Privacy Notice

Your contact details (phone number, address, email address) and all other information will be held securely on a database. All personal data provided as proof of age, nationality, financial status, or connection to the borough will be deleted from Council records immediately after verification of eligibility for entry onto the Register.

Please note - the Council is obliged by law to remove all personal information from the Register after three years unless a request to remain on the Register is formally made in writing. You may also withdraw your information at any time by writing to us.

The formal basis for keeping and processing personal information provided is as:

  • a contact for the supply of services, and, or tasks carried out in the public interest (in this case regarding the registering of individuals or groups to the Council's Self Build and Custom Housebuilding Register and its use.

The legal bases for the maintenance or use of the register are:

  • the Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding (Register) Regulations 2016 which set out the provisions for the register's purpose and use, including what information is gathered and the local conditions applied.

  • the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 as amended by the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and Self and Custom Housebuilding (Time for Compliance and Fees) Regulations 2016 regarding the government's requirements for permissions for land to be given against information contained in the register, and the monitoring of this information. Section 2 of the Act and its Commencement Regulations which set out the 'duty' to have regard to the register.

The self and custom housebuilding web page includes a Privacy Notice that sets out how the personal information on the register can be used or shared. More information on how the Council holds your data, and details for the Data Protection Officer, are available on the Council's full Privacy Notice.

I have read and understand the above and consent to the Council capturing and storing the personal details in this form for providing the service requested. I understand that I can request for my details to be removed from your records.