Publication - Research and analysis

Small housing developers in Scotland: report

Published: 21 November 2016
Topic: Business, industry and innovation, Health and social care, Housing
ISBN: 9781786526069

A report on a survey of small housing developers in Scotland, exploring their expectations for building in the future and barriers they face.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Review-of-Planning/documents

2 http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/newhomes

3 In this context we are using the term "small developers" to signify SMEs who build (or deliver) homes. A more precise definition is given later in this chapter

4 Housing report July 2016 Page 16 Table QS8

5 Ibid

6 Originally produced in 1985 for the Scottish Economic bulletin as a means of profiling economic trends and indicating need for support in rural Scotland. The system is based upon population density within a unitary authority. Where a unitary authority has a population density of less than one person per hectare it is considered Rural. http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2009/08/07115535/14

7 Using The National Housing Building Council ( NHBC) categories

8 See for example http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjh1uy6h_bPAhUkBsAKHTjPAloQFggmMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rics.org%2Fus%2Fknowledge%2Fmarket-analysis&usg=AFQjCNEHzoYffEYU7Mia6g3QTZmedZrtJg

9 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/farmingrural/Agriculture/grants

10 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/builders-finance-fund

11 The sample method was purposive

12 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/builders-finance-fund

13 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/supply-demand/charitable-bonds