Local buildings recognised in awards celebrating the best in innovative construction

Four local buildings have been recognised in awards celebrating the best in innovative construction in the South East, with the Battle of Britain Memorial in Capel-le-Ferne named a winner.

The Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards for the South East took place in June. The event is held to recognise excellent buildings throughout the area. There were more than 45,000 building projects to choose from, with projects all inspected by Local Authorities over the last year.

The Battle of Britain Memorial in Capel-le-Ferne won the Best Small Commercial Building category. The project team was Epps Construction Ltd, Godden Allen Lawn, The Battle of Britain Memorial Trust, Woodley Coles and Crofton Design. This will now go through to the national finals in November.

Three other buildings in Dover District were finalists in the awards: the Visitor Centre at Samphire Hoe (Best Inclusive Building and Best Public Service Building), The Lanes, Ash (Best Small New Housing Development) and New Pharos House in Dover (Best Change Of Use Of An Existing Building or Conversion). The buildings were nominated by DDC Building Control.

Martin Leggatt, DDC Head of Assets and Building Control said: "We are delighted that these great examples of the excellent construction work in the district have been recognised. As a wide range of regeneration projects continues to take shape in the district, we were very pleased to nominate these buildings, and we continue to work with contractors to ensure that excellent standards are maintained across the area."