Planning: Good Practice Guidance
The overview, together with the associated planning guidance documents and appendices, provides good practice guidance to support the delivery of custom and self-build homes in England. The documents complement existing legislation and regulations, together with the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and National Planning Policy Guidance (NPPG). The guidance is published by the Right to Build Task Force and is regularly updated to reflect emerging good practice and in response to any relevant changes in legislation, regulation, or policy.
PG0 Good Practice Guidance Overview
Overview
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PG1 Defining self-build and custom housebuilding
a definition for a custom and a self-build home and the differences between the two and therefore the approach to each, together which explaining what is and is not CSB for different types of housing.
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PG2 Delivering a sufficient supply of CSB homes
how to ensure that the strategic planning process delivers a sufficient supply of CSB homes, in line with long term demand.
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PG3 Provision of affordable housing including exception sites
how the delivery of affordable housing can be incorporated into CSB sites and how CSB can support 79 exception site policies.
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PG5 Sustainability
how CSB homes are typically build to higher environment standards than other new homes and how this is a further material factor in the case for the delivery of CSB homes.
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PG6 Supplementary Planning Documents (template)
how an SPD can be used to support the delivery of CSB homes and a template that can be used to form the basis of such a document.
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PG7 Neighbourhood plans and the process
how neighbourhoods are more likely to support more homes being delivered if they are CSB and are in keeping with the local needs and appropriate to the area.
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PG8 Maintaining open & inclusive registers and engaging with those on the register
how to ensure that the register more accurately reflects the underlying medium term demand for CSB plots and actively supports the marketing and delivery of those plots.
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PG9 Using register numbers to identify plots to be permissioned
how to operate the register in line with the letter and the spirit of the legislation and in doing so how to identify the required minimum number of permissioned plots.
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PG10 Counting relevant permissioned plots
the approach to be used in arriving at the number of permissioned plots to be used to match against the numbers on the register and hence ensure that the legislative duty has been met.
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PG11 NPPF and Right to Build Legislation –delivering appropriate permission
what factors to consider when the requirements as set out in the Right to Build legislation do not fully align with the approach that (were it not for the legislation) may otherwise be adopted under NPPG.
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PG12 Working with multi-plot sites and phased delivery
how to effectively manage the delivery of multi-plot sites and phased delivery, including larger sites with speculative new build housing.
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PG13 Annual Monitoring Reporting (template)
a template to be used reporting annually on performance under the Right to Build legislation in a structure that is complete and consistent with that of other local authorities.
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PG14 Securing delivery of Self and Custom Build homes
how planning authorities can ensure that plots that are permissioned for CSB ultimately delivery CSB homes (and what should happen if a change of approach is agreed).
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PG15 Working with Groups of self builders
how to ensure that the specific needs of groups seeking to build as a community can be best met.
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PG16 How to address undersupply (strategic & short-term)
A high level overview as to potential ways in which planning authorities can respond in order to meet their obligations under the Right to Build legislation and in response to greater long term demand.
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A Legislation and Regulation
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B NPPF and NPPG
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C Other key policy documents
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