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Place Review Group

To help fulfil our aspirations to deliver development at a scale that is significant for both the London and the UK economy, we established a Place Review Group in 2015. This group has provided ‘critical friend’ advice to the OPDC as the planning policy framework and implementation plan for Old Oak and Park Royal have been taken forward.

The Place Review Group brings together leading professionals, working at the highest level in their fields and is made up of 24 panel members, including the Chair.

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Membership and reports

The Place Review Group brings together leading practitioners across those disciplines particularly relevant to development and delivery of a new district, including:

  • engineering and transport infrastructure
  • residential architecture
  • landscape architecture and public realm design
  • sustainability
  • town planning
  • urban design and masterplanning.

For each review, members will be selected from the membership, according to the requirements of the project being reviewed. Additional information about the Group’s membership, composition, remit and types of reviews that members will consider can be found in the OPDC Place Review Group Terms of Reference.

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Meetings

One Place Review Group meeting is provisionally scheduled for each month. These meetings may be used for formal reviews, intermediate reviews or Chair’s reviews, as appropriate. Exceptionally, additional meetings may be required to respond to specific requirements for advice at key points in the masterplan, policy development, planning application and delivery programme.

Management of the group

Independent and impartial, the Place Review Group is run by an established company that manages design review groups in London, Frame Projects.

The processes for managing the Place Review Group such as appointing members and the administration of meetings are agreed in partnership with OPDC.

Place Review Group members follow the same code of conduct that OPDC planning officers follow. For example, they must keep all information confidential, except for reports that are in the public domain.

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