Self-build and Custom Housebuilding

The Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 places a duty on the council to keep a register of individuals and community groups, who have expressed an interest in acquiring ‘serviced land' to bring forward self-build and custom-build housing projects.

This register will help inform the council of the level of demand for self-build and custom build plots in Hertsmere Borough and eventually enable the council to develop a strategy for matching people to plots in their area.

There is no commitment to build when you join the register and equally there is no commitment from the council to provide self-build or custom build plots.

‘Self-build' and 'custom-build' housing may be commissioned and/or built by an individual or by a group of individuals for their own use, either by building the home on their own or working with builders and contractors.

The amount of personal involvement in the building process will vary. Self-builders will physically build all or part of a home themselves. For custom-build, a developer will seek a number of self-build clients and build their homes to their specification under a contract.

In accordance with the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding (Register) Regulations 2016, the register must contain the following information:

For an individual – name and address
For an association or group – name and address of the association; name and address of the lead contact for the association (if different); and the number of serviced plots in Hertsmere that the association is seeking to acquire.

The information on the register may be updated at any time.

By signing up, you will help us find out more about the demand for custom build plots in Hertsmere.

At this stage you are not making any commitment to self or custom-build as we are just trying to establish the level of demand. Registration does not guarantee that a suitable plot will be identified, or become available.

By registering your details, you are agreeing that we can use the data you provide to understand the demand for custom-build and self-build housing in Hertsmere. The register itself will not be a public document, but the Government guidance encourages councils to publish headline data from it as part of the Authority Monitoring Report (AMR).

In preparing this register, we are making no commitment to provide self-build or custom-build plots.

**Registration does not guarantee that a suitable plot will be identified or become available**

The Council provides Central Government with an annual return on summarised information contained within the register. An overview of information per register period is detailed below. This table also includes information on planning permission granted per period. Further information will be published in the Council’s Authority Monitoring Report.

Period	Individuals	Groups	Total Individuals in register	Total Groups in register	Planning permission granted per period *
April 2016 – October 2016	8	1	8	1	56
October 2016 –October 2017	4	0	12	1	100
October 2017 –October 2018	23	1	35	2	86
October 2018 –October 2019	11	1	46	3	105
October 2019 – October 2020	5	0	51	3	99
October 2020 – October 2021	18	1	69	4	102
October 2021 – October 2022	7	0	76	4	88
October 2022 – October 2023	13	0	89	4	91
October 2023 – October 2024	1	0	90	4	91

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We will remove your details from the register within 28 days of receiving a written notification from either an individual or lead contact of an association.

Registration lasts for 3 years from the date at which the application is approved onto the register. A renewal notice will be issued from the Council towards the end of the 3 year registry period. Deregistration will not take place until at least 6 weeks from issue of the renewal e-mail.