PANELS
PANELS
EPPING FOREST DISTRICT QUALITY REVIEW PANEL
Gunpowder Mill, Waltham Abbey © Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects
Epping Forest District Council has ambitions to create a place where residents enjoy a good quality of life, with homes of different sizes, types and tenures that meet the needs of all members of the community. There is a strong commitment to pursuing development in sustainable locations, where the particular character of individual towns and villages, and the district’s natural and historic assets, are enhanced rather than diminished.
The Quality Review Panel was established in 2018 and brings together leading practitioners with the relevant expertise and experience to support delivery of strategic sites and other significant projects within the district.
The Epping Forest District Quality Review Panel is chaired by Peter Maxwell, Former Director of Design at the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Epping Forest House © Studio McLeod
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 Epping Forest District Quality Review Panel meetings during 2025:
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17 January
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28 February
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14 March
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25 April
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23 May
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20 June
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18 July
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1 August
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26 September
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17 October
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28 November
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12 December
Waltham Abbey © diamond geezer, Flickr
Meeting fees
The charges for Epping Forest District 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, Haringey, Newham and Waltham Forest, and the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.
Current charges for Epping Forest District Quality Review Panel meetings are:
• Full review £5,800 + VAT
• Workshop review £3,500 + VAT
• Chair’s review £2,900 + 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
Panel site visit at Waltham Abbey © Cristina Preciado
