Plans were approved last week for nearly 3,000 new homes in Purfleet, Essex, around half of which will be built using modular construction techniques.

Thurrock council approved plans by Purfleet Centre Regeneration – a joint venture between Swan Housing and developer Urban Catalyst – to build up to 2,850 new homes as part of a £1bn regeneration scheme for the town.

The pair said the scheme had the “broad support” of local people, who had been “extensively involved” in framing the development’s masterplan.