SIPS@Clays

In response to the King’s speech yesterday at the State Opening of Parliament, the Structural Timber Association (STA) is calling on the new Labour Government to recognise that delivering its manifesto pledge of building 1.5 million homes will require a significant change in focus and a rapid shift towards more sustainable building technologies, primarily offsite timber frame. Read the full release here: https://lnkd.in/eRCb-qxM Image shows new robotics at Donaldson Timber Systems

Delighted to have been involved with supplying the SIPs on this Nursery Project in Chelmsford.

Thanks for posting Ruth. The numbers do not lie. As you say, too many form views of this market based on Grand Designs that serves to both inspire and scare in equal measure. Look into this a bit more and the reasons for the strong credit performance become more clear. The customers' commitment to the building of the home. The fact that home is likely to be a scare commodity - a high quality, modern, beautiful, energy efficient home. The ability to flex the build to accommodate challenges. The lack of the need to pay the developers margin - including a new build premium. Furthermore this exemption derived from the European new build experience where around 40% of homes are delivered through this route, and where there data shows similarly strong performance even as quantity increases. Building Societies with their more flexible systems are critical to supporting and growing customer choice in new homes, and this exemption is essential to allow that to happen. The recent Competitions and Markets Authority look at housebuilding concluded "Overall, the housebuilding market is not delivering well for consumers and has consistently failed to do so over successive decades." It noted that •The volume of houses delivered is too low •The profits of large housebuilders is too high •The quality and innovation is too low It noted "one way of addressing this would be to encourage non-speculative housebuilding models including self- or custom-build homes." It is vital the existing weighting approach is maintained, the evidence supports that this should be the case, and the benefits of more custom and self build are clear (adding to quality, quantity and competition). The relatively small size of our self commissioned homes market is the greatest single difference between us and every other developed nation with regards new homes delivery - and we are all paying the price for this. #nacsba #selfbuild #custombuild #bsa #buildingsocieties #mortgages #cma

**Calling North Yorkshire Landowners**   Last week, the North Yorkshire Council Executive Committee approved the proposed process to develop the new North Yorkshire Local Plan by 2028. A key part of this is determining the availability and suitability of development land across North Yorkshire to meet the needs for housing, economic development, and infrastructure.   To assess this, North Yorkshire Council have indicated that the ‘call for sites’ window for the new North Yorkshire Local Plan will open in March.   Land submitted during the ‘call for sites’ window will be considered by the Council to determine whether it may be allocated for development in the new plan.   The new North Yorkshire Plan presents a major opportunity for landowners as it will determine the policies, priorities and allocation of land that will meet the development needs identified across the county and govern development decisions for the next 20 years.   More details will be released in the coming weeks including confirmation of the date the call for sites window will open, and how long it will last (likely to be 6-8 weeks). For the latest information from North Yorkshire Council, see their website here: https://lnkd.in/e8pa2C2K To discuss your options and how we can help you respond to this significant opportunity, please contact Nicole Wright or James Ellis or email us at info@ruralsolutions.co.uk Image credit: R N Wooler and Company Limited

Congratulations to NaCSBA member Ian Clay and the SIPS@Clays team on 20 years at the forefront of sustainable housebuilding with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) using the #KingspanTEK system. As always, custom build and self build is part of the dynamic band of SME companies that champion new techniques and products for building. https://lnkd.in/dqrjCKGy Why not join NaCSBA and benefit from our knowledge and polictical reach! https://bit.ly/3zyesqb #selfbuild #custombuild #smehousebuilder #smedeveloper #Structuralinsulatedpanels #SIPs

We're thrilled to be partnering with more suppliers for our off-site construction mortgages. These unique mortgages support borrowers who want to #SelfBuild their own home using off-site construction. Beattie Passive, SIP Build UK part of the SBUK Group and SIPS@Clays have joined our existing partners Agile Homes, HebHomes, NHOUSE COMMERCIAL LIMITED, R.HOUSE. Ecology was the first UK lender to introduce dedicated mortgages for off-site construction homes. Also called Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), modular sections of a property are made indoors in a factory and assembled on-site. #ModularConstruction has many benefits, building homes which are high quality and #EnergyEfficient. Construction has a lower carbon footprint, generally takes less time than a conventional building and creates less waste. Our Mortgage Product Manager, Daniel Capstick said: “We also hope our innovation in this sector will support moves to scale up modular construction, which could help to deliver more homes more quickly to reduce the UK’s housing shortfall.” More: https://lnkd.in/dws_3e2K

We're at the Homebuilding & Renovating Show in Harrogate this weekend, so why not drop by and say hi? We're on stand C302 at the Harrogate Convention Centre where we'll be talking all things SIPs construction! See you there!!

We've recently completed installation of the SIPs superstructure of the brand new, energy efficient community sports hub for Skipton and its surrounding areas on behalf of Rural Solutions. We never tire of watching SIPs roof panels being lifted into place! To read more: http://bit.ly/3FrmZye