emh development update August 2019

Irthlingborough

This land-led scheme has been made possible thanks to the flexibility of the Homes England partnership. The ability to draw down grant on monies spent to date meant we were able to manage the cash flow needed to acquire the site.

We are now working with the local planning authority on a potential 84-home site, offering a mix of tenures. The scheme will involve no loss of high-quality agricultural land.

Taking design cues from the best practice in contemporary housing development; we hope to create a development site that integrates, protects, and allows biodiversity to flourish by conserving and enhancing landscape features.

Innovation insights Volume is only one part of the story; after all it’s not what you do, it’s the way you do it. So, our development strategy is clear not only about the type and tenure of homes we will seek to develop, but the importance of value for money, environmental considerations and innovative approaches. Over the years emh group has delivered schemes that have been innovative in terms of design and construction, including Europe’s largest PassivHaus development. We are currently working with other providers in the region to work jointly on modular construction, and already seeking innovative ways to do more, with less. Here’s a small sample of recent new approaches:

We’ve recently upgraded our shared ownership specification to react to market expectations.

This picture shows a factory specialising in the manufacture of bathroom pods. We are using these at Ashby ExtraCare - they provide efficiencies in the build as quality is higher as they are built in a factory, then delivered just in time, connected and away you go.

Development update – August 2019

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