The east London borough of Havering has saluted the work of its newly constituted Quality Review Panel, which draws on the insight of a 20-strong pool of expertise from practices including AHMM, Patel Taylor, Bell Phillips and Henley Halebrown.

Havering has plans to deliver more than 3,000 new homes by 2030 and part of the panel’s role is to scrutinise major planning applications at an early stage and give clear guidance to developers before their schemes are considered by the authority’s planning committee.

The panel is managed externally by Frame Projects and calls on five members to meet monthly to consider applications referred by the council.

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