Nominations invited for Wakefield Civic Society Design and Environment Awards 2026
Each year, Wakefield Civic Society calls for nominations for our Design and Environment Awards.
Our next awards will be announced in April 2026 for schemes completed, or substantially completed by 31st December 2025.
More information will be available on the nominations process in January 2026.
Design Awards
The Society has been making awards for good design since 1966. Originally made every two years, the awards are now usually an annual event.
The Design awards focus on design and implementation – the quality and aesthetics of the design, for example, and how the completed project works once complete. Account will be taken of how, where appropriate, the project fits within the overall street scene and the impact it has on neighbouring properties.
Nominations are sought for completed projects across five categories as follows:
1. Best new build or environmental project
2. Best refurbishment project (building or environmental)
(In the above categories, environmental projects might include infrastructure or landscaping projects, pedestrianisation of areas within the public realm, and similar)
3. Best new/replacement shop front
4. Best new/replacement café, bar, or restaurant front
5. Best residential scheme (with 6 or more residential units)
Nominations for the awards can be made by anyone – members of the public, property owners, developers, architects, project managers, residents and so on. People do not need to be a member of the Society to make a nomination and there is no charge for submitting an entry.
There is no nomination form for the Design Awards – just send us an email with the address of the property/project being nominated along with a few background details and tell us why you are making the nomination. We will then contact you to ask for any additional information we require. (See below for more information.)
Environment Awards
Our Environment awards were first offered in 2020 for projects undertaken in 2019. These awards focus exclusively on projects that help to improve the environment in some way.
Our Environment Awards are offered in two categories:
1. Environment Enhancement Award
Awarded for projects that demonstrate innovation, imagination and good practice in nature conservation, the promotion of environmental quality and support of the wider goals of sustainable development. It is open to individuals, businesses, schools, community groups, public agencies, youth groups, local councils, landowners and statutory organisations, and any other organisation with a suitable project.
2. The Sustainable Building and Development Award
This award is intended to acknowledge building and development projects that demonstrate innovation, imagination and good practice in the efficient use of resources and that support the wider goals of sustainable development. It is open to built environment professionals, developers, contractors and landowners.
Again, anyone can submit a nomination for either award and there is no charge to enter. Please note, however, that projects we have recognised with an award in a previous year cannot be considered a second time unless there has been some significant development that moves the project on in a new way.