Teignbridge District Council are considering the potential benefits and costs of allowing very small custom built homes, known as Compact Homes.

We’re exploring this type of lower cost housing as a response to;

• The mismatch between the cost of market housing compared to local household incomes
• Increasing housing rental costs
• Demand from small households

We consider Compact Homes hold potential to;

• Be low or zero carbon homes
• Reduce visual impact on sensitive sites by limiting homes to 1 or 1.5 storey
• Enhance economic benefits through local manufacture / increased spend through local builders merchants