Camden Council Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register
Application Form
If you wish to be entered on the Council’s Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register (the Self-
build Register), please use this application form, which has been designed to guide you through
the process and make sure you have included all the necessary information and evidence. You
need to apply in writing, but you can send your application by email or by post provided you
include all the necessary information and evidence.
To apply you will need to provide your name and address and a range of information and evidence
to demonstrate that you satisfy a series of eligibility conditions. The main part of this form takes
you through the eligibility conditions and the evidence required.
To apply on behalf of an association, you will need to provide this information and evidence for
each member of the association that is included in the application. You will also need to provide
the name and address of the association and the number of plots the association wishes to
acquire.
Please do not send original documents with your application as we cannot ensure that they will be
returned to you. By submitting this form you are confirming that the documents you provide are
true copies.
Please make sure you copy all parts of the documents that we will need to confirm that the
documents are valid and that the eligibility conditions are satisfied. If any of the documents were
not issued in the current name of the applicant, please provide evidence of the name change (eg a
marriage or deed-poll certificate).
Please provide all the information and evidence that the application form requests as we will need
this to assess your eligibility. When we have received and assessed your application, we will
confirm in writing whether you are eligible or not. We may refuse your application if the information
and evidence is not sufficient to show that you are eligible.
There is an administration fee for entry on the register. You only need to pay this fee is we confirm
that you are eligible.
Associations will need to pay the fee for each member they wish to include in their entry.
If we confirm that you are eligible for the register, we will also provide you with details of how to
pay the administration fee. Your eligibility for the register is conditional on us receiving the
administration fee and you will not appear on the register if the fee is not paid.
Further information about eligibility and the administration fee for the Self-build Register can be
found on our self-build webpage.
We will not publish information from the Self-build Register in a way that allows any person on the
register to be identified. However, we may publish your personal information in an anonymous and
aggregate form to report the number of individuals and associations seeking to acquire land in the
borough for self-build and custom housebuilding, and how this has changed over time. Please
read the Privacy Notice at the end of this form to find out more about how we will handle your
personal information.
Please return completed forms by email to selfbuild@camden.gov.uk or by post to:
Self-build Register
Planning Policy
Supporting Communities
London Borough of Camden
Town Hall
Judd Street
LONDON
WC1H 9JE
Self-build register - application by an individual
If you are applying as an individual, please complete Sections A to E.
If you are applying on behalf of an association, please complete Sections F to K.
If you intend to self-build or custom-build a single home for a group of people who will live together
as one household (eg a couple or a family), you do not need to apply as an association, or apply
separately for every individual in the household to join the register.
Application by an individual
A. Applicant's name and details
The self-build legislation requires you to provide all the information in this section except for your
email address.
Title
First Name
Last Name
Home Address
Postcode
Email Address
You do not have to provide
an email address but we will
be able to contact you more
easily if you do
Date of Birth
(DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality
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B. Eligibility conditions that apply for all parts of the register
To be entered on the register you need to provide documentary evidence to show that you
satisfy all these eligibility conditions.
Please do not send original documents with your application as we cannot ensure that they will
be returned to you.
Please mark the check box to show that you have attached suitable documentary evidence.
