Harrow Design Review Panel January 2017 Harrow Council is looking to appoint a Chair(s) and Members to form a new, agile, bespoke and place-specific Design Review Panel. The Panel will support an ambitious £1.75 billion capital investment programme to revitalise town centres, boost businesses and support our communities, all under the Building a Better Harrow banner. The Heart of Harrow is one of the first Housing Zones, with £31M Mayor of London investment. The regeneration programme will deliver 5,500 new homes, 3000 jobs, two new schools, new libraries, social care facilities, workspace, a new civic centre and potentially a new leisure centre – all within the next decade and in many cases on Council land via direct delivery. The Council is aiming to build more than 1800 new homes and 600 ‘Build to Rent’ homes on Harrow land. Alongside this, the Council is launching the Better Design programme to improve design quality across the Borough. The new Harrow Design Review Panel will be at the heart of this strategy. The Panel will maintain design quality in Harrow, providing expert impartial design advice and guidance to Planning Officers and Members of the Harrow Planning Committee on significant development proposals. In addition the Panel will contribute to a programme of design training for Council Officers and the Planning Committee. ‘We are conscious that Harrow is not best known for new architecture. Densification in the heart of Metroland is a key challenge and many recent developments are underwhelming. As a Council we are passionate about design quality and not afraid of change. We are building again ourselves, for the first time in three generations, with sites ranging from 9 to 800 units, and have assembled a great in-house team to bolster our design capacity. Some of London’s best design talent are progressing work on our sites including Stephen Taylor, Sergison Bates, Gort Scott, We Made That, and Adam Khan. Now we need your independent minds, eagle eyes and attention to detail to help us become the borough known as Outer London’s best place to live, work and play.’ Tobias Goevert, Head Regeneration and Design For further information on Harrow Regeneration Strategy see: www.buildingabetterharrow.co.uk www.3foxinternational.com/ecampaigns/134/BIG www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/documents/s117992/Harrow%20Regeneration%20Strategy.pdf PANEL MEETINGS The design review panel will meet bimonthly and look at schemes both pre and post application. All significant development in Harrow will be eligible for design review, including: Large residential schemes, schools and public buildings, infrastructure and public realm projects. The aim is to form consistent panels for key individual schemes.

PANEL STRUCTURE & REQUIREMENTS A Chair(s) will be appointed to lead the DRP. There will also be a pool of 20-25 expert Panel Members. Chairs and Members should be working within the following areas:

Architecture

Urban design/town planning

Landscape architecture (including public realm and drainage)

Conservation and heritage

Civil/structural engineering

Sustainability

Development Prospective Panel members and Chairs should be able to demonstrate excellent relevant experience and professional qualifications. This may take the form of:

Membership of relevant professional body

Holding a senior position in practice/relevant organisation

Professional accolades and awards

Experience of architectural criticism e.g. previous design review experience, academia, publications

In addition Chair candidates must have previously been members of another recognised design review panel e.g. Local Authority run.

RESPONSIBILITIES Chair responsibilities:

Chair up to six design review meetings a year

Ensure all panellists get fair opportunity to contribute to the review process during meetings

Comment on and sign-off post-review letter detailing DRP’s comments

Attend a maximum of 12 Planning Committee meetings per year

Attend a maximum of 12 Planning Committee briefing sessions per year

Attend a maximum of 4 Major Developments Panel/Planning Committee Pre-Brief meetings per year

Attend a maximum of 6 Chair Workshop meetings Panel Members responsibilities:

Attend up to six design review meetings per year

Comment on post-review letter detailing DRP’s comments PANEL GOVERNANCE The Panel will be conducted in line with the Design Council Cabe’s 10 Principles of Design Review (see appendix). The core management group for design review will be: Sunil Sahadevan, Head of Development Management and Building Control Tobias Goevert, Head of Regeneration and Design Fran Balaam, Principle Urban Design Officer

FEES

Chair: Maximum £500 p/d Panel member: Maximum £300 p/d Excluding VAT but including reasonable travel expenses. APPLY Please send a CV and covering letter detailing the contribution you think you would make to

the Design Review Panel to fran.balaam@london.gov.uk. You should indicate whether you

would like to be considered as a Chair or Panel Member.

