Self-build and custom housebuilding

Please note: When using this form you will be prompted to sign up for our new Exeter City Council Customer Account, called MyExeter. MyExeter is your personal account with the council. It will allow you to view a record of many of your interactions with us, and to receive updates on the progress of your requests.

What is the criteria for being eligible to be on the register? 

To be eligible for entry on the register you need to meet the following criteria:

• You must be aged 18 or over.
• You must be a British citizen, a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or a national of Switzerland.
• You must want to acquire a serviced plot of land to build a house to occupy as your sole or main home.

If the application is made by an association of individuals, then each member of the association must meet the eligibility criteria.

Applications from family groupings

Where applications are made as individuals by members of the same household they will be entered onto the register separately if the eligibility criteria are met.

To understand the nature of this demand from such applications, we would need more information. This is to help us to understand why more than one sole or main residence would be required for a family group. Without this, the register may ‘double count’ demand and distort the register. 

We encourage you to take a different approach to the register if you are seeking a plot to build a home to occupy jointly with a partner or other family members. Family groupings can apply as an association of individuals provided that the individuals meet the criteria for being eligible for entry on the register. Alternatively, just one member of the household can apply as an individual. Either way avoids ‘double counting’.

To apply for entry on the register, please use the following form.