Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2017

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2017

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A photo of a project from a previous years' ProCon Awards

About the Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2017

An Award given to the developer/owner/designer of a building, scheme, landmark or other construction of any size or type completed within the 18 months prior to 30th June 2017 that the judging panel, including experts in the field, consider to be the best contribution to or catalyst for the regeneration of its local area within Leicestershire or Rutland.

The project cannot have previously been submitted for a ProCon Award.

Abbots Oak Manor House - Phase One, near Whitwick

2017 Award Winner

Abbots Oak is a brick and stone house that started life as a small chapel. It was extended more than a century ago with an arts and crafts addition.

Leicester Castle Business School, Leicester

2017 Award Finalist

DMU’s aim in converting The Great Castle Hall was for any intervention to the property would be minimal, restoring features wherever possible, de-cluttering, but at the same time modernising it and upgrading the building.

Award Criteria

The application will be judged by a panel of expert judges and a shortlist selected by the end of July.

The shortlisted projects will then be visited by the panel of judges on Tuesday15th August 2017 in order to select three finalists.

The winners of the Regeneration Project of the Year Award will be decided by the panel of expert judges.

The development will be judged on the following criteria:

Catalyst for the regeneration of the wider area – the extent to which the project has acted as a catalyst for the regeneration of the surrounding area or created opportunities for this to happen in the future
Economic regeneration benefits of the scheme – jobs created or saved, investment brought in, training provided, etc.
Social/community and environmental regeneration benefits – including facilities for local residents, support for community groups, sustainability features, etc.
Response to constraints and other regeneration factors – e.g. how dealt with brownfield land, contaminated land, listed building status, etc.
Quality of design and building/conservation works
Development sensitivity – to the surrounding area
Sustainable aspects of the scheme
Budgetary considerations - eg funding streams accessed, public versus private funding received, etc.