Preparatory work has begun at a Bromley car park where 25 factory-made modular homes will be built with financial backing from the council.

The Burnt Ash Lane site is being prepared for the arrival of 25 ‘pods’, which include a mixture of one and two bed apartments.

ZED PODS, the council’s appointed developer, has already started off-site construction, which will minimise the time it takes to complete the works.

An artists impression of the project

An artist's impression of the project

The development is one of three projects receiving £10m investment from the council, the other two in Chislehurst and Anerley, aimed at solving the borough's housing shortage.

Councillor Peter Morgan, Executive Councillor for Renewal Recreation and Housing said, “This is part of our long-term strategy to increase much needed housing supply across the Borough, constructing Bromley homes for Bromley people, with this approach being both cost effective and helping families who need accommodation.

“The Borough is investing more than £10million in building houses on the first 3 sites, which are here in Burnt Ash Lane, in Chislehurst and in Anerley.

“I am pleased we are making progress on the Burnt Ash Lane scheme which will also help reduce the present necessity of putting these families up in nightly paid accommodation, which is both expensive and unsatisfactory.”

The council are working in partnership with ZED PODS to bring forward the “low energy, high quality homes.”

They will be built on steel podium above the site, providing separate private residential car parking spaces beneath, with the remainder of the site available for public car parking.

Dr Rehan Khodabuccus, Operations Director of ZED PODS said: “Local people will quickly see progress being made and we do want to keep in touch with residents about progress we make on site.

“We will be regularly updating our website to help with this so do watch out for updates. We are delighted d to be working with the Council to help bring forward innovative, low energy high quality new homes.”

Dr Khodabuccus added: “These homes have a number of energy efficient features, including triple glazed windows, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, coupled with a design that gives exceptional levels of daylight.

“This means the homes have extremely low running costs. We’re also installing additional electric car charging points, providing new lockable bike storage for future residents; CCTV cameras and fencing to ensure residents’ safety.”