Eligibility condition Examples of acceptable evidence to show you
satisfy the condition
Check
box
You must be aged 18 or over
Acceptable evidence includes any of these:
Full birth or adoption certificate issued in the
UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland
Passport
National identity card
Certificate of registration or naturalisation as a
British citizen
Full driving licence
You must be a British citizen,
a national of another EEA State or
a national of Switzerland
Acceptable evidence includes any of these:
Full birth or adoption certificate issued in the
UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland
Passport
National identity card
Certificate of registration or naturalisation as a
British citizen
Home Office documents confirming nationality
You must have access to sufficient
financial resources to acquire land
valued at £360,000
(the minimum likely cost of a self-
build plot in Camden)
Please note if you intend to use a combination of
income and capital/ savings to demonstrate your
access to resources, you will need to show:
you have capital/ savings to fund a deposit of
at least 5% of £360,000 (£18,000); and
for a single purchaser, the sum of your deposit
plus 4.5 x your income is at least £360,000
for a joint purchaser, the sum of your deposit
plus 3.5 x your joint income is at least
£360,000
For more information on mortgage eligibility
please see
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
Evidence we will consider includes:
Evidence of capital and savings eg current
bank statements, certificates of premium
bonds, ISAs, stocks, shares and unit trusts,
valuation of existing property and copy of title
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Evidence of income eg P60, wage slips, bank
statements showing regular payments from
employer (please provide evidence covering at
least 2 months' income)
Confirmation by a qualified financial advisor
(authorised by the FCA) that you are eligible for
a mortgage sufficient to fund purchase of a
property valued at £360,000 or over
If you are relying a relative or another party to
provide financial support, you should provide
signed confirmation from the relevant party, and
evidence to show that the relevant party has
sufficient financial resources as above.
Self-build register - application by an individual
C. Additional eligibility condition that only applies to part 1 of the
register
The self-build register has two parts. The difference between the two parts of the register is
explained on our self-build webpage.
To be entered on part 1 of the register you need to provide documentary evidence to show that
you satisfy an additional eligibility condition.
Please do not send original documents with your application as we cannot ensure that they will
be returned to you.
If you are applying to be entered on part 2 of the register, you do not need to complete
this section of the application form.
There are two ways to satisfy the additional eligibility condition. The first relates to long-term
residence in the borough, the other relates to current and former armed services personnel.
Please mark the check box to show which that you have attached suitable documentary
evidence.
Ways to satisfy the
eligibility condition
Examples of acceptable evidence to show you
satisfy the condition
Check
box
Either:
1. You must have lived in the
London Borough of Camden for at
least five of the past seven years
You will need to provide evidence showing you
were living at an address in the borough for each
calendar year of the five years. Acceptable
evidence includes any of these:
Utility bills (eg gas, electricity, water) (NB
mobile phone bills are not accepted)
Council tax bills
Tenancy agreement
Mortgage statement
Official correspondence (eg from a
government department, Camden Council, a
bank or a building society)
Or:
2. You must be currently in the
service of the regular armed forces
of the Crown, or have been
formerly in the services no more
than seven years ago
Acceptable evidence includes any of the following
relating to a date no more than seven years ago:
Identity card issued by one of HM's UK armed
forces
Confirmation document issued by one of HM's
UK armed forces or the Secretary of State
Discharge papers/ form
Record of service papers/ document
Armed forces pay statement or P60
Self-build register - application by an individual
D. Your requirements (optional)
You can use this box to tell us
anything about your plot
requirements that may help us to
help you
E. Declaration
To be entered on the register you need to be seeking to acquire land in the borough for
your own self-build or custom housebuilding, and you need to pay the fee set by the
Council.
Please mark the check box to confirm that you agree to each part of the declaration.
Please sign the declaration if you are sending your application form by post.
Check
box
I confirm that I am seeking to acquire land in Camden for a self-build or custom-build
house for my own occupation.
I confirm that I am willing to pay the administration fee.
(if your application demonstrates that you are eligible for entry on the register we will
provide you with details of how to pay the fee once we have assessed the application)
By submitting this form I confirm that:
all the information submitted is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and can
be relied upon by the Council for the purposes of the register; and
all documents submitted are true copies; and
I understand that the Council has powers (under regulation 10(2)(a) of the Self-
build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016) to remove a person (or
association) from the register where the Council considers that the person (or
association) is no longer eligible for entry on the register.
The Council reserves its right to pass on any evidence of fraud or attempt to deceive to
the relevant authorities.
Signature: Date:
(only for applications sent by post) (DD/MM/YYYY)
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
If you are applying on behalf of an association, please complete Sections F to K.
If you are applying as an individual, please complete Sections A to E.
If you intend to self-build or custom-build a single home for a group of people who will live together
as one household (eg a couple of a family), you do not need to apply as an association, or apply
separately for every individual in the household to join the register.
