Help is at hand for those in Norfolk who want to build their homes

MP Richard Bacon

Annabelle Dickson Saturday, October 25, 2014 12:24 PM

Aspiring home builders will be able to turn to their council for help in finding a plot of land, under plans outlined by the government.

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Housing minister and Norfolk MP Brandon Lewis yesterday published a blueprint for a Right to Build, as South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon told the Commons that making it easier for people to get land and build their own home would help ease the housing crisis facing Britain.

Mr Bacon claimed a million people in Britain would be eager to start a project within the next year, adding that seven million would like to do so in the course of their lives.

The South Norfolk MP said changes to the law could make land available telling MPs that only 1.2pc of land currently had housing on it, with all buildings totalling only 10pc.

He said: Im an MP representing a very rural area in south Norfolk which has many people, young people, who find it very difficult to get on to the housing ladder or find any place to live when they grow up and leave home.

The idea of being able to stay in the area where they grew up, let alone the village where they grew up, is sometimes completely outside the range of possibilities for them.

The fact is, we dont have enough housing in our rural area and what has become apparent to me and would become apparent to anyone taking any notice of the debate across the country is the problems of housing are also just as acute in many urban areas.

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Help is at hand for those in Norfolk who want to build their homes