Giordano, Valentina;
(2018)
London: reviewing design review.
Urban Design Group Journal
, Autumn
(148)
pp. 18-20.
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Abstract
Design review in London has a long history as a government-run and funded activity focused on the peer review of major projects. Today’s design review practice follows many of the practices first established by the Royal Fine Arts Commission created in 1924, suitably adapted by its successor, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) after 1999. CABE developed a robust and active programme of design review, with a strong focus on London where approaching half of its design review work was focussed. Their publication, Design Review, Principles and Practice (2009) became the guidebook for design review nationally, prescribing it to be: independent, expert, multidisciplinary, accountable, transparent, proportionate, timely, advisory, objective and accessible. With the removal of public funding for CABE in 2011, for the first time in 90 years there was no direct government sponsorship for, or provision of, design review services. However, in lieu of financial support, the government strongly endorsed the use of design review in the 2012 National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in the hope that this would kick start a new market for design review services across England. Judged solely by the amount of design review taking place, this has been a success, most notably in London where there are now around 30 formal panels operating across the city, at different scales, run by different providers – public, private and not-for-profit. Most are directly funded by a charge levied for the service by local planning authorities, reflecting the fact that the system is now largely paid for by private developers. At the same time very significant gaps remain in the coverage of design review across the capital, with some London boroughs conducting monthly or even twice monthly panels, and others none at all.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | London: reviewing design review |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.udg.org.uk/publications/journal/urban-... |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10216508 |
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