 An RIBA south west award wining building at Exeter University in Devon; The Forum. This building benefited from design review during the design and pre-planning stage |  Design Review Panel training session carried out in Taunton and the Somerset County Cricket Ground in November 2018. The event was extremely well attended by local authority representatives, house builders and design team members |  Photograph of Exeter Quay taken by Architect and Design Review Panel Manager Jonathan Braddick. The Design Review Panel holds regular design review panel sessions at Exeter City Council |  Design Review Panel training event 2018. Jonathan Tricker, Highways Engineer, Urban Designer & Director at Phil Jones Associates, gave a talk entitled: ‘Highway Design in Placemaking’ |  The design review Panel was engaged by Willmott Dixon during the pre-application design stage of the project to help them prepare a design that would be acceptable to the local authority |
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 Photograph from a 2018 design review panel site visit carried out in Dorset in 2018. A full sit down design review panel was subsequently held in the Poole Borough Council Offices |  External visualization for a NPPF paragraph 55 (now 79) house that was presented to the design review panel. This project has subsequently gone on to achieve planning permission and is now built on site |  Design Review Panel training session carried out in Exeter, Devon in December 2017. The event was extremely well attended by local authority representatives, house builders and design team members |  A small but sensitive project in Exeter Quay; The Rockfish Restaurant has been designed by Grainge Architects who engaged with The Design Review Panel during the design & pre -application planning stage |  Pegasus Life secured planning permission through public inquiry for a Sarah Wigglesworth Architects scheme for a C2 assisted living community at The Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon. The Design Review Panel (www.designreviewpanel.co.uk) were instructed by East Devon District Council (EDDC) to provide multidisciplinary, expert, independent and impartial guidance and feedback to the local authority, applicant and design team during the pre-application design stage. |
 Photograph of Plymouth Hoe, Devon. The Design Review Panel holds regular design review panel sessions at Plymouth City Council |  Design Review Panel training session carried out in Exeter, Devon. The event was extremely well attended and incorporated a mock design review panel session and design workshop. |
Apply to Join The Design Review Panel
Pool of Expert Volunteers
We welcome applications from all sectors of the design community of the built environment. Candidates will be selected on the following criteria:-
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experience in assessing architectural design and urban design;
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reputation for designing high quality buildings and spaces;
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engagement with community stakeholders;
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specialist skills and the expertise they bring to the panel, particularly in the fields of urban design, landscape design, ecology, highways, surveying, engineering and architecture.
Panel members are expected to attend approximately four full-day sessions a year, and are not reimbursed for their time. However expenses are reimbursed at a pre agreed rate to cover travel costs. Tea, coffee and lunch will also be provided.
All Panel members are encouraged to undertake Design Review training and undergo a local induction session. Panel members will also be required to attend an annual full-day training update. Past Design Review Panel CPD presentations can be viewed online in full on the 'Training' page of our website or by clicking here ...
If you wish to apply, please submit the required details (as stated below) to contact@designreviewpanel.co.uk.
To apply to be a part of the Design Review Panel pool, please send us a copy of your CV and include a short commentary in your covering letter to tell us:-
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Why you would like to be a part of the panel pool and your interest in design review.
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Your geographical interest.
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The skills you have to offer to The Design Review Panel.
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Details of previous design review experience.
Contact
The Design Review Panel
3 Southernhay West,
Exeter, Devon
EX1 1JG
contact@designreviewpanel.co.uk
Tel: 01395 265768