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The Mayor of London should set up a kitemark scheme for offsite manufactured housing, according to a report by the planning committee of the Greater London Assembly (GLA).

The 鈥楳anufactured Housing Design Code鈥� should be 鈥渄eveloped in conjunction with designers, manufacturers and housing providers and specify the key rules for a 鈥楧esign for Manufacture and Assembly鈥� approach to London housing鈥�, the committee recommended.

The term 鈥楧esign for Manufacture and Assembly鈥� is used by Laing O鈥橰ourke, which contributed to the report, to describe its factory-based construction methods. Other contributors included housebuilders Barratt and Berkeley, architect Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and consultant Arcadis, 

The GLA report, entitled Designed, Sealed, Delivered, said the code 鈥渟hould be branded as a Mayoral 鈥榢ite mark鈥� supported by suitable warranty providers鈥� and 鈥渨ould drive a more standardised demand profile which can be delivered by a range of technologies and systems鈥�.

The five-strong GLA planning committee, chaired by Labour鈥檚 Nicky Gavron, made five other recommendations to the Mayor in its offsite report:

• Set up a framework for offsite manufacturing specialists, to attract 鈥渁 sufficient number of developers and contractors capable of delivering housing using offsite-led solutions which are suitable for the variety of sites and specific challenges that exist in London鈥�.
• Look at the potential of using GLA and especially Transport for London (TfL)-owned land to stimulate the offsite sector.
• Announce a further round of the Mayor鈥檚 Innovation Fund specifically focussed on offsite.
• Provide a 鈥渃lear and strong leadership role鈥� in the development of awareness of offsite鈥檚 potential.
• Look for ways to encourage the use of offsite to achieve wider strategic objectives and examine if there are any policy barriers to wider adoption.

Gavron said: 鈥淭oday鈥檚 offsite manufactured homes are characterised by their high quality, precision engineering, digital design and eco-efficient performance, truly twenty-first century homes. It is clear with strong political leadership, the offsite sector is poised to achieve a step-change in delivery, but it needs coordinated continuity of demand, along with land, policy and funding. The Mayor is ideally placed to respond to this call to action.鈥�

And Mark Farmer, chief executive of Cast Consultancy and author of last year鈥檚 Farmer Review, said: 鈥淣ow is the time to show strong political leadership to establish a mainstream precision manufactured housing market in the capital. There is also a great opportunity for the Mayor to align this into his separate 鈥楽kills for Londoners鈥� manifesto commitment and the Construction Academy Scheme initiative.鈥�

There has recently been a surge in offsite manufacturing housing schemes in the capital, and plans have gone in this month for the world鈥檚 tallest modular building in Croydon. This will be 44 storeys with a planning consultation due to start in October.