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Offsite Solutions Supports Government's Planning Announcement

We strongly support the Government’s announcement to fast track planning approvals for the conversion of under-utilised retail and commercial properties to residential.

This move will help to revitalise our town centres, stimulate new development, and provide much needed additional housing to the benefit of the economy.

We have extensive experience of working on office to residential conversion projects and have a specially designed panelised bathroom pod which can be installed via the main entrance, stairwells or other suitably-sized openings in the structure of an existing building.

This is an innovative solution to overcoming access issues to maximise offsite construction with all the associated speed and quality benefits of pod technology.

Offsite Solutions' demountable pod option is available in the complete range of GRP bathroom designs from Offsite Solutions. This level of design flexibility is unprecedented and a UK industry first.

Demountable bathroom pods radically reduce work on site, and offer the superior and consistent quality of factory-built bathrooms.

Eight pods can be reassembled on site in just one day with a three-person team. This compares to site-built bathrooms on a typical scheme, which can take up to 12 weeks to complete using multiple trades and requiring a high level of site management and supervision.

The demountable pod solution uses a unique sectional design where the shower tray forms part of the floor and the wall panels create the shower enclosure. Holes for sanitaryware are pre-drilled and only the shower door is then installed on site. The pod walls are completely vertical with 90° corners – unlike pods created from complete GRP moulds which have tapered walls – so integration is very simple.  

Read more here about our demoutable bathroom pods for commercial to residential conversions.

Read the Government's announcement in full here.