Development will be built using Biohaus panel system and factory will be established for the project

Adam Architecture has been appointed to design a 2,000-home 鈥渃limate-positive鈥� community at Rochford Park, Essex.

The London and Winchester-based architecture firm will work as masterplanner for the development by construction technology company Hemspan.

Planning has recently been submitted for the development, located on 60 hectares of land east of Rochford and Ashingdon.

Hemspan

The scheme also includes a manufacturing facility for the Biohaus building system

If approved, it will include 2,000 mixed occupancy high quality and affordable homes, as well as schools, GP services, community spaces, shops, leisure and sports facilities.

Up to 40% of the homes will be affordable, either for affordable rent or shared ownership.

The Biohaus homes created by Hemspan are panel-based, factory built, and operate below net zero by removing more carbon from the atmosphere than they emit.

The Rochford Park project includes the creation of a new on-site manufacturing facility for the Biohaus building system, which will create around 350 direct and a further 175 indirect jobs.