LABC East Anglia Winners & Highly Commended 2025

I firmly believe that one of the best ways to see more good work is to praise building excellence and publicly acknowledge companies, designers, site managers and trades people who go the extra mile because of the pride they have in their work.

Lorna Stimpson, LABC

Meet the Winners...

Winner: Best Residential Extension

The Copper House, Aldeburgh

• Project Team: Chapel Properties, Robert Stewart
• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

Winner: Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home

Flamsteed Road, Cambridgeshire

• Project Team: AC Architects Cambridge Ltd, M J Driver Construction Ltd, AFP Andrew Firebrace Partnership, The Big Heat Pump Company, EPC Improvements Ltd
• Local Authority: 3C Shared Services

Winner: Best Residential Conversion to a Single New Home

Springate Barns, Essex

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

Winner: Best Individual New Home

Angles House, Suffolk

• Project Team: Beech Architects Ltd, Frith Blake Consulting
• Local Authority: Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Designer

Franklyn Nevard, Franklyn Nevard Associates Ltd

• Local Authority: Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Builder

Duncan & Son (Southwold) Ltd

• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

Winner: Construction Specialist of the Year

Stuart Phillipson, Mersea Homes

• Local Authority: Colchester City Council

Winner: Best Small New Housing Development

Trefoil Place, Suffolk

• Project Team: Beauly Homes, DWA Urban Design Ltd
• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

Winner: Best Medium Volume New Housing Development

Mill Common, Cambridgeshire

• Project Team: High Street Homes Ltd, NP Architects, Riverside (Clapham) Ltd
• Local Authority: 3C Shared Services

Winner: Best High Volume New Housing Development

St Edmund’s Park, Norfolk

• Project Team: Lovell Partnerships Ltd, WT Design, Repton Property Developments, Richard Utting Associates, Canham Consulting
• Local Authority: CNC Building Control

Winner: Best Small Social Housing Development

Fen Road, Cambridgeshire

• Project Team: The Hill Group, Pollard Thomas Edwards, Cambridge Investment Partnership
• Local Authority: 3C Shared Services

Winner: Best Non-residential Extension, Alteration or Conversion

Siskin Lodge & Nightjar Barn, Suffolk

• Project Team: Subgero Limited, Beech Architects
• Local Authority: Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Winner: Best Non-residential New Build

Art Studio, Suffolk

• Project Team: Mullins Dowse Architects Ltd, A C Harding Ltd, GC Robertson & Associates Ltd
• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

Winner: Local Authority Building Control Surveyor of the Year

Dave Saunderson, East Cambridgeshire District Council 

Mark Cross, Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Winner: LABC Newcomer of the Year

Oscar Drane, East Suffolk Council

Winner: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team

Hoare, Ridge & Morris with East Suffolk Council

Meet the Highly Commended...

Highly Commended: Best Residential Conversion or Alteration to an Existing Home

Wilbraham Temple, Cambridgeshire

• Project Team: Cook & Cook, Snell David, Andrew Firebrace Partnership
• Local Authority: 3C Shared Services

Highly Commended: Best Residential Conversion to a Single New Home

Browns Barn, Suffolk

• Project Team: Wright Ruffell Cameron Ltd, Brown Builders
• Local Authority: Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

Highly Commended: Best Individual New Home

Armshold Farm, Cambridgeshire

• Project Team: NP Architects, Ley Construction, AFP Consulting Engineers
• Local Authority: 3C Shared Services

Highly Commended: Best Residential & Small Commercial Builder

Dan Chater, ENDEAVOUR Transformations

• Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

Highly Commended: Best Small Social Housing Development

Silver Band Close, Essex

• Project Team: Rose Builders, Ingleton Wood LLP, Colchester City Council, Colchester Borough Homes
• Local Authority: Colchester City Council

Again, congratulations all, and please feel free to spread your success far and wide by sharing the winners' page and if you're adding them on social media don't forget to use #LABCawards and @labcuk

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