Regeneration project Southall Waterside has scooped two prizes at the prestigious Brownfield Briefing Awards.

The Berkeley Homes' project won Brownfield Project of the Year along with Best Urban Regeneration Project.

The awards, held on 27 September, recognise innovation, creativity and best practice across the remediation sector.

South Waterside, a former industrial 88-acre site, was left redundant for over 40 years as a result of the complexity and scale of the challenges to develop the site. Ground conditions, as well as infrastructure and boundary constraints – including 17 active gas mains crossing the site of varying pressures and ages – meant that Berkeley has had to leverage its technical expertise to transform the site, bringing it back into active use.

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The development will deliver 3,750 new homes and up to 50,000m2 of commercial, community and leisure space. It will create two new parks, and open up access to the Grand Union Canal, as well as provide much-needed healthcare and education facilities, including a new on-site primary school.

Karl Whiteman, divisional managing director at Berkeley (East & West Thames) said: "We are delighted that Southall Waterside has won not just one, but two sought-after awards at the Brownfield Briefing Awards, including the Brownfield Project of the Year top prize. 

"This development was not taken on lightly: it is an extremely complex, brownfield site posing significant challenges however we were – and still are – positive that this development is worth the effort.

"Our vision for Southall Waterside offers residents, and the wider Southall community, a fantastic quality of life and approximately 50 per cent of the site will be transformed into green space. 

"We want to create a development that everyone will enjoy and we're extremely proud that this ambition has been recognised." 

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