PANELS
PANELS
CAMDEN DESIGN REVIEW PANEL
View from Camden Council's offices at 5 Pancras Square © Luke Hayes
Camden Council is determined that the large amount of development planned in the borough over the coming years will strengthen Camden’s unique and special sense of place.
From its own architects’ schemes of the 1960s and 1970s to huge regeneration projects such as King’s Cross Central, the council has consistently sought excellence in architecture and design – essential not only for housing, open spaces and infrastructure, but also for health and wellbeing, inclusivity and sustainability.
Camden is proud of its rich architectural heritage – and a sympathetic response to its historic environment has to be at the heart of all new development.
It is early and rigorous dialogue about design between all involved that leads to high quality development. The Camden Design Review Panel has since 2016 played a part in that by advising applicants during the pre-application stage and also by commenting on planning applications.
The Camden Design Review Panel is co-chaired by Chloë Phelps, Director at Grounded and BTPW, and Daniel Rea, Founding Director at Periscope.
Highgate Newtown Community Centre, RCKa Architects © Jim Stephenson
Meeting dates
One Design 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 Camden Design Review Panel meetings during 2025:
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10 January
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14 February
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14 March
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11 April
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9 May
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13 June
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11 July
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8 August
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12 September
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10 October
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14 November
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12 December
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Hawley Wharf, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris © Tim Soar
Meeting fees
The charges for Camden Design Review Panel meetings are benchmarked against comparable panels providing design review services in London, such as design review panels in the London Boroughs of Haringey, Newham and Waltham Forest, and the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.
Current charges for Camden Design Review Panel meetings are:
• Full review £5,290 + VAT
• Chair’s review £2,990 + 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
Cartwright Gardens, Maccreanor Lavington and tp bennett © Tim Crocker
