Reviewed by The Design Review Panel in Exeter, Devon & now constructed on site, 600 student accommodation units, with ground level retail, restaurant uses, designed by MAKE & AHR. The development will achieve BREEAM Excellent and will be a positive addition to the Exeter skyline.

This £105 million development in Taunton, (by LHC & Stephen George & Partners LLP) is to deliver a mixed-use scheme with a waterfront setting. To include offices, retail, cinema leisure, restaurants, hotel & new homes, together with associated landscaping, public realm, infrastructure & parking. Initially the Panel was not supportive of the proposals & the scheme was refused by the local authority. Following further input from the Panel the scheme was granted planning permission.

A C2 assisted living community in Devon for Pegasus Life. The Design Review Panel were instructed by East Devon District Council to (EDDC) to provide guidance & feedback during the pre-application design stage. The Design Review Panel reviewed the scheme several times & ultimately supported the high-quality design. EDDC refused the scheme & the proposals were approved at appeal. The Planning Inspector stated the applicant’s engagement with The Design Review Panel as a reason for approval

RIBA award wining development reviewed by The Design Review Panel & now completed on site, the new headquarters for the United Kingdom.Hydrographic Office (UKHO), was designed by AHR. The existing site contained fourteen different buildings, serving a mixture of industrial & office functions. The scheme involves the construction of new office accommodation of around 11,000 m2 & achieves a BREEAM Excellent rating.

A proposal to create a single storey, pavilion restaurant in the historic Exeter Quay by Grainge Architects. First reviewed by The Design Review Panel in 2017. The scheme has obtained planning approval and is currently being constructed on site (due for completion during early 2019)

Leisure Complex by Corstorphine + Wright architects; comprising an 11 screen cinema, 13 restaurant units and a sky bar - 15/00159/FUL Rob Heard, Planning Officer, Plymouth City Council: “The Design Panel Review provided articulate comments that both the Planning Officer and the applicants found useful during the period leading up to the submission of a formal planning application."

An Exceptional and Innovative New Country House (NPPF Para 55) East Devon District Council 14/0088/FUL. The planning consultant for the project, James Ellis, Associate Planner at Rural Solutions Ltd, (www.ruralsolutions.co.uk) has said:- "We would be pleased to recommend the [Devon & Somerset] Design Review Panel to other projects team considering third party review.”

Block of 40 New Apartments Taunton Deane Borough Council 38/13/0420 Architect, Jonathan Scanlan, Director of Reed + Holland Associates:- "It is our honest opinion that the feedback of the Design Review Panel played a significant role in persuading the members of the Committee that the scheme that might otherwise have challenged the views of some of the Committee members ... This experience has demonstrated to us the worth of the Design Review Panel and the contribution that it can make"

Construction & Refurbishment of Exeter’s new Steiner Academy Exeter City Council—13/5108/03 Laura Davies, RIBA, Design Manager at Willmott Dixon Construction Limited:- "...We found the Panel to be most professional and very forthcoming on ideas to better the scheme that didn’t impact on the project’s budget, ... We would certainly recommend the Panel’s input on design and we look forward to working with the Panel again on future projects in the region.”

Paragraph 55 / 80 house designed by McLean Quinlan architects. The proposed house was granted planning approval in 2016 under the “Paragraph 55” exception (now paragraph 80e) having been presented to The Design Review Panel (aka The Devon and Somerset Design Review Panel). https://www.designreviewpanel.co.uk/post/2019/05/29/nppf-paragraph-79-previously-55-house-in-open-countryside-the-design-review-panel-visits

A New Residential Development of 257 Houses Mid Devon District Council 14/01047/MARM Simon Trafford, Area Planning Officer, Mid Devon District Council said: "Without input from the Panel the LPA’s job in terms of persuading and guiding the applicants team to a more acceptable scheme would have been made even harder.”

Petroc College Replacement Teaching Blocks North Devon District Council - 57308 Peregrine Mears, Director at Peregrine Mears Architects Ltd said: " ... Panel members were very enthusiastic about our approach and the way we had developed the proposals... The scheme has definitely improved as a result and the planning application process has been easier. All in all we found the experience to be enjoyable and of real benefit so we would certainly recommend it.”