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 2025 and 31 December 2025.

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

The winner announced at the awards ceremony and in promotional activity will be the ‘Applicant’ as 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 in the submission form. 
• A Word document with a collage of 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.

Any material submitted will be considered non-confidential and may be used for publication. If you wish to submit confidential material, you must: a) have express permission from the information owner to share this as part of a submission, and b) ensure that the relevant part of the submission is clearly marked as “Confidential”. It is expected that the majority of each submission will comprise 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 7 May 2026.

The deadline for submissions is 17:00 (GMT) on Thursday 5 March 2026. Shortlisted candidates will be announced in May 2026 and the winners announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday 25 June 2026.

All submissions must be submitted via the Awards Website: propertyawards.michelmores.com.

Winners will be awarded for each category, but both shortlisted and winning projects will be featured in pre- and post-Award coverage, including but not limited to social media posts, newsletter features, and promotional videos.

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