Registers of persons seeking to acquire land to build a home
1
A1
In this Act “
self-build and custom housebuilding
” means the building or completion by—
a
individuals,
b
associations of individuals, or
c
persons working with or for individuals or associations of individuals,
of houses to be occupied as homes by those individuals.
A2
But it does not include the building of a house on a plot acquired from a person who builds the house wholly or mainly to plans or specifications decided or offered by that person.
1
Each relevant authority must keep a register of—
a
individuals, and
b
associations of individuals ... ,
who are seeking to acquire serviced plots of land in the authority's area for their own self-build and custom housebuilding.
2
Each relevant authority must publicise its register under this section.
3
Relevant authorities are—
a
district councils;
b
county councils in England so far as they are councils for an area for which there are no district councils;
c
London borough councils;
d
the Common Council of the City of London;
e
the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
4
The Broads Authority is the relevant authority for the whole of its area, to the exclusion of any authority mentioned in subsection (3).
5
A National Park authority in England is the relevant authority for the whole of its area, to the exclusion of any authority mentioned in subsection (3).
6
Regulations may—
a
provide for specified public authorities, or specified descriptions of public authorities, to be relevant authorities for specified areas in England, and
b
provide for such an authority to be the relevant authority for its area to the exclusion of any other authority.
6A
In this section—
- “
association of individuals
” includes a body corporate that exercises functions on behalf of an association of individuals;
- “
completion
” does not include anything that falls outside the definition of “building operations” in section 55(1A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
- “
home
”, in relation to an individual, means the individual's sole or main residence.
7
For the purposes of this section the area of the Common Council includes the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple.
8
The Schedule makes provision in relation to registers under this section.
S. 1 in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/113, reg. 2
S. 1(6A) inserted (31.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 9(3), 216(3); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 5
S. 1(A1)(A2) inserted (31.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 9(1), 216(3); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 5
Words in s. 1(1) omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 9(2)(a), 216(3); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 5
Words in s. 1(1) substituted (31.10.2016) by Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), ss. 9(2)(b), 216(3); S.I. 2016/733, reg. 5