LABC East Anglia Winners & Highly Commended 2025

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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

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

Flamstead road

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

Spingate barn

Springate Barns, Essex

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

 

Winner: Best Individual New Home

Angles house

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-Ne.

Franklyn Nevard, Franklyn Nevard Associates Ltd

  • Local Authority: Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

 

Winner: Best Residential & Small Commercial Builder

Duncan and Son Southwold Ltd

Duncan & Son (Southwold) Ltd

  • Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

 

Winner: Construction Specialist of the Year

Stuart Phillipson Mersea Home

Stuart Phillipson, Mersea Homes

  • Local Authority: Colchester City Council

 

Winner: Best Small New Housing Development

Trefoil Place Suffolk

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

Mill Common, Cambridgeshire

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

 

Winner: Best High Volume New Housing Development

St Edmunds Park Norfolk

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

Fen Road, Cambridgeshire

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

 

Winner: Best Non-residential New Build

Art Studio Suffolk

Art Studio, Suffolk

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

 

Winner: Local Authority Building Control Surveyor of the Year

Dave Saunderson

Dave Saunderson, East Cambridgeshire District Council 

 

Mark Cross

Mark Cross, Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Councils

 

Winner: LABC Newcomer of the Year

Oscar Drane, East Suffolk Council

Oscar Drane, East Suffolk Council

 

Winner: Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team

Hoare Ridge

Hoare, Ridge & Morris with East Suffolk Council


Meet the Highly Commended...

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

Wilbraham Temple

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

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

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

Dan Chater, Endeavour Transformations

  • Local Authority: East Suffolk Council

 

Highly Commended: Best Small Social Housing Development

Silver Band Close, Essex

Silver Band Close, Essex

  • Project Team: Rose Builders, Ingleton Wood LLP, 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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Don't forget to book your place at the Grand Finals taking place on Friday 23 January 2026

 

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