A new custom-build housing scheme created by a team of architects and a developer hopes to challenge the orthodoxies surrounding solving the country’s housing crisis.

Basildon council unanimously approved the development, with Homes England having secured initial planning permission for the Pound Lane custom-build scheme in Laindon, Essex, which will see 12 new homes delivered by 2023 once work starts early next year.

Developed by architects AOC, Mae and Pitman Tozer and self-build specialist Unboxed Homes the 1.2ha site will feature three-, four-, and five-bedroom family homes.

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