Fareham Borough Council is considering including a range of custom and self-build housing plots as part of the planned 6,000 home Welborne Garden Village in Hampshire. Two representatives from the Right to Build Task Force, MP Richard Bacon and director Mario Wolf, met councillors and senior council officers to discuss opportunities for the village to provide a sizeable number of custom and self-build housing opportunities across the development. The advice from the task force will inform the planning application for the future development of the site by the promoters, Buckland Development Limited.

Since its launch last year, the Right to Build Task Force has been working with a range of local authorities, landowners and other industry stakeholders to bring forward custom, self-build and community-led housing opportunities, with an emphasis on scale and housing affordability. It is able to offer subsidised support for local authorities and community groups, to enable them to identify the best way they can meet the demand on their Right to Build registers.

There are now more than 33,000 people signed up to the Right to Build registers, which means that local authorities across England must give development permission for enough serviced building plots to meet this growing demand. This is under the responsibilities placed on them by the Right to Build legislation.

Wannabe selfbulders can sign up to the register at righttobuildportal.org

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