A company planning what it claimed would be the UK’s first 3D-printed housing development has filed for liquidation.
Building for Humanity, a not-for-profit social housing developer that planned to primarily use 3D-printed concrete on its projects, announced plans to build 46 homes in Accrington, Lancashire, in 2022.
An application for its Charter Street scheme – a 100 per cent affordable, zero-carbon housing project including community areas and gardens – was approved by Hyndburn Council in July 2024 with work due to begin this year.
The company said it would have been the largest development of its kind in Europe.
Founder Scott Moon added in a statement in 2022 that the company’s model was “to create a charitable housing…