DPP Planning is thrilled to announce that our Newcastle team won ‘Best Project’ at the RTPI NE Awards last Friday (26th June)
The win marks the fourth year running that the Newcastle office has scooped the award, having been previously recognised for its work on Berwick Sports & Leisure Centre (2023), Morpeth Leisure Centre (2024) and the Riverside Sunderland Regeneration Maker & Faber Offices and Wear Footbridge (2025).
This year, the team received the award for its contribution to Blyth Market Pavilion, a landmark cultural project developed for Northumberland County Council, with FaulknerBrowns as lead architect and project managed by Advance Northumberland.
The project is part of a £90 million regeneration programme called ‘Energising Blyth’, which aims to provide new cultural, education, leisure and residential spaces, while boosting Blyth’s renewable energy industry. It was built by Kier Construction using advanced construction methods and modelling software.
Image: RTPI North East
