Warwick business receives regional award for Leamington development

Four key men behind the success of a Leamington development have collected a regional award.

Construction Director Dave Henley and Site Managers David Pearson, Chris Hill and Steve Lydall were the driving forces for Warwick-based property development company AC Lloyd throughout the 30-month building of phases one, two and three of Station Approach.

The company was voted the winner of the Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development in the West Midlands region of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards 2020 which were announced via social media due to the pandemic.

The trophy was posted to AC Lloyd and David, Chris and Steve returned to the £22 million project to pick-up the building excellence award.

The LABC Awards have a number of categories to recognise a high standard of technical work as well as reward the talent of people working within the building industry.

The two-and-three-bedroom homes and apartments were built by AC Lloyd for Platform Housing Group in partnership with Warwick District Council close to Leamington Station – and will be seen by the thousands of visitors who flock to the town during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Alistair Clark, the managing director of AC Lloyd Homes whose headquarters are at Tachbrook Park, said the high standard of the work of the quartet had been crucial in the creation of the development.

“Dave, David, Chris and Steve fully deserve to be recognised for the integral role they played day-in-day-out during the creation of the development,” he said.

“Like many phased developments, it wasn’t always straight-forward since we were dealing with a site that dated back 400 years.

“There were old platforms that needed to be carefully removed from the old Leamington railway station, metal sheet pilings to be installed near the current station and a traffic management plan to be written which was vital at the start when Stagecoach’s day and night depot was still in operation for eight months before their move to a new HQ.

“But all this was done in constant dialogue with Warwick District Council and Platform Housing Group to resolve any issues and that is why this was a true partnership.

“From the outset, we wanted to create a landmark building and we believe that goal has been achieved.

“The fruits of our labour will be seen when Leamington hosts the lawn bowls and para bowls next year during the Commonwealth Games with Station Approach being among the first buildings which visitors from across the globe will see when they arrive.

“Everyone involved in building Station Approach is rightly proud to have received this recognition from the LABC and since they are not holding the awards this year due to Covid, it means we will be the regional award winners for a little longer than usual.”