WHY WE’RE BUILDING AT GRAVEN HILL

Located near Bicester in Oxfordshire, Graven Hill is the UK’S largest self build scheme, and the government’s poster child for how bespoke home building could become much easier and more commonplace. Build It fully supports this council-led initiative, and we saw it as the ideal location, right in the heart of England, to create our unique Self Build Education House. Backing on to Grand Designs: The Street (to the west of the main development), our corner site is part of Graven Hill’s Community Streets character area. There are some site-wide rules we have to abide by, such as ridge heights, build zones and the amount of gross internal floor area – but this location gives us a high level of design flexibility.

For standard self build plots at Graven Hill, the overarching parameters are set out in a Plot Passport – and provided your scheme falls within the guidelines, you should get fast-track planning permission within 28 days. These sites are also sold on a Golden Brick basis, including services up to the plot boundary and foundations built to suit your design – taking much of the risk out of a traditional self build. There are a range of other opportunities, from serviced self build plots like ours through to custom builds where you get to choose layouts and internal finishes. For more information and to reserve a plot visit www.gravenhill.co.uk