While at the NSBRC at Swindon last week, I sat in on a lecture for self builders and having already done their 3 day course, I thought it would not be very interesting - heard it all before! However, the speaker was talking about the CIL and how self builders can avoid it but how easy is was to get caught out and end up paying the full mount, which in my area is £200 per square metre of build!
I had forgotten this information and was glad to have been reminded. I thought it may be