South West Design Review Panel

10/06/2026

29/04/2026

15/04/2026

As government moves to place design review more firmly within mainstream planning practice, we have published a free, open-source Code of Conduct — a model-neutral governance framework for independent design review in England.Design review has been part of the English planning landscape for years,...

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
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28/01/2026