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FOI request (FOI227204)
Self-build
Requested Mon 04 December 2017
Responded Mon 04 December 2017I would like to request the following information from you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
As you may be aware, from 1 April 2016 the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016) requires all relevant authorities to keep a register of individuals and associations of individuals who wish to acquire serviced plots of land to build their own homes in the authority's area and to have regard to those registers in carrying out their planning, housing, land disposal and regeneration functions. Section 1(2) of the 2015 Act also requires each relevant authority to publicise its register.
In this context, if your authority holds a Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding register, I am requesting the following information from your authority:
1. The number of individuals listed on the register as at 31 October 2017;
2. The number of new entries of individuals on the register between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017;
3. The number of associations of individuals (groups) listed on the register as at 31 October 2017;
4. The number of associations of individuals (groups) which were registered between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017;
5. If there are groups listed on the register, the total number of people in those groups as at 31 October 2017; and
6. If there are groups listed on the register, the total number of people in those groups which were registered between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017.
Response
1. There are 39 Individuals on the register as of 31 October 2017.
2. 30 new entries of individuals were registered between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017.
3. There is 1 association of individuals (groups) on the register as of 31 October 2017.
4. No new entries of associations of individuals (groups) were made between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017.
5. There are 4 people in an association of individuals (groups) as of 31 October 2017.
6. No people were registered in associations of individuals (groups) between 1 November 2016 and 31 October 2017
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