Build your own home: Dedicated land now available in unique multi-plot site near Northampton
Here’s all you need to know about how you can build your own house on an idyllic countryside spot near Piddington.
For those wanting to pursue their Grand Designs dream and build their own home, one of the main stumbling blocks can be finding the right plot of land.
Navigating the planning process can also be really daunting – but a new scheme is offering 11 plots just outside Northampton complete with planning permission, giving people a blank canvas on which to design and build their own homes.
The plots now have an access road, drainage infrastructure and fencing in place as they move a step closer to welcoming their first properties.
Mike Skinner, Technical Director for Landstrom Group - a specialist self-build enabler, which is assisting the scheme, says they are allowing individuals to “take back control” of new housebuilding.
By making the right land available, we're empowering individuals to create homes that meet their own needs and budgets and to plan for the longer term.
To find out more, visit their website today.
Build a better-quality home for your future
If you’ve harboured ambitions in the past to create your ideal home from scratch, gaining access to the perfect plot then getting planning permission to build on it can be a huge hurdle.
Each of the 11 plots of land at the Salcey View site on the edge of the village of Piddington, just a few miles south-east of Northampton, comes ready-to-go with planning permission and services in place. This offers a unique chance to build a home that meets your exact specifications that’s set to last generations.
Developing your property alone often means self-builders invest more in the quality of materials, in better insulations, and in renewable sources of energy, explains Mike. This can be in stark contrast to the speculative housebuilding that the UK has become accustomed to, predominantly led by a handful of national firms.
“This is usually because a consideration for longer-term running costs is more important than the quick profits that motivate most housebuilders,” he adds.
Infrastructure to support your self-build ambitions
Extra care has been taken to ensure the services on the plots are fit-for-purpose. For example, the estate road is designed to be permeable and store a significant volume of water within its sub-base to manage rainwater and storm runoff to mitigate flood risks. Next steps will include paving and landscaping within the site, along with connections to the wider utility networks.
The project is supported by funding from Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, which wants to encourage more of this type of housebuilding to help meet its target to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029. The UK currently lags well behind our European cousins for the numbers of houses built by individuals – but this may be set to change.
As the Salcey View site’s self-build enabler, Landström Group has overseen the process of obtaining planning permission and is now working with local suppliers to build the new roads and install the services prospective homeowners will need.
Mike adds: “The UK currently only provides 7 to 10% of all new housing as custom and self-build compared to circa 50% overall in Europe – and as much as 80% of all new houses built in Austria.
“Our hope is that more projects of this type are allowed through the planning system, which may help the UK to catch up with Europe.”
How to find out more and get involved
The site has already held its first open day with many locals showing their interest in seizing the chance to build their own homes.
Anyone interested in building their own home in Piddington can find further details at selfbuildplots.co.uk, or you can contact the site’s sales partner, Sheldon Bosley Knight, on 01789 387887 to discuss further and arrange a site visit.