New Member - Change in life direction.....applying for planning permission for a small self build development.

[Mariaatlongacre]

Hi, so grateful that a forum like this exists for people to learn from each other. After some health changes in my life that meant I had to stop working for a while my husband and I are in the process of applying for planning permission to develop a piece of land that we purchased over 15 years ago. My husband is from a construction industry background and we have small builders in the family but I really want to learn and be involved if we get planning permission.  The ideal plan is to be allowed to build 4 or 5 homes on the site. Initially any advice on how I can learn would be appreciated. 

[Big Jimbo]

Welcome. For a start i would take a look at your local councils website, and try and find similar applications for small, but multipal house developments. Find out from there who they used, for the plans and design and access statement  Contact them to have a chat about the possibility of getting planning permission.

[Gone West]

Welcome to the forum.

2 hours ago, Mariaatlongacre said:

we have small builders in the family

Having vertically challenged builders won't hold you back, plenty use stilts for plastering. 😁 Good luck with the project.

[MikeSharp01]

Welcome to the forum -p sounds like a fun but very challenging project. If you follow the work on here done by @nod he bought two plots. I guess there are Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) issues that you should look at with great care before you break ground!!!! 

[nod]

3 hours ago, Mariaatlongacre said:

Hi, so grateful that a forum like this exists for people to learn from each other. After some health changes in my life that meant I had to stop working for a while my husband and I are in the process of applying for planning permission to develop a piece of land that we purchased over 15 years ago. My husband is from a construction industry background and we have small builders in the family but I really want to learn and be involved if we get planning permission.  The ideal plan is to be allowed to build 4 or 5 homes on the site. Initially any advice on how I can learn would be appreciated. 

If you build all five You will then become a developer and loose the cil exemption and also your vat claim 

 

As Mike as already pointed out We have two plots Developing them both together would in my case have cost us 105k and a 40% tax liability 

We chose to complete the first plot and reel the self builder concessions 

As we had done three year’s previously 

Good luck
 

   

[LnP]

You won't qualify for either of the Biodiversity Net Gain exemptions - de minimis or self build. You'll have to plan how you'll comply, either by buying credits or setting aside part of the development with the required types of habitat to give you the points you need.