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Design Review Panel members and chairs

The panel will advise on high quality, sustainable design across the City of Westminster

Panel chairs

We are appointing 2 to 3 chairs.

Please indicate in the application form whether you wish to be considered for this role.

The chairs will be well-respected professionals who can act as a figurehead for the panel.

In addition to the above criteria, chairs will be able to demonstrate:

  • excellent management, leadership, diplomatic and communication skills, with the ability to guide panel discussions and ensure positive and constructive feedback
  • a collaborative approach, with the ability to bring together and summarise broad, disparate or conflicting views and reach a consensus on key issues to be addressed
  • previous experience of design review panels and a track-record of working collaboratively across disciplines to achieve excellent design outcomes
  • knowledge of the Westminster and London planning and development context
  • availability to attend at least 6 review meetings per year (all day duration), plus preparation time , ideally as many as possible
  • availability to attend quarterly meetings with council officers, as well as possible one-off meetings and stakeholder events outside of review dates, and you may also be asked to partake in training and engagement events within the city

Published: 9 February 2023

Last updated: 9 February 2023