PANELS
PANELS
BRENT QUALITY REVIEW PANEL
Aerial view across Wembley Stadium © Brent Council
As one of the most diverse and culturally rich boroughs in London, Brent is a dynamic and engaging place, with much to be proud of and celebrate. The Council has adopted a design-led approach to address the increasing challenges posed by climate change, the housing crisis and need for strategic infrastructure.
The Council’s aim is to create a more equal and affordable borough, delivering sustainable places that people are proud to live in and maximising access to good quality housing, employment, education and culture. The Quality Review Panel was set up in 2022 to support these aims.
Brent has recently updated its design guidance and has signed up to the London Design Review Charter, which supports the Council’s commitment to good design and ensures that new developments create places of high quality and lasting value.
The Brent Quality Review Panel is co-chaired by Tom Greenall, Director at DSDHA, and Kaye Stout, Partner at Pollard Thomas Edwards.
Harlesden High Street © Brent Council
Meeting dates
One Quality Review Panel meeting date is provisionally arranged for each month.
Exceptionally, additional meetings may be required to accommodate the number of schemes requiring a review and/or to meet key dates for specific schemes.
The following dates are currently set for Brent Quality Review Panel meetings during 2025:
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27 January
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24 February
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31 March
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28 April
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19 May
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23 June
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28 July
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18 August
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22 September
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27 October
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24 November
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15 December
Masefield, Wordsworth and Dickens House site visit © Frame Projects
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Meeting fees
The charges for Brent Quality Review Panel meetings are benchmarked against comparable panels providing design review services in London, such as design review panels in the London Boroughs of Camden, Newham and Waltham Forest, and the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.
Current charges for Brent Quality Review Panel meetings are:
• Full review £6,350 + VAT
• Workshop review £4,550 + VAT
• Chair’s review £3,450 + VAT
The cost of venue hire, if required, would be in addition to the charges above.
Where a scheduled review is subsequently cancelled or postponed by the applicant, an administrative charge will be applied:
• 50% of full cost: less than two weeks before
scheduled review
• £800 + VAT: between two and four weeks
before scheduled review
Brent Civic Centre © Matt Chung
