Planning Permission for Self-Build Dwellings
Case reference EIR2026/00718
Received 24 March 2026
Published 16 April 2026
Request
Description of the information required: For all base periods 1 - 10 and part of 11 (2025-26), please provide:
- The number of planning permissions (including permission in principle) for dwellings which the Council believes meet the definition of Self-Build housing at section 1 of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015.
- A list of the planning permissions included in the number above including reference number, description of development, site address, number of homes counted.
- Confirmation as to specifically why each permission has been allocated as self or custom build (e.g. planning condition, obligation, CIL forms).
- Confirmation as to whether CIL Form 7 (2) has been submitted in relation to each permission or not (Y/N).
- Confirmation as to the number of people added to the register in each base period referred to above.
- Confirmation as to the level of demand for self-build and custom build housing within the area (with reference to the above base periods) which for the avoidance of doubt is the aggregate of;
- The demand for self-build and custom housebuilding arising in the authority's area in the relevant base period.
- Any demand for self-build and custom housebuilding that arose in the authority's area in an earlier base period and in relation to which -
(a) The time allowed for complying with the duty to grant sufficient permissions expired during the base period in question.
(b) The duty to grant sufficient permissions has not been met.
- Confirmation as to whether the council considers that demand for self-build and custom build housing has been met in relation to each base period (1-10).
Response
Description of the information required: For all base periods 1 - 10 and part of 11 (2025-26), please provide:
- The number of planning permissions (including permission in principle) for dwellings which the Council believes meet the definition of Self-Build housing at section 1 of the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015.
- A list of the planning permissions included in the number above including reference number, description of development, site address, number of homes counted.
Answer: For the above 2 points, please see the attached Self Build References spreadsheet. The Service Area have provided a list of planning references in this spreadsheet and have advised the requested information is publicly available and published on our Council Planning Portal webpage which can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-search
Please use the Planning Portal in conjunction with the Self Build References spreadsheet, by entering the reference numbers and key words in the ‘search’ bar.
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
- Confirmation as to specifically why each permission has been allocated as self or custom build (e.g. planning condition, obligation, CIL forms).
Answer: This information is publicly available and published on our Council webpage which can be viewed via the following link:
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
- Confirmation as to whether CIL Form 7 (2) has been submitted in relation to each permission or not (Y/N).
Answer: Please see the attached Self Build References spreadsheet. The Service Area have provided a list of planning references in this spreadsheet and have advised the requested information is publicly available and published on our Council Planning Portal webpage which can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-search
Please use the Planning Portal in conjunction with the Self Build References spreadsheet, by entering the reference numbers and key words in the ‘search’ bar.
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
- Confirmation as to the number of people added to the register in each base period referred to above.
- Confirmation as to the level of demand for self-build and custom build housing within the area (with reference to the above base periods) which for the avoidance of doubt is the aggregate of;
- The demand for self-build and custom housebuilding arising in the authority's area in the relevant base period.
- Any demand for self-build and custom housebuilding that arose in the authority's area in an earlier base period and in relation to which -
(a) The time allowed for complying with the duty to grant sufficient permissions expired during the base period in question.
(b) The duty to grant sufficient permissions has not been met.
- Confirmation as to whether the council considers that demand for self-build and custom build housing has been met in relation to each base period (1-10).
Answer: For the above points, this information is publicly available within the Self and Custom Build Monitoring Report for March 2026 which is published on our Council webpage and can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/media/xqxnryhp/self-and-custom-built-housing-march-2026.pdf
As such we consider this information to be excepted under Regulation 6 of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 because this is available to you via other means.
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