Housing group Hastoe is to film the building process of new 'straw bale' homes in Essex as a time lapse for other housing providers to learn about the process. The four homes, at Millfield, High Ongar, will be the first development of straw bale housing to be built in Britain by a housing association. Two two-bedroom and two three-bedroom houmes are being developed by Hastoe in partnership with Epping Forest District Council, on former council-owned land. The land was transferred to Hastoe at a discount...