Lansdown sets out plans for 30 home self build site at Cross Lane Fields, Harpenden

Strategic land promoter and developer Lansdown is running community engagement to help shape the vision for its 30 plots site in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, prior to applying for outline planning permission.The 6.7ha Cross Lane Fields scheme sits on a visually contained piece of Green Belt on the edge of the town, and will bring welcome owner-commissioned homes to the area.As it stands, the model will allow self builders to design their homes, with design codes setting the parameters for the site. The homes include a mix of sizes, and will either be self built or self-commissioned to Passivhaus Standards, creating homes that will be exemplars in energy standards, design and sustainability.Lansdown also hopes that Cross Fields Lane will include 40% affordable homes with a discount of 30% on the land at point of purchase.To canvas the local appetite for self build, Lansdown is running a survey to assess would-be builders expectations and level of understanding, a strategy that works well as both a piece of marketing but also to evidence demand as part of the planning application, to supplement the local self build register data.