Double shortlist at RTPI North East Awards

Lichfields is delighted that Lambton Park and Northumbria Health and Care Academy have both been shortlisted for Best Project at the 2025 Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) North East Awards for Planning Excellence. The awards showcase and celebrate the best plans, people and projects.

Northumbria Health and Care Academy is a groundbreaking facility, forming part of the wider Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital estate. The development features a training centre of excellence for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, as well as a GP surgery. The Academy is the UK’s first healthcare building to achieve Gold WELL Certification™ from the International WELL Building Institute and, as a hub for the training of the next generation of healthcare professionals, is also a key connector between the busy neighbouring hospital and the learning and development which underpins the future of healthcare in the region.

Lambton Park will achieve a genuine sense of placemaking through its strong design vision and the delivery a truly exceptional development of approximately 400 new homes together with offices and a commercial centre. It will deliver a wide range of long-lasting benefits including investment to support the critical repairs to Lambton Castle and other heritage assets. It has also facilitated the opening of around 13km of permissive routes within the heart of the Estate to assist with health and wellbeing.

 

Winners will be announced at the celebration event held at Newcastle’s Crowne Plaza Hotel on 27 June.