Self-build homes
Sustainable homes
Another benefit of building your own home is that you can choose how your home's essential services function. Consider how to save energy through your choice of windows or insulation, or how to generate your own energy from your new home, by means of solar panels, heat pumps or hydroelectricity.
Find out more from our sustainable homes pages1.
Find a Trade Professional
Use our partner directories from RIBA, FMB, or RTPI to find an architect, builder or planning consultant to help with your project or development.
Find a trade professional (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/planning-applications/find-a-trade-professional)
Find a trade professionalUseful links
Make an application (https://1app.planningportal.co.uk/)
Make an applicationProject estimating service (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/home-improvement/estimating-service)
Project estimating servicePlanning consultancy calculator (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/home-improvement/planning-consultancy-calculator)
Planning consultancy calculatorFinancing your project (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/home-improvement/quick-quote-finance-calculator)
Financing your project- https://www.planningportal.co.uk/planning/greener-homes