Housing & Planning Bill definition

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    Anonymous
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    Does anyone understand what ‘does not include the building of a house on a plot acquired from a person who builds the house wholly or mainly to plans or specifications decided or offered by that person’ means?

    This appears to me to exclude kit build and custom build developers from the definition. If this is so does this mean anyone using these suppliers will be liable for CIL and unable to reclaim VAT and also that we will be unable to help them through planning policy?

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    Anonymous
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    Liz- in essence it means that the buyer of the plot/home must be given scope to customise the house they intend to build by the seller. The Bill provision in this regard is nevertheless unclear and was discussed in Parliament, albeit there are no current amendments proposed. There is however scope for clarification through the secondary legislation/NPPG and NaCBSA are aware of this. It is not the intention to exclude kit homes and custom build development, which are a key element of the market which the legislation is seeking to promote. The key test is whether the individual buying/commissioning the home has choice in the design/specification- the issue is how much and can decision makers easily judge this. That said, we suspect the legislation is seeking to avoid allowing std. off-plan sales to be considered self/custom housebuilding where there is no significant client choice about the spec of the home.

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