Plans lodged for modular housing scheme

Plans have been submitted for a new modular housing and apartment scheme in Leeds.The application has been lodged by Leeds City Council and national building contractor United Living.If approved, 28 homes constructed in less than nine month as part the scheme at Leeds Meynell (in Holbeck), with the first residents moving in by early 2020. The average construction time for a development of this size is usually almost 24 months.United Living has been appointed as the principal contractor for the development and is working in partnership with Premier Modular and William Saunders Architects. The manufacture of the new homes is planned to begin in late spring 2019 at an off-site facility in Brandesburton, East Yorkshire. The development will comprise 14 apartments across two blocks, alongside ten individual two-bedroom homes and four, three-bedroom homes. Premier Modular will produce each entire module off-site, adding brickwork cladding, roofing, and placing the finishing touches to the exterior frames before transportation to Leeds.