The Design Review Panel (DRP) is made up of a group of independent professionals working in the built environment field. It advises us on design issues relating to new development schemes and proposals for public spaces, including major planning applications and pre-application development proposals.
Post COVID-19
Since the Coronavirus Pandemic started in early 2020, the Panel has been meeting virtually using Zoom. This has proved successful and more flexible than meeting in person. Meetings will continue using Zoom for the foreseeable future. We are committed to reviewing the workings of the Panel and the use of Zoom will be reassessed as part of the review process, as there are also clear benefits to meeting in person.
The Panel will continue to review only pre-application proposals where possible. Reviews of pre-application proposals are not held in public. When these proposals are submitted as a full planning application, the notes will become available for public viewing on Planning Explorer. When the Panel reviews proposals that are at the full planning application stage, the review will be recorded and subsequently posted on the council's YouTube channel for later public viewing.
2024 meetings
The Merton Design Review Panel has currently moved away from pre-scheduled review meetings and will now hold reviews as and when suitable schemes are received by us at the pre-application stage. When meetings are scheduled, they will be posted on the webpage and alerts posted on ModernGov as usual. Browse meetings of the Design Review Panel.
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 17 April | Agenda 17 April 2024 | |
| 20 February | Agenda 20 February 2024 |
2023 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3 May | Agenda 3 May 2023 | Notes 3 May 2023 |
| 19 July | Agenda 19 July 2023 | Notes 19 July 2023 |
2022 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 23 June | Agenda 23 June 2022 | Notes 23 June 2022 |
| 30 August | Agenda 30 August 2022 | Notes 30 August 2022 |
| 07 December | Agenda 07 December 2022 | Notes 07 December 2022 |
2021 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 27 January | Cancelled | |
| 23 February | Agenda 23 February 2021 | Notes 23 February 2021 |
| 24 March | Items on this agenda are available on the Council's YouTube channel | Notes 24 March 2021 |
| 8 April | Agenda 08 April 2021 | Notes 8 April 2021 |
| 18 May | Agenda 18 May | Notes 18 May |
| 26 May | Agenda 26 May | Notes 26 May |
| 21 July | Agenda 21 July | Notes 21 July |
| 28 July | Agenda 28 July | Notes 28 July |
| 29 September | Agenda 29 September | Item 2 on this agenda is available on the Council's YouTube Channel |
| 03 November | Agenda 03 November | Notes 03 November |
| 24 November | Agenda 24 November | Notes 24 November |
2020 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 30 January | ||
| 25 March | Agenda 25 March 2020 | Notes 25 March 2020 |
| 3 June | Agenda 03 June 2020 | Notes 03 June 2020 |
| 28 July | Agenda 28 July 2020 | |
| 30 July | Item 1 on this agenda is available on the Council's YouTube channel. | Notes 30 July 2020 |
| 12 August | Agenda 12 August 2020 | Notes 12 August 2020 |
| 1 October | Meeting cancelled. | |
| 25 November | Agenda 25 November 2020 | Notes 25 November 2020 |
2019 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 24 January | Agenda 24 January 2019 | Notes 24 January 2019 |
| 4 April | Agenda 4 April 2019 | Notes 4 April 2019 |
| 23 April | Agenda 23 April 2019 | Notes 23 April 2019 |
| 25 June | Agenda 25 June 2019 | Notes 25 June 2019 |
| 24 July | Agenda 24 July 2019 | Notes 24 July 2019 |
| 25 September | Agenda 25 September 2019 | Notes 25 September 2019 |
| 29 October | Agenda 29 October 2019 | Notes 29 October 2019 |
| 28 November | Agenda 28 November 2019 | Notes 28 November 2019 |
2017-18 meetings
| Date | Agenda | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2017 | Agenda 25 January 2017 | Notes 25 January 2017 |
| 30 March 2017 | Agenda 30 March 2017 | Notes 30 March 2017 |
| 24 May 2017 | Agenda 24 May 2017 | Notes 24 May 2017 |
| 26 July 2017 | Agenda 26 July 2017 | Notes 26 July 2017 |
| 27 September 2017 | Agenda 27 September 2017 | Notes 27 September 2017 |
| 23 November 2017 | Agenda 23 November 2017 | Notes 23 November 2017 |
| 24 January 2018 | Agenda 24 January 2018 | Notes 24 January 2018 |
| 27 March 2018 | Agenda 27 March 2018 | Notes 27 March 2018 |
| 29 May 2018 | Agenda 29 May 2018 | Notes 29 May 2018 |
| 24 July 2018 | Agenda 24 July 2018 | Notes 24 July 2018 |
| 27 September 2018 | Agenda 27 September 2018 | Notes 27 September 2018 |
| 22 November 2018 | Agenda 22 November 2018 | Notes 22 November 2018 |
Previous meetings
If you're not a panel member, you can come and listen to these meetings but you can't speak at them or hear discussions on pre-application schemes. Pre-application proposals are discussed in closed sessions to protect the applicant's confidentiality.
Panel members' pages
These are pages which panel members’ can log into to view proposals prior to a panel meeting. Many of these are pre-application proposals are confidential which is why only panel members can view them.