Berkeley Group has submitted a planning application for a 160,000 square foot facility in Gravesham in Kent. It bought the site from the Homes & Communities Agency.
鈥淲e have assembled a team of specialists who are working with the group's construction teams to design the factory space with the first components undergoing testing,鈥� said Berkeley chief executive Rob Perrins.
Berkeley has already put a toe in the water with 22 prototype modular homes at its Kidbrooke Village housing development in southeast London.