Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2025

ProCon Leicestershire Awards 2025

A photo of a project from a previous years' ProCon Awards

About the Regeneration Project of the Year Award 2025

NO VOTING IN THIS CATEGORY - WINNER DECIDED BY JUDGING PANEL

PLEASE NOTE THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED EVERY OTHER YEAR SO COVERS A TWO YEAR PERIOD FOR SUBMISSIONS

An Award for a building, scheme, landmark or other construction project of any size or type completed within the 30 months prior to 30th June 2025 that the judging panel, including experts in the field, consider to be the best contribution to the regeneration of its local area within Leicestershire or Rutland.

The project cannot have previously been submitted for a ProCon Award.

Charnwood Campus - Building 28, Loughborough

2025 Award Finalist

Charnwood Campus Building 28 is a transformation of a dormant laboratory building into a futureproofed, high specification research and development hub.

Jewry Wall, Leicester

2025 Award Finalist

The Jewry Wall Museum regeneration restored and reimagined a Grade II listed 1962 museum as an inclusive, accessible and sustainable cultural destination that would be a vibrant hub for learning, tourism and community engagement.

Leicester Cathedral Revealed, Leicester

2025 Award Finalist

A major project at Leicester Cathedral featuring subtle repairs and renovations plus the design of an extension has made a lasting impact.

Award Criteria

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 19th August 2025 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:

Impact of the project – the extent to which the project has impacted on the building, development,
surrounding area
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
Innovation used in the project
Budgetary considerations - e.g. funding streams accessed, public versus private funding received, etc.