a project that will harness the creative energy of Bristol residents and businesses to transform the way we use land and build homes across Bristol.

http://www.tudortrust.org.uk/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx


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Low cost buildDominic Stephens, County Leitrim – self build portal case study

60m2, £20,000 materials, 30-40 yr life


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Future activity in Cumbria

South Lakeland Self Build Group

H4US Ulverston CLT group – ‘grow your own home’

Derwent Forest Development Company – Utropia eco villages

Sustainable Carlisle – co-housing & food production

Greystoke self builders


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CRHTParish housing needs surveysLiaise with communities and councilsBusiness planning for Community Land Trusts (CLTs)Introduce fundingAdvice & support for self buildWe come out to you

LAs / Housing Associations / Homes & Communities Agency

National Association of Custom & Self Builders (Nacsba)Self build portal - www.selfbuildportal.org.uk

Advice & support

Documents

Not just one thing Andy Lloyd, Cumbria Rural Housing Trust, Redhills House, Redhills, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DT, Tel. 01768 210265, Mobile: 07525688662