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By asking The Design Review Panel to develop a Local Panel
Some local authorities like the idea of having their own local design review panel. This can help to create a sense that there is a feeling of local ownership of the panel and its opinions, by officers and members. However, many authorities lack the capacity to set up and manage a design review panel themselves. Most importantly an internally managed local panel may not be perceived as independent or impartial. An internally managed local panel may not be able to provide the same breadth of multidisciplinary expertise as The Design Review Panel. If required, The Design Review Panel can manage a local panel on behalf of a local authority. This can provide all the advantages of having a local panel, while ensuring it is professionally managed, is clearly independent and is not a drain on council resources. The Design Review Panel will work with the local authority to recruit panel members, either from our main panel or beyond. We will also ensure there is a full briefing of the newly recruited panel members. This arrangement generally means that The Design Review Panel deals with all the logistics and invoicing for the design review sessions ensuring their is no logistical burden on the local authority.
Through a partnership with The Design Review Panel The strongest and most effective way of committing to design review is through a partnership with The Design Review Panel . This combines all the benefits of a local panel with added value services agreed as part of the package. If we can confidently predict a certain level of design review income , we can provide an agreed range of complementary activities which might include design surgeries for smaller schemes, presentations to stakeholder groups and CPD training . Through this sort of arrangement we become a strong partner for the C ouncil . Under this arrangement the local authority may choose to invoice applicants for design review as part of an overall pre-application fee package , The Design Review Panel will then invoice the local authority. Other than invoicing, The Design Review Panel will manage all the logistics of design review. 4
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