Award Submission Form

Best Large Development (50 Units or more)

Celebrating the large-scale residential developments transforming Yorkshire's communities.

Open to all developments of 50 homes or more – including new-builds, conversions, apartments and mixed-use residential-led schemes – for sale or rent, in any setting, style or location across Yorkshire. This category encompasses large-scale scale schemes such as a new district or neighborhood, or urban apartment developments land over large or small footprints.

Judges will be looking for:

• A strong placemaking vision that integrates well into the surrounding area and positively impacts long-term community life.
• Clear benefits for residents and the wider locality, including design excellence and build quality aligned with large housebuilder standards.
• Positive ESG outcomes.

Entries must be out of the ground, with at least one unit completed between June 2025 and June 2026.

Best Small Development (Under 50 Units)

Recognising outstanding smaller schemes that deliver exceptional quality and lasting impact.

Open to developments of under 50 units – including new-builds, conversions, apartments, mixed-use - for sale or let, in any setting, style or location across Yorkshire. This category encompasses small-scale scale schemes and single dwellings.

Judges will be looking for:

• Strong contextual design that reflects and enhances local character.
• Clear placemaking qualities, even at small scale, and evidence that residents feel embedded in a community.
• Positive ESG performance.

Entries must be out of the ground, with at least one unit completed between June 2025 and June 2026.

Best Residential Consultancy Practice

Honouring the professional teams whose expertise is shaping Yorkshire's residential future.

Open to consultancy practices including architects, planners, engineers, development advisers, cost consultants, surveyors, stakeholder engagement specialists, sustainability consultants and other professional advisers supporting Yorkshire’s residential development sector.

Judges will be looking for:

• Evidence of consistent excellence in service delivery between June 2025 and June 2026.
• Demonstrable expertise, market knowledge, and problem-solving capabilities that add substantial value to clients and communities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement approaches and examples of community-led outcomes.
• Outstanding ESG performance.

Best Residential Developer

Recognising the developers setting the benchmark for quality, innovation and placemaking.

Open to residential developers of all scales operating in the Yorkshire region.

Judges will be looking for:

• Strong business performance, design quality, and customer service between June 2025 and June 2026.
• Innovation in delivery, sustainability, construction methods, or customer experience.
• Judges will also consider investment in people, including graduate programmes, apprenticeships, school leaver initiatives, marketing innovation and talent development.
• Evidence of meaningful community engagement and contributions to regeneration or placemaking.
• Architectural ambition, quality, and schemes that raise the bar for Yorkshire’s built environment.
• Strong ESG integration.

Best Small Agent (30 Employees or Fewer)

Celebrating independent agencies delivering exceptional service and outstanding results.

This award recognises residential buying, letting, advising, or estate agencies with 30 or fewer employees that deliver outstanding service and market performance.

Judges will be looking for:

• Demonstrated excellence in sales, lettings, or advisory performance between June 2025 and June 2026.
• Strong market knowledge, customer service, and innovation.
• Evidence of unique approaches to marketing, community involvement, or client engagement.
• Market share growth and territorial reach.
• Client testimonials.
• ESG performance.

Best Agency Team

Recognizing agency teams that consistently raise the standard across Yorkshire's residential market.

This award recognises exceptional agency teams – of more than 30 employees – that demonstrate outstanding results, market leadership, and exemplary service within Yorkshire’s residential sector between June 2025 and June 2026.

Judges will be looking for:

• Strong performance in buying, letting, or sales supported by credible data.
• Evidence of a cohesive and effective team culture.
• Demonstrated innovation in service delivery, marketing, and client engagement.
• Strong community involvement and reputation within the market.
• Testimonials demonstrating consistent customer satisfaction.
• ESG integration and impact.

The Placemaking Award

Celebrating the projects creating places where people and communities thrive.

Open to developers, planning teams, consultants, promotors or partnerships delivering outstanding placemaking outcomes across Yorkshire.

This may include:

• Built schemes,
• Mixed use developments
• Community-driven BTR projects,
• Regeneration initiatives,
• Strategic masterplans, or
• Emerging neighbourhood visions.

Entries should demonstrate:

• A clear, credible placemaking vision with long-term community benefit.
• Strong design thinking, landscape integration, and public realm quality.
• Evidence of community engagement and stakeholder collaboration.
• Positive ESG impact and performance.
• Contributions to regeneration, renewal, or quality of life.
• Delivery excellence aligned to large-housebuilder expectations.

Projects must be either delivered or show significant progress between June 2025 and June 2026.

Excellence in Design

Recognising the residential projects that showcase exceptional design, creativity and innovation.

Open to projects/schemes delivered by architects, designers, developers, or multidisciplinary teams responsible for exceptional design in Yorkshire’s residential sector.

This may include:

• Single dwellings
• Standout individual homes
• Exemplar development schemes
• Landscape design
• Public realm interventions
• Interior design concepts or completed projects

Judges will look for:

• Clear design ambition and creativity.
• Sensitive contextual design and contribution to placemaking.
• Evidence of innovation in materials, sustainability, spatial quality, or technical approach.
• High-quality execution and measurable impact on user experience.
• ESG considerations central to the design approach.

Yorkshires. Rising Star

This category aims to reward the industry’s most promising new talent working within residential property in Yorkshire. Entrants can be traditionally trained or come from a non-property background, so long as they’re making an impact on the industry right now. Age is no barrier, so long as they are new to the industry (within the past 10 years) and are exceeding expectations in forging a new career for themselves. Submissions should describe how the nominated ‘star’ has demonstrated practice above and beyond expectations, emphasise key achievements that make them stand out from the rest, and demonstrate their potential to contribute to the industry in the future. The entry can be made by the individual or a nomination by someone else.

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