LABC Grand Finals Winners and Highly Commended 2025

Winner: Best Residential Extension

Claydon Farm House, Gloucestershire

• Project Team: JND Building Services Ltd, Tyack Architects Ltd
• Local Authority: Cotswold District Council
• Region: West of England

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Winner: Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home

Old Gwernyfed, Powys

• Project Team: Jenkinson Builders, Hook Mason Architects Ltd, Trombe Ltd
• Local Authority: Powys County Council
• Region: Wales

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Winner: Best Residential Conversion to a Single New Home

Canal View, Solihull

• Project Team: Cross & Craig Associates
• Local Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
• Region: West Midlands

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Winner: Best Individual New Home 

Branksea Avenue, Dorset

• Project Team: Western Design Architects, Matrod Frampton, Godsell Arnold Partnership Ltd, Power Naturally, Thermal Acoustics
• Local Authority: BCP Council
• Region: South West

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Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Designer

Matt Noades, Noades Architects

• Local Authority: Hertfordshire Building Control
• Region: Central

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Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Builder

Duncan & Son (Southwold) Ltd

• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council
• Region: East Anglia

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Winner: Construction Specialist of the Year 

Damian Gray, St Edward Homes Ltd

• Local Authority: Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership
• Region: South East

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Winner: Best Small New Housing Development 

The Lookout, Cornwall

• Project Team: The Bazeley Partnership Ltd, Claydon Builders Ltd, DDMH Development Ltd
• Local Authority: Cornwall Council
• Region: South West

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Winner: Best Medium Volume New Housing Development

Rolleston Leas, Staffordshire

• Project Team: Peveril Homes
• Local Authority: East Staffordshire Borough Council
• Region: West Midlands

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Winner: Best High Volume New Housing Development

Freight Village, Tyne & Wear

• Project Team: Vistry Group, Vistry North East, Queensberry Design Ltd, Sigma Capital
• Local Authority: Gateshead Council
• Region: Northern

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Winner: LABC Warranty Site Manager of the Year

Sean Sadler

• Company: Morris Homes (Eastern) Ltd
• Site name: TBC

Winner: Best Small Social Housing Development 

East Common Lane, North Lincolnshire

• Project Team: BSB Architecture, G S Kelsey Construction Ltd, Ongo Homes
• Local Authority: North Lincolnshire Council
• Region: Yorkshire

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Winner: Best Large Social Housing Development 

Wildbridge, Sussex

• Project Team: Thakeham Partnerships, Thakeham Homes, Hyde Housing
• Local Authority: Arun District Council
• Region: South East

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Winner: Best Non-residential Extension, Alteration or Conversion

Eagle Brow, Cheshire

• Project Team: Randle White Ltd, APL (NW) Ltd, Edge Property Rentals, CCM Partnership, STL Projects Ltd, Azimuth MEP Consulting Engineers
• Local Authority: Warrington Borough Council
• Region: North West

View the Eagle Brow press release

Winner: Best Non-residential New Build

Pixash Lane Recycling Centre, Somerset

• Project Team: Farrans Construction, Designscape Architects, Sweco UK Ltd
• Local Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council
• Region: West of England

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Winner: Best Public or Community Building

Hwb Arloesi, Coleg Llysfasi, Denbighshire

• Project Team: Read Construction Holdings Ltd, TACP Architects, Coleg Cambria
• Local Authority: Denbighshire County Council
• Region: Wales

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Winner: Local Authority Building Control Surveyor of the Year

Teresa Komorowski, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

• Region: West Midlands

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Winner: Local Authority Building Control Newcomer of the Year

Tom Crouch, Hertfordshire Building Control

• Region: Central

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Winner: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team

Hoare, Ridge & Morris with East Suffolk Council

• Region: East Anglia

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Winner: Local Authority Building Control Team of the Year 

Dorset Council 

• Region: South West

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Highly Commended: Best Residential Conversion to a Single New Home

Springate Barns, Essex

• Project Team: Hawksburg Ltd, Cannon Architectural Design
• Local Authority: Uttlesford District Council
• Region: East Anglia

Highly Commended: Best Large Social Housing Development

Llys Awelon Ruthin, Denbighshire

• Project Team: Read Construction Holdings Ltd, Ainsley Gommon Architects, Grŵp Cynefin
• Local Authority: Denbighshire County Council
• Region: Wales

Highly Commended: Best Non-residential Extension, Alteration or Conversion 

Nether Mill Barn, South Yorkshire

• Project Team: Dawson Williamson Architects, NU Construction, Donaldson's Vets, Topping Engineers, Gate & Bar Ltd
• Local Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Region: Yorkshire

Highly Commended: Best Public or Community Building

University of Hertfordshire, Spectra Building, Hertfordshire

• Project Team: Morgan Sindall Construction, ADP Architecture, University of Hertfordshire
• Local Authority: Hertfordshire Building Control
• Region: Central

Highly Commended: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team 

St Edward Homes Ltd with Hart & Rushmoor Building Control Partnership

• Region: South East

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