BHCC GB Design Panel Review Service

The Council's City Planning service is committed to promoting high quality design and helping to create better places and environments throughout the city. The Brighton & Hove Design Review Panel (DRP) Service will be carried out by a suitably skilled and qualified Supplier in the delivery of Panel Reviews.

Panel Review is a tried and tested method of promoting good design and improving quality of built environment projects. It is an essential part of the planning process offering independent, impartial, multi-disciplinary advice on the design of proposals for new buildings and the spaces between them.

The Supplier will be responsible for recruiting and convening the DRP to review and provide advice on planning applications. Panel Review will be offered to Applicants preferably prior to the submission of planning applications. It will scrutinise applications considering national and local planning policy. Following the Panel convening, the Supplier will produce a Review Report with the aim of helping Applicants improve their chance of submitting a successful planning application.