Application on behalf on an association
F. Name and address of association and lead member
The lead member is the person who acts on behalf of the association as the contact for the
Council.
The self-build legislation requires you to provide all the information in this section except for the
email address.
Association Name
Association Address
Postcode
Title of Lead Contact
First Name of Lead Contact
Last Name of Lead Contact
Address of Lead Contact
If different from the
Association Address
Postcode
Email Address
You do not have to provide
an email address but we will
be able to contact you more
easily if you do
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
G. Names and details of each member
The self-build legislation requires you to provide all the information in this section.
Name
(title, first name, last
name)
Home Address and Postcode Date of birth
(DD/MM/YYYY)
Nationality
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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8
9
10
11
12
Please add more rows/ more pages if required
H. Requirements of the association
If you are applying on behalf of an association you need to tell us how many plots of land the
members of the association are seeking to acquire in the borough
Number of plots required
Additional details
You can use this box to tell us
anything about the association's
plot requirements that may help us
to help the association
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
I. Eligibility conditions that apply for all parts of the register
To be entered on the register each member of the association needs to provide documentary
evidence to show that they satisfy all these eligibility conditions.
Please do not send original documents with the application as we cannot ensure that they will be
returned.
Please mark the check box to show that you have attached suitable documentary evidence
for each member.
You can complete this section separately for each member of the association if you wish.
Eligibility condition Examples of acceptable evidence to show
each member satisfies the condition
Check
box
Each member must be aged 18 or
over
Acceptable evidence includes any of these:
Full birth or adoption certificate issued in the
UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland
Passport
National identity card
Certificate of registration or naturalisation as a
British citizen
Photo card driving licence
Each member must be a British
citizen, a national of another EEA
State or a national of Switzerland
Acceptable evidence includes any of these:
Full birth or adoption certificate issued in the
UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Ireland
Passport
National identity card
Certificate of registration or naturalisation as a
British citizen
Home Office documents confirming nationality
Each member must have access to
sufficient financial resources to
acquire land valued at £360,000
(the minimum likely cost of a self-
build plot in Camden)
Please note if you intend to use a combination of
income and capital/ savings to demonstrate your
access to resources, you will need to show:
you have capital/ savings to fund a deposit of
at least 5% of £360,000 (£18,000); and
for a single purchaser, the sum of your deposit
plus 4.5 x your income is at least £360,000; or
for a joint purchaser, the sum of your deposit
plus 3.5 x your joint income is at least
£360,000.
For more information on mortgage eligibility
please see
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk
Evidence we will consider includes:
Evidence of capital and savings eg current
bank statements, certificates of premium
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
bonds, ISAs, stocks, shares and unit trusts,
valuation of existing property and copy of title
Evidence of income eg P60, wage slips, bank
statements showing regular payments from
employer (please provide evidence covering at
least 2 months' income)
Confirmation by a qualified financial advisor
(authorised by the FCA) that you are eligible for
a mortgage sufficient to fund purchase of a
property valued at £360,000 or over
If you are relying a relative or another party to
provide financial support, you should provide
signed confirmation from the relevant party, and
evidence to show that the relevant party has
sufficient financial resources as above.
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
J. Additional eligibility condition that only applies to part 1 of the
register
The self-build register has two parts. The difference between the two parts of the register is
explained on our self-build webpage.
To be entered on part 1 of the register each member of the association needs to provide
documentary evidence to show that they satisfy an additional eligibility condition.
Please do not send original documents with the application as we cannot ensure that they will be
returned.
If your association is applying to be entered on part 2 of the register, you do not need to
complete this section of the application form.
There are two ways to satisfy the additional eligibility condition. The first relates to long-term
residence in the borough, the other relates to current and former armed services personnel.
Please mark the check box to show which that you have attached suitable documentary
evidence.
You can complete this section separately for each member of the association if you wish.
