Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2019

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2019

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About the Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2019

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 2019 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.

Everards Meadows, Phase 1A

2019 Award Winner

Everards Meadows Phase 1A is part of Everards Brewery’s relocation strategy to create a viable and vibrant destination. The multi-phased strategy will transform an area of the Soar Valley floodplain…

Riverside and Fabric Buildings, Friars Mill

2019 Award Finalist

The Riverside and Fabric buildings completed the regeneration of the listed Friars Mill site. The two new office buildings (Riverside at 5,383 sqft and Fabric at 4,990 sqft) are high-quality…

Wyndham Lodge and The Stables, Melton Mowbray

2019 Award Finalist

Three years of restoration work rescued Wyndham Lodge and The Stables, Grade II listed buildings that were formerly a hunting lodge and stables and latterly Melton’s War Memorial Hospital. Both had…

Award Criteria

PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO MEMBER VOTING FOR THIS CATEGORY

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 13th August 2019 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.