The competition is open to property professionals and related industries including chartered surveyors, commercial agents, architects, developers, building contractors, and local authorities.

A substantial and identifiable stage of the project must have been completed between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.

Submissions are confined to projects, buildings and developments which can be identified as being based in the South West region and includes Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

The winner at the awards ceremony will be the ‘applicant’ stated on the entry form unless otherwise specified in the entry form. PR firms submitting on behalf of clients should add their client's name into the Applicant field.

Submissions must make as full a disclosure as possible and must include:

• Answering as many questions as possible on the entry form. 
• A Word doc with up to 16 photos across two A4 pages (for Categories 3 and 6 please include before and after images). 
• At least 8 high resolution images in jpeg format (minimum resolution 1600x1200 at 300dpi). Applicants are encouraged to enter more than 8 images. If the project is unable to be photographed, we encourage the submission of floorplans.

Where appropriate, applicants may attach floorplans, CAD drawings, artist impressions, hyperlinks to promotional videos (please do not upload video files), testimonials and press cuttings in support of their application. Judges will be keen to see any post-build verification reports, evidence and/ or statistics available to demonstrate environmental and energy efficient credentials. A maximum of 8 pieces of supporting information may be included. Do not include firm brochures.

The questions detailed in the category criteria should be answered where possible.

Any material submitted will be considered non-confidential and may be used for publication. If you wish to submit confidential material, where you have permission from the information owner to do so as part of a submission, you must ensure that the relevant part of the submission is clearly marked as “Confidential”. We expect the majority of each submission to be publishable material.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to obtain the project owner’s (and/or all relevant parties’) permission to submit the scheme and to be able to provide confirmation of this on request. You must also have permission to submit any material that is subject to copyright and which may be used for reproduction/publication in connection with the Awards. You will need to be able to provide evidence of this copyright permission on request.

Please note that photographs of your project will be shown to the judges and if the project is shortlisted, will appear in publicity materials. It is therefore vital to your application that they comply with the resolution and size requested and that you have permission to use them.

As part of the judging process, it is likely (but not guaranteed) that one of the judges will visit your project/building before Judging Day which is scheduled for 30 April 2025.

The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 21 February 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be announced in May 2025 and the winners at the Awards Ceremony to be held on Wednesday 2 July 2025.

All submissions must be uploaded via the Awards Website.

Winners will be awarded for each category. Shortlisted and winning projects will be profiled in newsletters, videos and post-Awards coverage.

On all matters relating to this competition, the decision of the judges is final.