One New Change was announced ‘Best Built Project’ at last night’s London Planning Awards held at City Hall and attended by senior representatives from the boroughs, City Hall, developers, planners and community groups.

The London Planning Awards, now in their ninth year, are organised in partnership with the Mayor of London, London First, the Royal Town Planning Institute and London Councils.  Their objectives are to recognise excellence and showcase examples that are leading the urban renaissance in London, to raise expectations and standards and promoted awareness of good practice and to improve the profile of planning and the morale of those involved.

The ‘Best Built Project’ celebrates the best completed development which has maximised the potential of the site, addressed climate change, delivered benefits for the wider public, achieved high quality design and enhanced the public realm.  The Sammy Ofer Wing at the National Maritime Museum also received a commendation in this category.

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One New Change has been described as “one of the most beautifully designed and high quality buildings” that has ever been considered for the British Council of Shopping Centres annual awards, as it won the Gold Award for In-Town Retail Scheme under 300,000 sq ft.

The building, which represents one of the largest consolidated retail spaces across central London, has now won ten major awards since it completed just over a year ago.

With 214,000sq ft of retail space over three storeys, the shopping centre has transformed the City into a successful destination venue.

BCSC Chief Executive, Michael Green, said, “The winners demonstrate that even in the toughest trading conditions in a generation, long-term investment in high quality schemes can reap its rewards. They also show how investment in shopping centres can have tremendous benefits to the wider community too.”

The BCSC Gold Awards are the leading accolades within the shopping centre and retail destination industry.  They are designed to reward excellence in retail-led development and recognise projects that drive regeneration and generate improvement in the quality of the built environment.  Westfield Stratford City won the award for the best mall over 300,000sq ft for its unparalleled scale and the transformation is has brought to East London.

Chris Goddard, Chairman of the BCSC Gold Awards Jury and National Head of Planning, Development and Regeneration at GVA said, “The jury unanimously agreed that Westfield Stratford City and One New Change both represent the very best of innovation, commercial success, design, integration and contribution to wider regeneration.”