Deadline for applications: 20th February 2017 Interviews will be held for all shortlisted candidates. Questions will focus on relevant experience and contribution to the Panel. Finn Williams (North West Area Manager, GLA Regeneration Team) will assist Harrow Officers with the selection process. Interviews for Chair candidates held week commencing 6th March 2017 Interviews for Panel Members held week commencing 13th March 2017

CONTRACT

Successful candidates will be invited to enter into a Short Term Consultancy Contract with

LB Harrow. Appointments will be for a two year term.

Chair(s) and Panel Members will be expected to comply with the code of ethics of their

relevant professional body.

In the opportunity of a generation, Harrow Council is leading a regeneration programme that will change the landscapes of both Harrow and Wealdstone town centres and will improve lives, provide homes and jobs, enhance conditions for business and energise Harrow as a place.

Over the next decade we will deliver thousands of new homes; new shops, offices, culture and leisure facilities, and public buildings such as schools and health centres, and; improve our public realm, green spaces, and transport network.

Harrow

www.buildingabetterharrow.co.uk

Harrow Council led projects

Private Sector led projects

Byron Quarter

The vision for Byron Quarter is to create a true community, which has modern leisure facilities, a beautiful park and sporting activities at its heart. The project will provide a mix of housing types and tenures, including Council-owned build to rent, social and affordable, and market sale. New and improved public space for community events, as well as indoor and outdoor recreation and sport, will help to create a vibrant neighbourhood and leisure destination for Harrow residents.

Waxwell Lane

Waxwell Lane car park is part of Harrow’s build-to-rent programme. The site is positioned to the rear of the main shopping parade on Bridge Street in Pinner and is a short walk from Pinner London Underground Station. After initial consultation with key stakeholders and initial development capacity work the next step has been to commission a context analysis and feasibility study to understand the range of development options for the site ahead of detailed design and planning stages.

Greenhill Way

Greenhill Way is of central importance to Harrow town centre’s regeneration. The right scheme will re-energise the area, create vibrancy and drive economic growth.

The site is designated ‘mixed use’ in the Harrow and Wealdstone Area Action Plan and leading architects Karakusevic Carson have completed a comprehensive feasibility study.

This considered options around high quality, commercial and residential development including homes, offices, retail, hotel and leisure.

The final strategy for Greenhill Way will be consistent with the council’s commitment to deliver excellent urban design, architecture and public realm, high quality housing, economic growth and inward investment.

Haslam House

Haslam House is the pilot project for Harrow’s Built to rent Sector (PRS) programme. Planning permission has been granted for nine two-bedroom houses which will form part of the Council’s Build to Rent portfolio. The site has been cleared and work is due to start in early 2017 with completion by the end of the year.

New Civic Centre

A new home for the Council is being planned for Wealdstone. The new, smaller home will be more efficient to run as well as delivering necessary services, housing, commercial and affordable work space and improved public realm.

This regeneration project is designed to further improve the economic performance and quality of life within Wealdstone.An award winning team, led by Gort Scott Architects, was appointed in September 2016 to develop detailed design proposals for the site. Engagement for the project started in January 2017.

Poets’ Corner

Poets’ Corner is the flagship project in Harrow’s regeneration programme. The site is currently the civic centre and offices for Harrow Council, located close to Harrow and Wealdstone Station.

The 4.4 hectare site will be developed in phases, into a residential-led, mixed use urban quarter. The project involves the delivery of about 850 homes (including at least 200 build-to-rent units to be retained by the council), a new school, commercial and community space, and high quality public realm.

A multiple award winning design team (led by Stephen Taylor Architects) was appointed in January 2016 to create a site masterplan and detail designs for ‘phase 1’.

Roxeth Library

The improvement of Roxeth Library presents an exciting opportunity to create a transformative and inclusive facility for the local community, alongside new housing for the people of Harrow. It presents a chance to establish a distinctive sense of place for the library on the high street with a generous and high quality public setting that encourages social interaction and boosts the perception of the local high street and South Harrow town centre.

Vaughan Road

The underused Vaughan Road car park, close to Harrow town centre, is part of Harrow Council’s build-to-rent programme for the delivery of a number of new Council-owned private rented homes.

Adam Khan Architects was appointed as lead architect in May 2016 to design a mixed-tenure, mixed-use development. The proposed design is for 31 homes (seven affordable rent; four intermediate; and 20 build-to-rent) with community use and commercial workspace on ground floor. There are a series of new landscaped courtyards and improvements to the surrounding public realm and transport network.

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