Ways to satisfy the
eligibility condition
Examples of acceptable evidence to show
each member satisfies the condition
Check
box
Either:
1. Members must have lived in the
London Borough of Camden for at
least five of the past seven years
For each member, you will need to provide
evidence showing they were living at an address
in the borough for each calendar year of the five
years (or evidence of current or former service in
HM's UK armed forces). Acceptable evidence
includes any of these:
Utility bills (eg gas, electricity, water) (NB
mobile phone bills are not accepted)
Council tax bills
Tenancy agreement
Mortgage statement
Official correspondence (eg from a
government department, Camden Council, a
bank or a building society)
Or:
2. Members must be currently in
the service of the regular armed
forces of the Crown, or have been
formerly in the services no more
than seven years ago
Acceptable evidence includes any of the following
relating to a date no more than seven years ago:
Identity card issued by one of HM's UK armed
forces
Confirmation document issued by one of HM's
UK armed forces or the Secretary of State
Discharge papers/ form
Record of service papers/ document
Armed forces pay statement or P60
Self-build register - application on behalf of an association
K. Declaration
To be entered on the register each member of the association needs to be seeking
(either alone or with others) to acquire land in the borough for their own self-build or
custom housebuilding, and you need to pay the fee set by the Council.
Please mark the check box to confirm that you agree to each part of the declaration.
Please sign the declaration if you are sending your application form by post.
Check
box
I confirm that each member of the association is seeking to acquire land in Camden for
a self-build or custom-build house for their own occupation.
I confirm that each member of the association is willing to pay the administration fee.
(if your application demonstrates that each member of the association is eligible for
entry on the register we will provide you with details of how to pay the fee once we
have assessed the application)
By submitting this form I confirm that:
all the information submitted is accurate to the best of my knowledge, and can
be relied upon by the Council for the purposes of the register; and
all documents submitted are true copies; and
I understand that the Council has powers (under regulation 10(2)(a) of the Self-
build and Custom Housebuilding Regulations 2016) to remove a person (or
association) from the register where the Council considers that the person (or
association) is no longer eligible for entry on the register.
The Council reserves its right to pass on any evidence of fraud or attempt to deceive to
the relevant authorities.
Signature: Date:
(only for applications sent by post) (DD/MM/YYYY)
Privacy Notice for the self-build register
Privacy Notice
for the Camden Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register
("the Self-build Register")
August 2018
Introduction
We are providing this privacy notice because the Council collects personal information from
anyone who applies to be included in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register ("the Self-
build Register"). When we handle personal information we are required to provide a privacy notice
by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Council as an organisation is responsible for your personal information, and is known as the
data controller. The Council also has a Data Protection Officer, who is responsible for making sure
that we comply with the data protection rules when we handle your personal information.
Contact details for the data controller
The Council's contact details are:
London Borough of Camden,
Judd Street
London
WC1H 9JE
020 7974 4444
The Council's Data Protection Officer
The Council’s Data Protection Officer is Andrew Maughan who is the council’s Borough Solicitor.
He can be contacted at dpo@camden.gov.uk
The personal information covered by this privacy notice
This privacy notice covers the personal information you have provided to us when you asked us to
enter you on Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register ("the Self-build Register"), or asked us
to change your entry in the Self-build Register.
If you have provided personal information to the Council for another purpose this privacy notice
will not apply. To find out how the Council treats personal information collected for other purposes
please see the Council's general privacy statement.
Legal requirement to provide personal information
Regulations under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 ("the Self-build Legislation")
set out the personal information that you must provide when you apply to be entered in the Self-
build Register.
If you do not provide this personal information you will not be entered in the Self-Build Register.
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The purpose of processing your personal information
The Council is required to process the personal information by the Self-build and Custom
Housebuilding Act 2015 ("the Self-build Legislation"). The Self-build Legislation requires the
Council to keep a register of people who are seeking to acquire land in the borough to build a
house for their own occupation.
Under the Self-build Legislation the Council has a duty to take account of the register when it
carries out the following functions:
a) planning;
b) housing;
c) the disposal land;
d) regeneration.
Under the Self-build Legislation the Council also has a duty to grant suitable planning permissions
for the number of self-build homes needed to meet the demand indicated by the register.
