The winners of the Planning Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) building in central London earlier tonight (4 June).
Organised by Planning magazine, in conjunction with PlanningResource and PlacemakingResource, the Planning Awards span 26 categories – 12 in planning and 14 in placemaking.
The consultation of the Living Lakes: Your Local Plan, submitted by the Lake District National Park Authority, was handed the Editor’s Award, given to the Planning Award winner judged the most impressive of all.
More than 2,700 people responded to the national park authority's consultation. The high levels of engagement were linked to the authority’s "creative" use of "innovative" consultation methods, said the judges.
In pictures: the 2019 Planning Awards
Click on the image below to view pictures from the awards ceremony
A bespoke interactive web mapping tool, which the authority says has subsequently attracted government interest, was used to display proposed site allocations. Videos featuring residents and developers of recently completed schemes were used to show the real-life impact of planning policy.
A conscious effort was made to create a short, interesting and easy-to-understand plan, prefaced by an engaging summary document.
Planning’s editor, Richard Garlick, said: "At a time when effective stakeholder engagement in planning is particularly important, the national park authority’s entry is a worthy winner of this award."
The full list of award winners and highly commended entries were:
PLACEMAKING CATEGORIES
Award for design excellence
WINNER: The Essex Design Guide, submitted by Essex County Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Highgate Newtown Community Centre, Camden, submitted by RCKa Architects
Award for best housing scheme (fewer than 500 homes)
WINNER: Berry Court, Bournemouth, submitted by Bournemouth Development Company
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Pavilions, 351 Caledonian Road, submitted by Jestico + Whiles
Award for best housing scheme (500 homes or more)
WINNER: Brightwell Lakes, submitted by Suffolk Coastal District Council and CEG
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Finberry, near Ashford, submitted by Crest Nicholson
Award for promoting economic growth
Sponsored by WECD
WINNER: Made in North Tyneside, submitted by North Tyneside Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Port Sunlight River Park, submitted by The Land Trust
Award for best use of arts, culture or sport in placemaking
WINNER: The EMD Cinema, Walthamstow, submitted by Inner Circle Consulting and the London Borough of Waltham Forest
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Studio 144, Southampton, submitted by CZWG Architects LLP
Award for best use of heritage in placemaking (multiple buildings)
WINNER: The Welsh Streets, Liverpool, submitted by Placefirst
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Plot 5, Fletton Quays, Peterborough, submitted by Peterborough Investment Partnership and Bride Hill Developers
HIGHLY COMMENDED: St Clement’s, Mile End, London, submitted by JTP on behalf of Linden Homes
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Swanage Pier Restoration, submitted by Footprint Futures – Planning & Regeneration on behalf of Swanage Pier Trust
Award for best use of heritage in placemaking (single buildings)
WINNER: Kirkmichael, Black Isle, submitted by McGregor Bowes
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Spanish City, submitted by ADP and North Tyneside Council
Award for partnership working
Sponsored by PBA, now part of Stantec
WINNER: Whitehill and Bordon Healthy New Towns Partnership, submitted by East Hampshire District Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Thurrock/Brentwood – Managed Service Arrangement, submitted by Thurrock Council and Brentwood Borough Council
Award for regeneration
Sponsored by Pegasus Group
WINNER: The Green, Hartlepool, submitted by Placefirst
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Connswater Community Greenway, Belfast, by The Paul Hogarth Company
Award for mixed-use development
WINNER: Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, submitted by JTP on behalf of Urban&Civic, David Lock Associates, PBA, now part of Stantec, and Bradley Murphy Design
Award for community-led placemaking
WINNER: Brent Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy, submitted by the London Borough of Brent
Best use of publicly-owned land and/or property in placemaking
WINNER: Preston Markets, submitted by Preston City Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Waltham Forest Town Hall Campus Redevelopment, submitted by Inner Circle Consulting
Best use of brownfield land in placemaking
WINNER: Quebec Park, Bordon, submitted by ArchitecturePLB
Award for excellence in placemaking at high densities
WINNER: Hackney Wick Fish Island, submitted by Hackney Wick + Fish Island Retrospective Masterplan Team
PLANNING CATEGORIES
Award for plan-making
WINNER: North Warwickshire local plan, submitted by North Warwickshire Borough Council
Award for neighbourhood planning
WINNER: Holbeck and Walton neighbourhood plans, submitted by Leeds City Council
Award for infrastructure planning
WINNER: Whittlesford Parkway Station Masterplan, submitted by WYG
Award for planning for increased housing delivery
WINNER: Suburban Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD2), submitted by the London Borough of Croydon’s spatial planning service
Award for planning for affordable housing
WINNER: Redbrick Estate, Islington, submitted by HTA Design LLP
Award for planning for the natural environment
WINNER: Bird Aware Solent, submitted by Portsmouth City Council
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Tresham Garden Village, Northants, submitted by Charlton Brown
Award for use of new technology in planning
WINNER: PlanX, submitted by Southwark Council
Award for stakeholder engagement in planning
WINNER: Consultation of the Living Lakes: Your Local Plan, submitted by the Lake District National Park Authority
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Camden Goods Yard Options Appraisal, submitted by One Housing and the Juniper Crescent & Gilbeys Yard Resident Steering Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Stratford Waterfront, submitted by Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners and LLDC
Planning permission of the year
WINNER: 101 George Street, Croydon, submitted by HTA Design LLP, the London Borough of Croydon, Greystar Europe and Tide Construction
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Grand Union, Alperton, submitted by St George
HIGHLY COMMENDED: The Merton Regeneration Project, submitted by Clarion Housing
Planning law firm of the year
Sponsored by RPS
WINNER: Dentons UK and Middle East
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Pinsent Masons, submitted by Pinsent Masons
Planning consultancy of the year
WINNER: Inner Circle Consulting
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Nash Partnership planning team
Local authority planning team of the year
Presented in association with the Planning Officers Society
WINNER: Gateshead Council built and natural environment team
The Editor's award
WINNER: Consultation of the Living Lakes: Your Local Plan, submitted by the Lake District National Park Authority
