Confidentiality All information submitted to The Design Review Panel w ill be treated as strictly private and confidential ; only being shared with Panel members to be used for its intended purpose. We do not publish copies of feedback docume n ts and written feedback is only provided to the Panels customer. If The Design Review Panel's feedback is submitted to the local authority as part of a planning application the local authority may choose to make the feedback document public with the other planning documents. Even if they do not do this they may be subject to a Freedom of Information request. If you have a particularly sensitive project and there is a need for additional measures to ensure confidentiality, please discuss those with our Panel Manager. Conflicts and declarations of interest The Design Review Panel has a conflict s of interest policy which includes a protocol for design review panel members. Panel members are excluded from reviewing projects where they may be exposed to conflicts of interest. Sometimes there are indirect connections between P anel members and parties to the project which are not sufficiently strong to constitute a conflict of interest. Declarations of interest are made where no conflict of interest arises but clarity and openness in the process requires this information to be declared for the avoidance of any doubt or misconceptions. If you believe there is a conflict of interest which we have not been made aware of please ask to speak in private to The Design Review Panel Manager at the earliest opportunity .
22
Made with FlippingBook HTML5