<p><span>Bellway will resume site work on a phased basis from May 4, it said today (April 30).</span><span></span></p> <p><span>Following other housebuilders, the firm said it would only undertake tasks “</span><span>that can be performed by our employees and subcontractors working in a safe and responsible manner, whilst adhering to strict social distancing measures”.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>This will involve initially focusing on homes close to the end of construction to aid customers “who were expecting to move into their new home over recent weeks</span><span>”.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>The restart, Bellway said, would allow it to achieve a limited number of sales completions in the coming weeks, although this would depend on customers’ ability to complete and supply chain capacity “to safely support the industry”.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>From August 1 2019 to April 26 2020, Bellway achieved 6,506 homes sales completions against 6,596 during the equivalent period the previous year. It said 493 of these were completed on or after March 23 2020.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>Its order book “remains substantial” at a value of £1,567 million as of April 26 2020 (April 28 2019 - £1,655 million.</span><span></span></p> <p><span>- Reporting on the year so far, Persimmon said it had experienced a “strong start” before the UK lockdown, with the average private sales rate per …