Can you please provide the following data in line with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act:
1. The number of individuals that joined the Council’s Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Register in each of the following base periods as defined under the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended):
a. Base Period 1 (from the start of the Self-Build Register up to 30 October 2016)
b. Base Period 2 (31 October 2016 to 30 October 2017)
c. Base Period 3 (31 October 2017 to 30 October 2018)
d. Base Period 4 (31 October 2018 to 30 October 2019)
e. Base Period 5 (31 October 2019 to 30 October 2020)
f. Base Period 6 (31 October 2020 to 02 January 2021)
g. Base Period 7 (31 October 2021 to 30 October 2022)
h. Base Period 8 (31 October 2022 to present)
2. The number of associations of individuals that joined the Council’s Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Register in each of the following base periods as defined under the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended) together with the number of individuals within each of those associations:
a. Base Period 1 (from the start of the Self-Build Register up to 30 October 2016)
b. Base Period 2 (31 October 2016 to 30 October 2017)
c. Base Period 3 (31 October 2017 to 30 October 2018)
d. Base Period 4 (31 October 2018 to 30 October 2019)
e. Base Period 5 (31 October 2019 to 30 October 2020)
f. Base Period 6 (31 October 2020 to 01 January 2021)
g. Base Period 7 (31 October 2021 to 30 October 2022)
h. Base Period 8 (31 October 2022 to present)
3. The date on which the Council commenced its Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding register?
4. What are the Council’s entry requirements for joining its Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register?
5. Whether the Council has undertaken any review(s) of its Register and when did it occur, and in the process of doing so has the Council removed any entries from its Register?
6. If yes to Q5:
a. What were the grounds for the removal of these entries?
b. When did these removals occur?
c. How many entries were removed from each Base Period (broken down on a base period by base period basis)?
7. The number of Self-Build and/or Custom Housebuilding planning permissions and/or permissions in principle the Council has granted towards addressing demand arising from within each of the following Base Periods under Section 2A(2) of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), together with the application reference numbers.
a. Base Period 1 (from the start of the Self-Build Register up to 30 October 2016)
b. Base Period 2 (31 October 2016 to 30 October 2017)
c. Base Period 3 (31 October 2017 to 30 October 2018)
d. Base Period 4 (31 October 2018 to 30 October 2019)
e. Base Period 5 (31 October 2019 to 30 October 2020)
f. Base Period 6 (31 October 2020 to 01 January 2021)
g. Base Period 7 (31 October 2021 to 30 October 2022)
h. Base Period 8 (31 October 2022 to present)
8. The number of CIL Self-Build Exemption Form 7 Part 1’s the Council have counted towards addressing demand arising from within each of the following Base Periods under Section 2A(2) of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), together with the application reference numbers to which each CIL Form 7 Part 1 relates:
a. Base Period 1 (from the start of the Self-Build Register up to 30 October 2016)
b. Base Period 2 (31 October 2016 to 30 October 2017)
c. Base Period 3 (31 October 2017 to 30 October 2018)
d. Base Period 4 (31 October 2018 to 30 October 2019)
e. Base Period 5 (31 October 2019 to 30 October 2020)
f. Base Period 6 (31 October 2020 to 02 January 2021)
g. Base Period 7 (31 October 2021 to 30 October 2022)
h. Base Period 8 (31 October 2022 to present)
9. The number of CIL Self-Build Exemption Form 7 Part 2’s the Council have counted towards addressing demand arising from within each of the following Base Periods under Section 2A(2) of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (as amended), together with the application reference numbers to which each CIL Form 7 Part 2 relates:
a. Base Period 1 (from the start of the Self-Build Register up to 30 October 2016)
b. Base Period 2 (31 October 2016 to 30 October 2017)
c. Base Period 3 (31 October 2017 to 30 October 2018)
d. Base Period 4 (31 October 2018 to 30 October 2019)
e. Base Period 5 (31 October 2019 to 30 October 2020)
f. Base Period 6 (31 October 2020 to 02 January 2021)
g. Base Period 7 (31 October 2021 to 30 October 2022)
h. Base Period 8 (31 October 2022 to present)
10. A copy of the Council’s CIL Form 7 Part 2 Notification of Self-Build Relief letter.
11. How does the Council monitor Self Build and Custom Housebuilding permissions and completions?
12. How does the Council identify that an application is for self-build and custom housebuilding, meets the legislative definitions in the 2015 Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act (as amended) and meets the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding section of the PPG requirement for the Council to be satisfied that the initial owner of the home will have primary input into its final design and layout?
13. How does the Council alert individuals and associations of individuals on its Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register to any self-build and custom housebuilding permissions it grants?
14. How many individuals and associations of individuals had the Council successfully matched (i.e., the individual or association has gone on to purchase a plot) with planning permissions for self-build and custom housebuilding?
15. How has the Council publicised the existence of its Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register?
16. If the Council has publicised the existence of its Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding register, when did this take place and by what means?
After sending our initial response on 08/08, we received additional information, which we dispatched as a second response on 11/08