The Council may use your personal information to let you know about opportunities to acquire land
in the borough for self-build or custom housebuilding.
The Council may also use your personal information in an anonymous and aggregate form to
allow us to effectively target and plan the provision of services for people seeking to acquire land
in the borough for self-build or custom housebuilding.
The legal basis for processing
The legal basis for processing your personal information is Article 6(1)(c) of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), as the processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations
under the Self-build Legislation.
Under the GDPR we must have a valid legal basis to process personal information. If we intend to
process your personal information, we must tell you the legal basis for the processing. The legal
basis is Article 6(1)(c) legal obligation under the Self Build legislation. We need to process your
personal information to comply with our duties under the Self-build Legislation.
The categories of personal information collected for the Self-build Register
The types of personal information we collect for the Self-build Register are:
name
current address
date of birth
nationality/ citizenship
confirmation that you are seeking to acquire land in the borough to build a house for your
own occupation
From September 2018, in addition we will collect these types of personal information:
information to demonstrate that you have access to the finance needed to acquire land
valued at £360,000
where relevant, information to demonstrate that you have lived in the London Borough of
Camden for five of the last seven years, including previous addresses for up to seven years
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where relevant, information to demonstrate that you are or were in the service of the
regular armed forces of the Crown no more than seven years before the date of your
application for entry in the Self-build Register
Where the entry in the Self-build Register is for an association, the register includes the personal
information listed above for each member of the association, and also the name and address of
the lead contact for the association.
How long we will keep your personal information
The Council will keep your personal information while you remain in the Self-build Register.
If an individual or association asks to be removed from the Self-build Register, we will remove the
entry from the Register within 28 days. We will retain the request to be removed for two years from
the date of removal, but will not retain any other personal information associated with the entry.
Where the Council decides that an in individual or association is not eligible for entry in the Self-
build Register or otherwise decides to remove an entry from the Register, we will keep the
personal information provided by the individual or association for two years from the date of the
decision.
Keeping your information up-to-date
Individuals and associations who are entered in the Self-Build Register can write to us at any time
to ask for the entry to be removed, or to amend the personal information related to the entry. The
Council will respond to such requests and amend the Self-build Register as appropriate within 28
days.
The personal information associated with the Self-build Register will be reviewed every 2 years.
To help us keep the information up-to-date, we will write to all individuals and associations entered
on the Register and ask them whether they wish to remain on the Self-build Register, and whether
there has been any change to their circumstances or the information they provided.
Sharing information with third parties
The council will share information with third parties only where the law compels or allows us to, for
more details see the Council's privacy statement.
The Council may publish your personal information in an anonymous and aggregate form to report
the number of individuals and associations seeking to acquire land in the borough for self-build
and custom housebuilding, and how this has changed over time.
In future we may wish to disclose your personal information to a third party to fulfil our duties under
the Self-build Legislation. If we wish to do this we will provide a new privacy notice explaining the
purpose of sharing the information and the controls we will place on the third party. Where
necessary, we will seek your prior consent to sharing the personal information.
Transfer of personal information abroad
The Council may transfer your personal information outside the EU. If we do, you can expect a
similar degree of protection in respect of your personal information.
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Automated decision-making and profiling
We will not use automated decision-making or profiling to process the personal information you
provided for the Self-build Register.
Your rights
You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you, the right to ask us to
rectify, erase or restrict processing of your data, the right to ask for data portability, the right to
object to automated decision making, and if we are relying on consent the right to withdraw
consent at any time. There are some exemptions to these rights. For more information, please
see our data protection guidance and the guidance of the Information Commissioner's Office. To
exercise these rights please use our online form.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how the
Council has handled your personal information. It would be helpful if you contacted us first at
dpo@camden.gov.uk to see if we can resolve the problem. You can contact the ICO at
casework@ico.org.uk telephone 0303 123 1113, or post to Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Review of this privacy notice
We will keep this privacy notice under regular review. If the notice changes in any way we will
place an updated version on our self-build webpage and take steps to communicate any changes
to you where appropriate.