Other services from The Design Review Panel The design review panel process is only one tool that local authorities can use to ensure design quality and smooth the planning process. We are also able to provide a multidisciplinary and independent review of policy documents. Local authorities can turn to The Design Review Panel as a neutral facilitator of discussions with key stakeholders or the wider community. The Design Review Panel can provide design workshops or Place Reviews where a more hands-on approach is needed. These can be valuable for establishing aspirations, principles and parameters for a place or site. We arrange and facilitate workshops, discussion events and conferences around design and place-making issues involving local stakeholders or the wider community. We provide design training for members and officers in the basics of urban design or more specific subjects to meet local needs. For larger complex sites, which are being considered at an early stage, we can provide design workshops in partnership with the landowners and the local authority. These still make use of our expert Panel but in a more ‘hands- on’ role. Such workshops are useful to develop design principles and objectives for the site, establish a broad framework for the lay-out and strategies for dealing with key opportunities and constraints. A design review might follow a workshop once early designs have emerged.
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