The first accommodation modules that will form part of a £7.5 million hostel in High Wycombe have been delivered.

The 58-unit modular building on the Desborough Road car park site is currently in the process of being built, and the first modules - which have been constructed in East Yorkshire - have arrived.

The apartments were fully fitted out off site by Premier Modular - complete with shower rooms and kitchens pre-installed.

The new building – which will be a bigger replacement for the “isolated” Saunderton Lodge hostel along the busy A4010 – will temporarily house vulnerable families who find themselves homeless.

All 58 apartments that will make up the building should be installed by the middle of December.

The new four and five-storey hostel will have roof-mounted solar panels to generate electricity and they will be centred around a courtyard which will provide "relaxation" space for residents.

A housing management office, offices for the relocated British Red Cross, and laundry will be on the ground floor, with rubbish stores and cycle storage in the plaza.

Cllr Isobel Darby, cabinet member for housing and homelessness at Buckinghamshire Council, said: “I am delighted with the progress we have seen on site, which will help us achieve our ambitious plans to provide more accommodation for families who are homeless.

“This project will increase the number of temporary homes in High Wycombe by 65 per cent, enabling us to meet the growing local need and provide a much better living environment for families who need our help.

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"The new accommodation will also bring people closer to local amenities, such as transport facilities, GP surgeries and schools as well as other support services.”

Once built, the hostel will be decorated in terracotta, slate grey and off-white, with a lift and staircases.

Two of the apartments will be accessible and will each have a parking space.

The work is expected to be finished by late summer next year, with the first residents moving in after that.

Councillors and nearby businesses and organisations raised concerns before the new building was approved in April last year that Desborough Road was not a safe location for vulnerable young families.

The design of the new building was also slammed by councillors, with some describing it as looking like a “penitentiary” with a “fence Trump would be proud of”.

Massive efforts have been made to help shake the Desborough area's reputation for prostitution and bad behaviour - including major building projects, a street carnival and decorations and encouraging new shops and restaurants into the area.