Peel Waters took home three major awards at last night’s Insider North West Residential Property Awards 2026, held at Manchester Central and hosted by Colin Murray. The event celebrated the exceptional people, partnerships and projects that have shaped residential communities across our region.

Social Impact Award

‘This award recognises the residential scheme that has had a significant and positive social impact on the local community.’

Winner: Embassy Village

(Embassy Charity, Peel Waters, The Moulding Foundation, Capital & Centric)

“This is a life changing and life saving scheme”, according to the judges. They described it as “an amazing example of a social impact scheme that can be replicated nationally.”

This recognition belongs to everyone involved in creating this pioneering community for people experiencing homelessness – a partnership we’re incredibly proud to be part of.

Deal of the Year

‘Entries for this award came from developers, agents, funders or law firms for the best residential property deal completed in the qualifying period. Entries include transactions which represent the best residential investment, land or funding deals.’

Winner: £81.1m Infrastructure Funding Deal at Central Docks, Liverpool Waters

(Peel Waters, Homes England, Liverpool City Council)

This transformational deal marks a pivotal step forward for the Liverpool Waters vision. Judges noted its huge contribution to the future of North Liverpool and the long‑term regeneration of Central Docks. It’s a milestone made possible by exceptional collaboration and belief in what this place can become.

Outstanding Achievement Award

‘This award recognises the person deemed to have had a vital contribution to the North West’s residential property sector in the qualifying period. This could be in areas such as forming or developing partnerships, fostering positive social impact and regeneration, environmental sustainability, or other such significant milestones in the sector.

This is a special award where the editors of Insider also looked beyond the judging panel, speaking to other property experts to determine who has had a truly standout year.’

Winner: James Whittaker

A huge congratulations to James for receiving one of the night’s top accolades. Under his leadership, the Peel Waters portfolio has grown to:

• £800m of investment
• 30,000 homes in the pipeline – Including in the last year alone the completion of the first homes at Trafford Waters, the completion of Millers Quay at Wirral Waters and the completion of Lighthaus Liverpool Waters
• Significant progress in creating vibrant waterside neighbourhoods across the region – Including in the last year alone the start of the Central Docks Liverpool Waters infrastructure works that will support the creation of 2,350 new homes and a stunning new 5-acre central park.
• Securing transformational leisure ventures for the region – Including in the last year alone – the £500million Therme Manchester starting on site in TraffordCity, David Lloyd Leisure coming to Wirral Waters and the TraffordCity Ice Arena securing planning permission.

James’ work driving forward Embassy Village was highlighted as an industry-leading example of purpose-driven development. This award recognises not only the scale of his achievements, but the passion and values behind them.

These three awards are a testament to the vision, collaboration and hard work of so many teams across Peel Waters and our partners.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed – this is a moment we should all feel proud of.

The list of all the winners from the evening can be found here: Best of the North West’s residential property sector celebrated at sold-out awards – full list of winners and finalists revealed | Insider Media