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Tools for your self build journey

Help to Build

Find out more about the government’s equity loan scheme and whether it could help your finances stack up. The scheme makes it possible for more people to access a self build with smaller deposits.

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Help to build

For the first time government has launched an equity loan scheme that could be just the thing you need to make your finances stack up. Find out more if Help to Build will work with your project plans.

Looking for a building plot?

Councils now have to grant sufficient planning permissions to match the number people who have registered an interest in building their own home. Every plot search should start with your self build register. 

Upcoming self build events

Self & custom build news

Could scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy?

Could the recently scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy in the f

Labour calls for new ‘Grey Belt’ as solution to building in Green Belt

Ahead of the election, Labour calls for new 'Grey Belt' as solution to building in Green Belt as par

Green Building Store rebrands to become 21°

Green Building Store has rebranded as 21°, with a focus on supporting self builders to create green

Hugr Homes secures permission Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the Lake District

Hugr Homes has secured planning permission for Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the

Green Planning Studio offers support in obtaining planning in areas of constraint

Green Planning Studio is able to supports self builders with their planning application in areas of

Pair of plots for sale in Acomb in York

York City Council has brought a pair of plots to market in Acomb, York, as part of its self build pr

Oakwrights marks 25 years of crafting timber frame homes

Green oak timber frame specialists Oakwrights is celebrating 25 years of creating timber frame homes

NSBRC launches Market Day event for informal 1-2-1s

The NSBRC has launched a new monthly event, Market Day, to give self builders the opportunity for in

Last few plots available at Green Oaks, Basildon

The last few plots are available at Green Oaks, Basildon, a custom build site brought on by develope

BuildStore’s new low-cost mortgage range

BuildStore has launched a new range of low-cost mortgages for the self build sector, including a new

Could scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy?

Could the recently scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy in the f

Labour calls for new ‘Grey Belt’ as solution to building in Green Belt

Ahead of the election, Labour calls for new 'Grey Belt' as solution to building in Green Belt as par

Green Building Store rebrands to become 21°

Green Building Store has rebranded as 21°, with a focus on supporting self builders to create green

Hugr Homes secures permission Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the Lake District

Hugr Homes has secured planning permission for Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the

Green Planning Studio offers support in obtaining planning in areas of constraint

Green Planning Studio is able to supports self builders with their planning application in areas of

Pair of plots for sale in Acomb in York

York City Council has brought a pair of plots to market in Acomb, York, as part of its self build pr

Oakwrights marks 25 years of crafting timber frame homes

Green oak timber frame specialists Oakwrights is celebrating 25 years of creating timber frame homes

NSBRC launches Market Day event for informal 1-2-1s

The NSBRC has launched a new monthly event, Market Day, to give self builders the opportunity for in

Last few plots available at Green Oaks, Basildon

The last few plots are available at Green Oaks, Basildon, a custom build site brought on by develope

BuildStore’s new low-cost mortgage range

BuildStore has launched a new range of low-cost mortgages for the self build sector, including a new

Could scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy?

Could the recently scrapped carbon targets affect the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent Policy in the f

Labour calls for new ‘Grey Belt’ as solution to building in Green Belt

Ahead of the election, Labour calls for new 'Grey Belt' as solution to building in Green Belt as par

Green Building Store rebrands to become 21°

Green Building Store has rebranded as 21°, with a focus on supporting self builders to create green

Hugr Homes secures permission Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the Lake District

Hugr Homes has secured planning permission for Wellbank Park, bringing 50 custom build plots to the

Green Planning Studio offers support in obtaining planning in areas of constraint

Green Planning Studio is able to supports self builders with their planning application in areas of

Pair of plots for sale in Acomb in York

York City Council has brought a pair of plots to market in Acomb, York, as part of its self build pr

Oakwrights marks 25 years of crafting timber frame homes

Green oak timber frame specialists Oakwrights is celebrating 25 years of creating timber frame homes

NSBRC launches Market Day event for informal 1-2-1s

The NSBRC has launched a new monthly event, Market Day, to give self builders the opportunity for in

Last few plots available at Green Oaks, Basildon

The last few plots are available at Green Oaks, Basildon, a custom build site brought on by develope

BuildStore’s new low-cost mortgage range

BuildStore has launched a new range of low-cost mortgages for the self build sector, including a new