South East Design Review Panel

11/06/2026

A big thank you to the Panel and architects behind a recent design review near
The Design Review Panel recently met in , near Newbury, for an in-person review and site visit looking at proposals for a new home in the countryside.
Sessions like this rely on the generosity and expertise of the people around the table, and the Panel is grateful to everyone who took part.
A special thank you to our Chair, Andy Robbins, for steering the discussion so thoughtfully, and to our panellists David Drummond, Philip Hanson, Bill Soper and Ian Firth for sharing their experience across architecture, landscape, planning and surveying.
Thank you, too, to the architects, Della Valle Architects, for presenting their proposals so openly and engaging fully with the review. A well-prepared team makes for a far richer and more constructive conversation.
Good design review, early in a project, can make a real difference, helping a scheme lift its design quality and respond confidently to its setting.
If you are working on a project and would value an independent and constructive design review, the Panel would be glad to help. Find out more and book a session at www.designreviewpanel.co.uk or email [email protected]

10/06/2026

29/04/2026

Many thanks to Andrew Robbins for chairing an engaging in-person session for The Design Review Panel session earlier this week for a major scheme in .

The Panel is also grateful to volunteer Panel members Louise Baugh, Bill Soper, Lalit Chauhan and Graham Devine for contributing their time, expertise and professional insight to the review.

Thank you to Penelope Share-Jones at Rok Planning, Riverdale Developments, Cooper Baillie Architects and Green Landscape Studios for inviting The Design Review Panel to provide an independent and impartial design review.

The Design Review Panel offers both in-person and online design review sessions for projects across the UK, with or without site visits. Sessions can be arranged to support projects at different stages of the planning and design process.

To book a Design Review Panel session, please visit:

www.designreviewpanel.co.uk
[email protected]
01395 265768

10/03/2026

A big thank you to Tim Burton for chairing an in-person session in last week.

Many thanks also to our wonderful volunteer Panel members Charlotte Lewis (Richborough) Mark Cooper, Tim Brandt and Graham Devine (LHC Design) for generously contributing their time and expertise.

We’re grateful to Georgina Thomson at Quod together with the wider design team at Fletcher Priest Architects , Planit, Urban&Civic and Homes England, for inviting The Design Review Panel to provide an independent and impartial review at this formative stage.

Thank you also to Mark Patterson (Harborough District Council) and Jamie Carr (Oadby & Wigston Borough Council) for taking part in the session.

In-person and online design review sessions — with or without site visits — are available for projects anywhere across the UK.

To find out more or book a session:
www.designreviewpanel.co.uk

06/03/2026

It was a pleasure to chair an in-person Design Review Panel session earlier this week for a major infrastructure project on a fascinating site in .

The site visit alone may have been one of the longest walks I have ever undertaken for a design review session — I certainly achieved my 10,000 steps for the day.

Many thanks to our expert volunteer Panel members — Bill Soper, Paul Crisp, Peter Owens, Adam Robbins and Stephen Whettem — for generously contributing their time and expertise.

We are grateful to the design team for inviting The Design Review Panel (www.design review panel.co.uk) to provide an independent and impartial review at this formative stage. It was a pleasure to meet the teams from Montagu Evans, Scarp, RBA, Bioscan and Barton Hyett.

Design review sessions — in-person or online, with or without site visits — are available for projects across the UK.

www.designreviewpanel.co.uk
[email protected]

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13/02/2026

Many thanks to Andrew Robbins for chairing a dynamic in-person session last week for a commercial project in .

Thank you also to our volunteer Panel members – Damian Tungatt, John Armstrong, Daniel Smith and Graham Devine – for their valuable input and expertise.

We are grateful to Charlotte Lewis at Richborough, alongside Pegasus, Mood and Delta Planning, for inviting The Design Review Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions and online design review panel meetings (with or without site visits) are available for projects across the UK.

Book via our website www.designreviewpanel.co.uk
Email [email protected]
Call 01395 265768

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