The value of using The Design Review Panel
The aim of The Design Review Panel is to improve design quality in the built environment. Its role is to review development proposals and provide feedback to developers, clients and local authorities. Design review is a very valuable opportunity to get additional expert help with your project. You will be presenting to a panel with at least 50 years combined experience in all aspects of design and built environment. We want to work with you to make your project as good as it possibly can be, for the benefit of you, your clients, the future users of the project and the public at large. The Design Review Panel is not there to pass judgment; we aim to provide a constructive conversation about your project, the result of which is better design. The overwhelming majority of people who present to our Design Review Panel find it to be a positive and immensely useful experience. Speed Tapping into high level expertise at the right time can help unlock potential issues before they occur. This can help save time, overcome unnecessary conflict and build confidence around a proposed project or development. It helps to progress a site through the planning process. An endorsement from The Design Review Panel or evidence that a promoter has responded to the Panel’s suggestions adds weight to decision making. Quality For many local authorities design review has become an integral part of the development control process. The d esign r eview p anel process can ensure design quality, raising the quality of life for local people. Design review can identify ways to make a project function better and be more user-friendly. Consensus The process facilitates collaboration to achieve consensus around design objectives, and offers ways of engaging with interested parties such as highways departments, politicians and communities. The Design Review Panel can also help to build consensus when projects span planning authority boundaries or have multiple statutory consultees. V alue The Design Review Panel offers a fresh perspective, providing solutions to seemingly intractable design issues. The Design Review Panel can help to address the viability question, and in some cases projects can be simplified through efficient design solutions identified by the Panel. Advice from The Design Review Panel can unlock higher sale or rental values.
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