Right to Build, Plots and Planning

Finding land and getting permission as an individual

The most common reason a self-build never happens is that the person could not find a plot at a workable price with permission they could secure. This book teaches you to understand the planning system well enough to buy land intelligently and pursue permission methodically. It explains the Right to Build, a legal right created to help individuals acquire land to build a home, including where its promise and its reality diverge. You will see the three bodies of law a self-build sits between, then the planning chapter at the heart of the book. The book covers the two families of contract a self-build needs, the responsibilities that begin the day you take on a plot, and the tax treatment, which differs most sharply from other strategies and is largely in your favour if you qualify and follow the rules. A compliance checklist sets out the order of steps, and the final chapter explains what breaking the rules costs. Next in this series: “From One Self-Build to Developing”.

What’s inside

• The legal framework in plain English
• Permissions, licensing and planning
• The contracts, and what must be inside them
• Insurance, safety and your legal duties
• Tax treatment and choosing a structure
• Your compliance checklist
• Getting this wrong: what it actually costs

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