08.30    Delegate Arrival 
(Tea and Coffee)

09.00     Welcome & Introduction Michael Holmes - Chair NaCSBA 

An update on Government support and ambitions for the custom build sector
Richard Bacon - MP for South Norfolk, Chair of APPG for Self-Build, Custom & Community Housebuilding & Placemaking 

09.45     Individual Serviced Plots & Custom Build - Defining the Opportunity
Why diversifying housing supply is key to accelerating the delivery of new homes
Introduction - Andrew Baddeley Chappell CEO NaCSBA

What can we learn from mature overseas markets?
A look at the consumer journey for homebuyers overseas where custom build and serviced plots are a mainstream housing choice and how this sits alongside speculatively built new homes.
Jason Orme, Content Director , Homebuilding & Renovating

Bryony Harrington, Head of the RTB Task Force

Integrating Custom Build and Serviced Plots Into Your Business
Successful UK custom build developers (architects, housebuilder and timber frame manufacturer) reveal their experiences entering the market, the opportunities and obstacles they have experienced and how this has shaped their current business model and ambitions for the future.
Panel Discussion led by Chair Michael Holmes
Gus Zogolovich – NaCSBA Custom Build Representative
Mark Stevenson NaCSBA and Potton Custom Build
Linda Faucher  Director, NuLivingCharlie De Bono, Director, Lived In Custom Build

10.45    Quantifying Potential Demand
Analysis of the latest research on demand for custom build homes and serviced plots across the UK including new Ipsos Mori survey data on public attitudes and FOI request data on right to build registers.

Andrew Baddeley Chappell CEO NaCSBA
Assessing Long Term Demand by Location
Using demand assessment to provide robust evidence to inform development proposals, support site allocations and shape the direction of housing strategy.
Lin Cousins MRTPI, Three Dragons

Accelerating Housing Delivery 
A panel successful developers offering serviced plots and custom build alongside or in competition with speculatively built homes share their experience and views on whether extending customer choice widens the appeal of newbuild and accelerates build out, or cannibalizes the existing market.
Panel Discussion led by Chair Michael Holmes
Karen Curtin, Managing Director, Graven Village Development Company
Mark Quinn, CEO and Chairman, Quinn Estates

Matt Johnson, Development Director, Wynyard Park

11.45    Coffee & Networking

We then have insightful and interactive breakout sessions to attend in the afternoon

16.30    Afternoon Breakout Sessions Part 2

Mortgage lending and valuation for the custom build sector 
The role of mortgage providers in a development incorporating custom build and serviced plots and the importance of ensuring potential buyers have access to mortgage finance adequate to suit the scale of their development and the number of units, including the importance of working with a specialist valuer with experience in the sector.
Paul Broadhead Head of Mortgages, Housing Building Societies Association
Tom McSherry – BuildStore and Build Loan

Ian Fergusson FRICS – Managing Partner J&E Shepherd, RICS UK & Ireland Board member.

Tax planning for landowners and serviced plot providers (CGT, VAT, SDLT, CIL Exemption & more) - KPMG / Legal
Securing Zero Rate VAT on Serviced Plots -Daniel Smith KPMG 
Using the Self Build Exemption for Custom Build - Rachel Herbert, Senior Associate, Dentons
Tax Considerations for Landowners Disposing of Land for Custom Build - KPMG

Ensuring High Quality Design and Placemaking 
Using Design Codes, Local Development Orders
Allan Corfield Architects, RIBA

Julia Riddle RTPI, Castle Planning, NaCSBA Task Force

Bringing Forward Affordable Custom Build Homes
Opportunities to deliver affordable housing through Custom Build

 

17.15     Summary Address and Q&A session

 

17.30    Finish