In a previous post I suggested that mainstream commercial developers and the major house-builders regard selling development land as serviced self-build plots as nothing more than a lot of hassle and a lost profit margin – and that the new self-build clause in the NPPF (Para.159) is intended to enable Local Authorities to make them do it. But there is perhaps a silver-lining to this self-build cloud, from the developer’s point of view. Continue reading →
Posted in Development/Land-Use
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Tagged Community Right to Build, consensus/support, demand, development, house-builders, housing delivery, local services, NPPF, planning, policy, value
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As described in the previous posts, the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) places local authorities under a duty to assess and cater for the demand for self-build land in their area. East Staffordshire seem to be the first off the blocks with the assessment part of this process, and it seems they are minded to cater for any demand they identify through policies or planning conditions on large-scale housing developments. But we shouldn’t expect the house-builders and other developers to accept this new regime with open arms. Continue reading →
And just in case you thought the idea of Local Authorities assessing the demand for self-build land in their area, and then catering for that demand, sounds far-fetched (see previous post), take a look at this. Continue reading →
There was a flurry of Tweet-traffic last week around the launch of Housing Minister Grant Shapps’ new self-build initiative. Regular readers may recall I wrote about this a couple of times last year – including this post where I suggested the easiest way to increase significantly the flow of land into the self-build sector would be to make house-builders included a quota of serviced plots on each large site they develop. Continue reading →
There was a distinctly ‘hand-made’ feel to Pecha Kucha Norwich Vol.3 at Cinema City on Sunday evening. Continue reading →
I was intrigued to see some coverage of Ruralise’s Tayler and Green feature on ‘Fantastic Journal’, the architecture and design blog of Charles Holland, a Director at architects FAT. Continue reading →
I was at RIBA HQ last week, and wandered into a rather boisterous opening-party for an exhibition of the winners of this year’s RIAI Irish Architecture Awards. A project by Cox Power Architects caught my Ruralise eye – a small development of houses and a community centre in Kilmeena, County Mayo. Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged Cork Rural Design Guide, Cox Power Architects, design/architecture, Ireland, Kilmeena Village, local distinctiveness, modernism, normal, pastiche, rural, vernacular, village
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Hope you all enjoyed the Tayler and Green ‘feature’ – but now a look into the future, rather than the past. The architectural community in Norwich is eagerly anticipating the start of a new degree-course in architecture at Norwich University College of the Arts in the Autumn. Last week a group from the Norfolk Association of Architects Council got a preview of the new course from Course Leader Adrian Friend. Continue reading →
Posted in Architecture/Design, Norfolk DNA
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Tagged Adrian Friend, Arts and Crafts, Charles Jencks, Critical Regionalism, Herbert Tayler, history, local distinctiveness, Lutyens, modernism, Norwich, NUCA, Reyner Banham
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