Huyton’s Bluebell Park residential scheme is in the running for top accolades at the 2016 RICS North West Awards.

The over 55s apartments delivered by Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT) have been shortlisted alongside projects from across the region for the Residential category ahead of RICS’ (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) celebration on 22 April.

Bluebell Park is also among the nominees for the Regeneration title at the awards, which will this year be presented during a ceremony at the Titanic Hotel’s Rum Warehouse.

North West projects will be recognised across eight categories on the night, with other awards including Building Conservation, Commercial Property, Community Benefit, Design through Innovation, Tourism & Leisure and Infrastructure.

An overall Project of the Year prize will also be presented to the scheme which demonstrates outstanding best practice and commitment to adding value to its local area, and all category winners will also go on to compete against other regional winners at a national grand final in October.

Ahead of the North West presentation Will Rees, chair of the RICS North West Awards judging panel and director at Liverpool’s Rees Straw Chartered Surveyors, says: “The RICS North West Awards attract a significant volume of entries every year and this year is no different; our shortlist of inspiring schemes is testament to the talent and exceptional skills of our region’s property professionals. I am looking forward to the judging process as many of the shortlisted projects are not only pioneering in their design, but they are also having a hugely positive impact on their local areas.”

The full shortlist for the awards, which will be presented by TV’s ‘Homes Under the Hammer’ host Martin Leyland, is as follows:

Building Conservation

The Lakes Distillery, Cumbria

Repairs to Eastgate, Chester City Walls, Chester

Claife Viewing Station, Ambleside in Cumbria

Waterhouse Building, Block F, Liverpool

The Whitworth, Manchester

James Street Station, Liverpool

 

Commercial

The Box, Penrith

Jubilee House, Lytham St Annes in Lancashire

12 Jordan Street, Liverpool

New Bailey Carpark, Salford

The Space Project, Manchester

Tower Wharf, Birkenhead in Merseyside

 

Community Benefit

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

Wythenshawe Interchange (KIER), Manchester

The Whitworth, Manchester

Smithy Croft, Heald Green

Mellor Primary School, Stockport

Venmore HUB, Liverpool

 

Design through Innovation

Lang Lane, West Kirby in Merseyside

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

MMU Student Union Building, Manchester

Mellor Primary School, Stockport

The Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester

Engineering Building Lancaster University, Lancaster

 

Infrastructure

Wythenshawe Interchange (TfGM), Manchester

Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool

New Bailey Carpark, Salford

Farnworth Tunnel, Farnworth in Bolton

Manchester Victoria Redevelopment, Manchester

 

Regeneration

Jubilee House, Lytham St Annes in Lancashire

12 Jordan Street, Liverpool

Jubilee Street, Salford

Foxhall Village, Blackpool

DIY SOS Veterans Village, Manchester

Bluebell Park, Huyton in Merseyside

Port Sunlight River Park, Bromborough,Merseyside

 

Residential

Severn Drive, Wigan

Hazelhurst, Bury

Bluebell Park, Huyton in Merseyside

One Smithfield Square, Manchester

Smithy Croft, Heald Green, Stockport

Vimto Gardens, Salford

Peel Park Quarter, Salford Uni Campus, Salford

Greta Gardens, Keswick

 

Tourism & Leisure

Chester Zoo Islands, Chester

The Lakes Distillery, Cumbria

Claife Viewing Station, Ambleside in Cumbria

AVROE Heritage Museum, Stockport

HOME at First Street, Manchester

Doubletree by Hilton, Liverpool

Lowry 2020 Masterplan, Salford