Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2018

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2018

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About the Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2018

An Award for a building, scheme, landmark or other construction project of any size or type completed within the 18 months prior to 30th June 2018 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.

Redevelopment of the former Leicester City Council site, New Walk, Leicester

2018 Award Finalist

The mixed use development that replaced the former Leicester City Council HQ on New Walk includes offices, apartments, retail and new public space.

The Knight & Garter, Leicester

2018 Award Finalist

The Knight & Garter is a new luxury pub and restaurant that has regenerated the former Molly O’Grady’s site on Hotel Street.

Winstanley House, Leicester

2018 Award Winner

Originally built in the 18th century and home to the Winstanley family for more than 150 years, Braunstone Hall has been reborn as Winstanley House – a wedding venue, banqueting hall, hotel and restaurant.

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 Tuesday 14th August 2018 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
Innovation used in the project
Budgetary considerations - eg funding streams accessed, public versus private funding received, etc.