Custom and self build CPD study visit - North

CUSTOM AND SELF BUILD CPD STUDY VISIT (North)

26 September, 9am-6pm

• Leeds • York •

This guided visit by the Right to Build Task Force is an essential opportunity to understand how custom and self-build housing can be delivered. It shares completed schemes to showcase what can be achieved and the policy levers and framework that supports activity.

Find out how policy translates to practice and how sites are promoted, both within local government during planning and to the wider public upon sale. The trip takes in three distinct projects in urban and regional settings, with different routes to planning and delivery.

During the visit you will see examples of a mix of approaches to self-build, custom build and community led housing, including detached and terraced homes, with the opportunity to hear from stakeholders involved in the scheme and some residents.

ChaCo Chapeltown Cohousing (Leeds) – www.chapeltowncohousing.org.uk

A completed community of 33 affordable community led custom and self-build homes.

Frontline Self-build (Leeds)

A historical self-build street built by 12 unemployed Afro-Caribbean men and their families in the 1990s, demonstrating the process and how a community evolves.

Yorspace and Lowfield Green Plots (York)

Six self-build serviced plots and a separate community cohousing development built on a larger mixed development, facilitated by City of York Council.

WHY ATTEND?

• Learn from others' hands-on experiences
• Find out how policy has facilitated practice, helping custom and self-build to create a new housing market
• Understand the benefits and shortcomings of different delivery routes
• Gain practical knowledge to support your delivery and wider housing ambitions

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Local politicians and elected members
• Local authority housing, planning, regeneration, development and estates officers
• Mortgage lenders and building societies
• Developers, housebuilders and housing associations
• Established community housing groups
• Landowners
• Housing and planning consultants and advisors

COST

£100pp/£45pp (NaCSBA members)/£25 discounted*

Tickets are available at a standard rate and a discounted rate. *The discounted rate is only available to those working in local or central government and its agencies, to members of established community groups. Please ask if you're not sure if you fall into one of these categories.

If you are interested in finding out more about membership of the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA) contact Donna Muir on [email protected]

The tickets cover coach transfer and tour. Travel to the start/end point is your responsibility.

The trip will be conducted via coach, running from 9am-6pm, with guided stops where team members and local hosts will introduce the schemes, giving insights, lessons learned and practical considerations to the projects visited.

We will meet at Leeds Central Station on the 26th at 9am, and the trip will be guided from there. If you are delayed it is your responsibility to get a taxi to the first destination. The tour finishes back at Leeds Central at 6pm at the latest. If possible, we suggest you buy a ticket that allows you to catch a variety of return trains in case of unforeseen circumstances. The station has parking which you can prebook: https://www.apcoa.co.uk/parking-in/leeds/leeds-station/

*Projects may be subject to change.

PLEASE NOTE: Visiting these developments and homes will entail a certain amount of walking, stairs and time spent on your feet so comfortable shoes are a must.

Lunch is not provided so will need to be brought along with any snacks and drinks needed for the day.

Full names, organisation, job title and pronouns for delegates will be listed on the itinerary shared with the rest of the tour party and sponsors. Please inform us at the time of booking if you have any allergies we need to be aware of (as people will be eating their own food on the bus) and any accessibility needs.

By registering, you acknowledge that the email addresses provided will be added to the NaSCBA and Right to Build Task Force mailing lists under the basis of “legitimate interest” for the purpose of GDPR, to which you have the right to object by emailing [email protected]

If you have questions which are not covered here, please email Vicky on [email protected]

The Right to Build Task Force is supported by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Image credits: Rosemary Leek; Right to Build Task Force/Tim Moon, City of York Council; George Fisher, WeCanMake

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