Bellway launches state-of-the-art timber frame facility Bellway Home Space
29th January 2026
Bellway supports smaller housebuilders with transition to net zero at outreach day
27th June 2025
Bellway wins award for driving supply chain sustainability
12th October 2023
Small choices, big environmental wins
Reduce our impact
Resource efficiency plays a powerful role in our wider sustainability ambitions. By reducing waste, cutting water use, and lowering carbon emissions, we not only protect the environment but also strengthen our overall financial performance.
We’re minimising the amount of waste generated per home we build, and when waste can’t be avoided, we focus on reusing and recycling as much as possible.
Making the transition
We’re stepping up our work with Community Wood Recycling, who gave more than 288 tonnes of our waste wood a second life between April and September 2025. Their efforts not only boost our recycling performance but also create real training and employment opportunities in local communities.
We’ve also refreshed our company car allowance and introduced a salary sacrifice scheme, making electric and hybrid vehicles more accessible to everyone. Today, 89% of cars leased through the Bellway scheme are hybrid or fully electric.
Our progress so far
- We achieved certification to ISO 14001:2015 for our Environmental Management System in Spring 2025.
- Bellway Home Space, our timber frame factory officially opened in January 2026.
- Divisions now produce site-level waste league tables, to help analyse waste performance.
- We have reduced waste produced per home from >11 tonnes down to 5.7 tonnes per completed home in FY25.
Bellway Home Space
Innovation doesn’t replace tradition. It elevates it
New facilities, same excellent homes
Bellway Home Space is our new 135,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility, created with the help of Donaldson Timber Systems. It’s where we’ll build our timber frame kits, so that we can make beautiful new homes with a lower carbon footprint.
And because we’re so focused on the future, we’ve also brought in cool robotic technology – from Swedish manufacturer Randek – to make the process even smoother.
The factory is already supplying timber frame kits for our homes, supporting our goal of creating comfortable, energy‑efficient places for people to live.
Our production will gently ramp up over the next few years, with the aim of reaching around 3,000 homes a year by 2030. We’re super excited to be building even more sustainably and efficiently.
tonnes of waste per completed unit
landfill diversion rate for construction
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Conscientious homebuilding that protects the environment
Future targets
Reduce waste per completed unit to 5.7 tonnes by July 2030.
Achieve a minimum 95% Landfill diversion for all waste, including demolition and groundworks by July 2030.
Achieve a 10% reduction in construction water use (m3/1000m2), from a FY25 baseline of 343.2 (m3/1000m2) by July 2030.
