Shortlist revealed for private sector housing awards
SOME of Scotland’s best-known house builder names feature on the shortlist for awards this year celebrating private sector housing.
Representative body, Homes for Scotland, has issued its awards shortlist (here), ahead of winners being announced at a gala dinner in Edinburgh on May 26.
Homes for Scotland describes itself as representing “c200 companies, which together provide the vast majority of all new homes built across the country, and holds awards each year in order to improve standards and promote best practice within the home building industry”.
The judging panel is eight-strong:
David Knight (chair) – former managing director, Avant Homes
Johnny Cadell, principal architect and designer, Architecture + Design Scotland
Sepi Hajisoltani, 2023 chair, Scottish Young Planners’ Network
Emma Marriott, director, Emma Marriott Consulting and board member of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (formerly known as Construction Scotland Innovation Centre)
Andy Mason, head of Strategic Partnerships & Housing, Lloyds Banking Group
Scott Peterkin, partner, Burness Paull
Sarah Stanger, former sales and marketing director, CALA Homes (East)
Carrie Thomson, head of Development Planning & Housing, Scottish Government
The shortlist reads:
Development of the year – large (100+ units)
Barratt East Scotland: Cammo Meadows, Edinburgh
CALA Homes (East): Cammo Meadows, Edinburgh
CALA Homes (West): Prince’s Quay, Glasgow
Cruden Homes and Places for People: Longniddry Village, East Lothian
Link Group and McTaggart Construction: Bunston Grove, Inverclyde
Robertson Homes: Newton Manor, Dunbar
Wheatley Group and West Dunbartonshire Council: Queens Quay, Clydebank
Development of the year – medium (26-99 units)
AS Homes (Scotland): Allison Street, Glasgow
CALA Homes (East): Newington Residences, Edinburgh
Campion Homes: Ellengowan, Dundee
CCG (Scotland): Cromdale Square, Glasgow
CCG (Scotland): North Gate, Glasgow
Miller Homes – Scotland West: Millerbank, West Dunbartonshire
Scotia Homes: Highwood, Inverness
Stewart Milne Group: Ballumbie Rise, Dundee
Development of the year – small (up to 25 units)
Headon Developments: 22 Lade Braes, St Andrews
Rural Renaissance: Orchard Park, Gattonside
Associate member of the year
To be announced on May 26
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Forster Group
Scotia Homes
Stewart Milne Homes
Home builder of the year – large
To be announced on May 26
Home builder of the year – SME
To be announced on May 26
Home builder of the year – affordable housing provider
To be announced on May 26
Pictured: From last year’s event, Picture credit: Homes for Scotland / Chris Cole Photography
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