Birmingham and the West Midlands Design Review Panel
Do you need an impartial Design Review Panel for a project in Birmingham or the West Midlands or the wider Midlands area, then the best place to start is Design Midlands. We believe in the importance of creating sustainable places where people want to live, work and socialise so our work on Design Reviews for housebuilders, developers and individuals in the Midlands is a great place to start. We also provide design support for local authorities throughout the East Midlands and the West Midlands and manage the design review process for Newcastle under Lyme and North Derbyshire.
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Design Midlands’ multi-disciplinary experts conduct Design Reviews by providing an appropriate panel of specialists with extensive experience in working on design reviews in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Our Birmingham Design Review Panel members live and work in the region, so have intimate knowledge of the town and the county being discussed and will bring that unique expertise to the design review. So when you refer to Digbeth or the Jewellery Quarter, New Street or Victoria Square, the Bull Ring or Hockley, Erdington or Edgbaston, we know what you’re talking about.
Design Midlands design review panels support a wide variety of design reviews including those for major schemes in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Complex, large schemes such as a town extension, a major regeneration project or even a garden village, through to individual one-off properties in Birmingham can all be supported by our design review panel.
Our Birmingham and the West Midlands Design Review Panel also supports medium-sized development schemes such as town and city centre regeneration, public buildings and housing developments for 20+ dwellings. If you are an architect or developer working in the Birmingham area then Design Midlands provides a fitting resource. Local authorities in the Birmingham area and wider Midlands region have regard for the outcome of the design review process, particularly when it is utilised from an early stage of the evolution of schemes. The Design Review Panel for Birmingham brings together experts who bring a breadth of experience not always available to the project team or local planning authority.
Design Review undertaken by the Design Midlands Design Review Panel in Birmingham and the West Midlands can help to improve the design of a scheme to make it function better and be more user-friendly. It can assist in solving problems by providing a fresh perspective on a the West Midlands development scheme and provide the opportunity for consultees to engage in a wider design led discussion such as with Historic England, County Highways and neighbouring LPA.
The Design Midlands design review process means that the most appropriate team members are brought together to form a bespoke panel for your Birmingham-based development project. The work we do with developers, architects and local authorities help to progress a scheme through the planning process. For the West Midlands housing development projects, support from the Design Midlands Design Review Panel and demonstrating that a scheme has responded to the comments raised adds weight to a planning application.
Design Midlands is often approached by architects or individuals who are seeking planning permission for individual dwellings, including isolated homes in the open countryside, para 80 NPPF, infill and developments of up to 20 dwellings in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Find out more about our design review panels in the West and East Midlands including the West Midlands by clicking here
Our Midlands based design review experts can undertake an on-site appraisal or address a specific issue which might be a barrier to development and offer advice.
From Solihull to Shirley, Sutton Coldfield to Selly Oak, Lickey Hills to the NEC, we undertake design reviews throughout the West Midlands providing constructive advice at the pre-planning stages. Take a look at the map on our About page to see where in the Midlands we work and to see the cost of a Birmingham or the West Midlands Design Review. We extend throughout the West and East Midlands, so we are well placed to advise where there is a cross boundary development.
Our Birmingham Design Review Panel can be structured for specific areas such as Building for a Healthy Life, Design Code and Strategic Sites or Shaping Streets. Design Midlands manages the Local Design Review Panels in Newcastle Under Lyme, and North East Derbyshire, working with the Local Planning Authorities and developer communities to ensure high quality, sustainable design that embraces the characteristics of these places. Our dedicated Local Design Review Panel will bring expertise and support to ensuring the best outcomes for these areas. If you are a Local Authority in the Midlands and wish to discuss our Service Level Agreement options to provide a Local Design Review service, please contact us.