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 8 (31 October 2022 to 30 October 2023)
b. Base Period 9 (31 October 2023 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 8 (31 October 2022 to 30 October 2023)
b. Base Period 9 (31 October 2023 to present)
3. 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 8 (31 October 2022 to 30 October 2023)
b. Base Period 9 (31 October 2023 to present)
4. 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 8 (31 October 2022 to 30 October 2023)
b. Base Period 9 (31 October 2023 to present)
5. 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 8 (31 October 2022 to 30 October 2023)
b. Base Period 9 (31 October 2023 to present)
6. 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?
This request was rejected for being a repeat request of EIR196501-456914