The new panellists will review major projects and planning policy in the south London borough, which said it was experiencing increased demand for ‘high-quality housing, retail, community, transport and public realm projects’.
The body will be co-chaired by Dominique Oliver, managing partner at Pollard Thomas Edwards, Graciela Moreno, masterplanning director at +More and Hilary Satchwell, a director at Tibbalds. This team replaces the previous chair, Keith Williams, who led the panel from 2013.
While Graciela Moreno is new to the panel, both Hilary Satchwell and Dominque Oliver were members under the previous leadership.
The Lewisham Design Review Panel has been active for 10 years, having reviewed more than 150 projects to date. The group holds an advisory role and lacks decision-making powers, serving mainly to raise potential issues at the preapplication stage to reduce the potential for risk.
The panel is made up of 37 industry figures, selected for their ‘design experience, critical ability and understanding of development pressures facing the area’.
Satchwell told the AJ: ‘I’m really pleased to be appointed as one of the co-chairs of Lewisham’s new Design Review Panel and to be working with Domi and Graciela.
‘Lewisham is a borough with great opportunities and somewhere that we can add value through focusing constructively on inclusive growth, good design and lasting value for Lewisham’s communities.’
Panellists will hold monthly meetings, which follow visits to the relevant sites. Although the panel evaluates borough-wide developments, certain projects, such as Convoys Wharf, Surrey Canal Triangle and Lewisham Gateway regeneration have their own separate design panels.
James-J Walsh, Lewisham Council’s cabinet member for Inclusive Regeneration and Planning said: ‘Ten years ago, Lewisham’s planning authority was one of the first to adopt a Design Review Panel and today we’re proud to renew that commitment. By putting people, place and design quality at the centre of regeneration, we can deliver growth that is fair, sustainable and delivers for our community.’
Lewisham Design Review Panel members:
Dominique Oliver, Pollard Thomas Edwards (chair)
Graciela Moreno, +More (chair)
Hilary Satchwell, Tibbalds (chair)
Alisha Morẹ́nikẹ́ Fisher, Migrants Bureau
Amy Waite, Mikhail Riches
Angeli Ganoo-Fletcher, PRP Architects
David Storring, Morris+Company
Gavin Finnan, Maccreanor Lavington Architects
Giles Smith, Assemble Studio
Ian Hingley, Urban Movement
Jason Cornish, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Joe Todd, Turkington Martin Studio
Jon Wright, Purcell
Kate Digney, Levitt Bernstein
Léa Siémons-Jauffret, WilkinsonEyre
Lewis Hubbard, Lewis Hubbard Engineering
Lotta Nyman, Levitt Bernstein
Malcolm McGregor, Pringle Richards Sharratt
Malwina Naskret, Enplan UK
Michael Fostiropoulos, Turner Works
Michael Woodford, White Arkitekter
Mohieldin Gamal, Haworth Tompkins
Naike Zambotti, BPTW
Neha Tayal, Arcadis
Oliver Cooke, Cooke Fawcett
Philippa Illingworth, Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation
Rachel Elliott, Lynch Associates
Richard Brindle, Bell Phillips Architects
Robert Hamil, HTA Design
Sangeeta Shenoy, Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects
Satish Jassal, Satish Jassal Architects
Silvia Commisso, We Made That
Swetha Gunasekaran, Project Centre
Tarek Merlin, Feix&Merlin Architects
Vincent Lin, Studio Egret West
Viviana Vivanco, Fraser Brown Mackenna
Will Howard, Bricolage