Winchester City Council declared a climate emergency in June 2019 and is aiming for the wider district to be carbon neutral by 2030. The Winnall social housing scheme is an example of the council’s commitment to becoming a carbon neutral local authority by 2024.

Any project to upgrade, repair or modify buildings in educational settings is a chance to make a difference to young people; this is the value we bring to all our work in education. From minor repairs to brand new buildings and everything in between, our work is our opportunity to create welcoming and inspiring places in which to learn.

We’re speeding ahead with plans to decarbonise its commercial van fleet with a major investment to replace 45 small diesel, supervisor vans with new electric cars.

Our Developments business, a leading sustainable land promoter and developer, has secured planning consent on land in Windsor and sold the scheme to Crest Nicholson.

Braywick Park is a new, state of the art leisure centre constructed as a replacement for the Magnet Leisure Centre.

We were awarded a £5m contract to fit out 57,000 sq ft of office space as part of two office relocations in Hastings, Sussex.

Working closely with Arun District and Walberton Parish Councils Wates Developments created an attractive development of 175 new homes which was unanimously consented by the Arun Planning Committee at a local level only 12 months following entering into a Land Promotion Agreement with a local landowner.

Transforming a former Vauxhall sports ground into a co-educational secondary school.

New 200 home seafront home development on preserved historic military complex.

Completed on time in early spring 2022, Bohunt School serves 1,620 pupils in Horsham. 

A major fit-out project completed for the Ministry of Justice.

In 2022, we completed the retrofit of 140 homes for Stevenage Borough Council, a collaborative project where innovation was embraced, lessons were learned and best practice was adopted.

In Spring 2022, we completed one of the first Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator (SHDFD) projects for Northampton Borough Council, adopting a truly collaborative approach to social housing retrofit.

Ground breaking marks the start of construction of 334 homes at one of London’s largest regeneration schemes in Barking.

Wates and Aldershot Town Football Club have announced that they have exchanged an Agreement to deliver new homes on land around the EBB Stadium, which will facilitate the regeneration of the football stadium in the town centre.

A “topping-out” ceremony was held at the former Solar, Serena and Sunrise site in Hornchurch.

Wates has reached completion of a significant retail fit-out at M&S Bluewater, a project that saw the team take a pioneering approach to ensure full store operations were maintained for customers.

A learning space at a new community hub, created from a disused chapel in Chichester has been named in honour of the Wates family following a £6,000 donation from Wates Living Space.