Design Review Panel

Clean energy & housing delivery are not in conflict — but only if design & planning process is fit to handle both simultaneously. The question is not if we build greener homes. It is do we have the governance systems to do it at pace, at scale, & without compromising quality.

The gov’s aim is 1.5m homes by 2029. But the solar requirement is 40% of GFA & the HBF estimates 60% of homes can’t meet this. That means individual assessment. Adding to a stretched planning system, without a process or resourcing, may create a bottleneck that kills delivery.

The Future Homes Standard is here. From 2028, every new home in England must have solar panels & a heat pump. No gas. No exceptions (almost). This is not a tweak to building regs. It is a shift in what “a new home” means. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thanks to Tim Burton for chairing an in-person #DesignReviewPanel session in #Leicestershire. Thanks to volunteer Panellists for their time. Grateful to Quod, Urban&Civic, @Homesofengland for taking inviting us. Sessions available nationwide: designreviewpanel.co.uk

Pleasure to chair a #DesignReviewPanel session for a major infrastructure project in #Buckinghamshire. Thanks to Panel members & to the design team for inviting The Design Review Panel to provide an independent review designreviewpanel.co.uk #architecture #placemaking

A Para 84(e) home in rural Wiltshire has been approved, with significant weight given to the independent design review process in the officer’s report @JB_DRP The lessons apply far beyond rural sites — from strategic housing to major infrastructure. Read more: designreviewpanel.co.uk/post/independe… #DesignReview #PlanningPermission #Paragraph84e #Designreviewpanel

The Design Review Panel is not winding down yet — we’ve got several busy weeks ahead. Planning a session before Christmas or January, now is the time to lock in your date. 🎄 Christmas closure: 19 Dec → 12 Jan ⏳ Last day for a pre-Christmas session: Book + pay by Wed 3 Dec 📅 January sessions: Book + pay by Thu 18 Dec Book a session: 🌐 designreviewpanel.co.uk 📩 contact@designreviewpanel.co.uk 📞 01395 265768 #designreview #designreviewpanel #architecture #planning #builtenvironment #NPPF #placemaking #urbanism

3/3 We run UK-wide in-person or online sessions (with or without site visits). Book: designreviewpanel.co.uk | contact@designreviewpanel.co.uk | 01395 265768

1/3 Many thanks to Andrew Robbins for chairing an in-person #designreviewpanel session on an exciting commercial project near #Winchester, #Hampshire for The Design Review Panel.

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DRP approval .. check! Always lovely to recieve the feedback by the DRP Panel where they consider you've met the bar of a Para 84 submission! Take a look at Spring Farm... hawkesarchitecture.co.uk/info/x-spring-…

Fantastic to see The Box, #Plymouth making headlines for its £244m boost to the local economy. The Design Review Panel (designreviewpanel.co.uk) was pleased to review this pre-planning — a great example of how, independent design review supports lasting quality. #Plymouth #DesignReview #TheBox #designreviewpanel #plymouthdesignreviewpanel

Two new towns planned for Devon bbc.com/news/articles/…