Legal & General Modular Homes’ factory near Leeds
Legal & General Modular Homes has won planning permission to build 154 homes using modular construction at a site in Selby, North Yorkshire.
The firm’s recently re-opened factory in Sherburn-in-Elmet near Leeds will produce the homes.
The 550,000 sq ft facility, which is operating within social distancing guidelines, will have the capacity to manufacture 3,000 modular homes a year by 2024. Design and digital engineering specialists have been working remotely through the lockdown while 75 employees have now returned to the factory as part of a gradual phasing back of its 250 staff.
The Selby scheme sees Legal & General Modular Homes deliver a full development proposition, from buying land, developing the product, achieving planning consent and delivering the homes.
CEO Rosie Toogood said; “Using modular construction, Legal & General will be able to deliver high quality homes at a much faster rate than through traditional construction. In a post Covid-19 crisis environment, the speed of delivery will be more important than ever before.
Meanwhile, developer Urban Splash will re-open its construction sites and its House by Urban Splash modular factory from today (4 May).
The company is bringing its workers back from furlough in a “phased approach”. Non-site workers will continue to work from home, while the company’s five shareholding directors have agreed to take a 30% reduction in pay. Other colleagues remain on furlough.
Chairman Tom Bloxham said: “We have taken the time to brief colleagues in-depth on the specific processes at each site, allowing them to adhere to robust new health and safety measures, new ways of working and respect social distancing guidelines; with these in place, we are confident that we can protect our workforce and will continue to monitor the guidelines issued by the government moving forward.”
