Two residential schemes in Essex featuring at least 760 homes, the majority of which will be manufactured offsite, have been given a funding boost thanks to a £30m loan from Homes England.

More than 500 homes, including up to 110 affordable units, are being developed by Swan Housing Association and Basildon borough council on the site of the Craylands Estate, which is being renamed Beechwood Village.

And on the redevelopment of the nearby Laindon shopping centre site, Swan and the council are buliding 210 homes on a scheme to be called Laindon Place.