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Barriers facing small home building firms

Response to the consultation

Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation

Purpose of the consultation

The Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee would welcome your views on the following:

  • To assess the barriers facing small home building firms to include consideration of:
    • The availability and effectiveness of Welsh Government (and other) support and finance for small home builders.
    • The availability of a skilled construction sector workforce
    • Access to suitable development sites
    • The Planning system and the extent to which it actively facilitates developments by small home builders
    • The dominant position of a small number of big firms
  • To understand the proportion of new housing in Wales currently delivered by small home builders, to include consideration of:
    • The impact of help to buy Wales
    • The potential impact of increasing the proportion of new housing in Wales delivered by small home builders
    • The extent to which small home builders are involved in the delivery of affordable housing (including the impact of current procurement rules)

The deadline for submissions to this consultation is Friday 11 January 2019.

Disclosure of information

Please ensure that you have considered the Assembly’s policy on disclosure of information before submitting information to the Committee.

Contact details

Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:

Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN

Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565