The British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) has received a record number of entries for their Best Practice Awards. Submissions have increased year after year since the awards began in 1991.

Entries vary in size and focus, ranging from smaller initiatives to large city-wide schemes, including individual projects that resonate across the country. Schemes have been received from all the English regions as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.


Speaking about the awards, Margaret Ford, Chairman of English Partnerships, the government’s national regeneration agency, said: “The BURA awards are now established as a gold standard in the industry, recognising the highest quality in regeneration and best practice. Winning entries will be proud to know that their projects have passed some of the most rigorous judging procedures, adding to the prestige of the awards.”

The Assessment Committee, under the Chairmanship of Professor Peter Roberts, Chair of the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC), will undertake the first stage evaluations and will determine a list of projects that are to be visited over the coming months.

Successful projects will undergo a second visit and the winners will be presented at the Riverbank Park Plaza, London, on 29 November 2007.

(LC)