The Design Review Panel

The Design Review Panel The Design Review Panel provides applicants and local authorities with independent, impartial, multi-

The Panel provides impartial expert advice to applicants and local authorities on design issues in relation to important new development schemes and proposals for important public spaces, including both significant minor applications, major planning applications and pre-application development proposals. As stated within the NPPF, the Design Review Panel's feedback is a material consideration for

local authorities and the planning inspectorate. The Design Review Panel provides its services directly to applicants as well as to local authorities. The Design Review Panel (DRP) is proven to raise design standards and help to speed up and de-risk the planning process. The Design Review Panel reviews development projects from all localities across England from. We provide independent, multi-disciplinary, expert advice - a candid friend, supporting whenever we can, seeking explanations, discussing options, identifying opportunities.

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Wells, for The Des...
01/09/2026

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Wells, for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Bill Soper, Toko Andrews, Charlotte Riggs and Arun Baybars for taking part.

Thank you to Hawkes Architecture, Studio 31 and Rob Hughes (Hughes Planning) for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme in Plymouth, Devon for The Design Review Pan...
26/08/2026

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme in Plymouth, Devon for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Mark Daley, Kim Gray, Stephen Whettem and Kate O'neill for taking part.

Thank you to Squirrel Design Solutions Limited, Louise Baugh and Swan Paul, and Roach Planning for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

Thank you to Tim Burton for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Tonbridge, Kent for The ...
24/08/2026

Thank you to Tim Burton for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Tonbridge, Kent for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Mohammed Bakkali, Arun Baybars, Charlotte Riggs and Bill Soper for taking part.

Thank you to Hawkes Architecture, Edward Flaxman and AXIOM Planning for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyn...
22/08/2026

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a scheme in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Michael Plageman, Kim Gray, Stephen Whettem and David Simister for taking part.

Thank you to 33 Architecture, Colour and Ethical Planning for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a major scheme near Easingwold, Nort...
19/08/2026

Thank you to Andy Robbins for chairing an in-person design review panel session for a major scheme near Easingwold, North Yorkshire for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Simon Noblet, Graham Woodward, David Simister and Lalit Chauhan for taking part.

Thank you to Niemen Blume, Colour Urban Design and Saddington Taylor for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

New NPPF 2026 is here — and Chapter 14 rewrites design quality policy. Discover what DP1–DP4 mean for design review, whe...
18/08/2026

New NPPF 2026 is here — and Chapter 14 rewrites design quality policy. Discover what DP1–DP4 mean for design review, where independent review fits, and the moved Paragraph 84(e). A detailed 15-minute read for planners, designers and reviewers. Read more: https://wix.to/gZuw8uS

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme in Ware, Hertfordshire for The Design Review...
14/08/2026

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme in Ware, Hertfordshire for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer panel members Peregrine Mears, Louise Baugh, Alex O'Connor and Sarah Broadstock for taking part.

Thank you to Tye Architects and Richard Hodgetts for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria for The Desi...
12/08/2026

I was delighted to chair an online design review panel session for a scheme near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to volunteer panel members Peter Sutton, David Drummond, Toby Goodger and John Leetch for taking part.

Thank you to Tye Architects and Richard Hodgetts for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

Hopper House: how early design review transformed a bold Paragraph 84(e) concept into three elegant linear buildings — a...
06/08/2026

Hopper House: how early design review transformed a bold Paragraph 84(e) concept into three elegant linear buildings — and secured delegated approval at Five Oak Green, Kent. Read the full case study and see the design evolution from a 'fabric tent on hop poles' to a deliverable scheme. Read more: https://wix.to/A4FaYsm

It was wonderful to chair an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Market Harborough, Leicestershire ...
06/08/2026

It was wonderful to chair an in-person design review panel session for a scheme near Market Harborough, Leicestershire for The Design Review Panel.

Thank you to our volunteer Panel members David Simister, Ollie Currie, Tom Jonson and Emily Pallot for taking part.

Thank you to Johanna Sopher-Torres at Tye Architects, Kathryn Dunk at Influence, and Brian Mullin at Marrons for inviting the Panel to provide an independent and impartial review.

In-person sessions, as well as online video-conferencing design review panel sessions (with or without site visits), are available for projects anywhere across the UK and can be booked via our website www.designreviewpanel.co.uk, by email [email protected], or by calling 01395 265768.

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