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ABSTRACT
The Design Commission for Wales was established by the Welsh Government in 2002 to champion high standards of design and sustainability in Wales, and to promote social inclusion. It introduced its Design Review Service in 2003 to promote good design in the full range of development proposals, and has a large multi-disciplinary team of professionals who give their services for free, and who provide advice to designers, developers and local authority planners on how to improve the design quality of their planning applications. Monthly reviews are non-confrontational and collaborative, and focused upon providing constructive design advice. The Commission works closely with the Welsh Government’s Planning Directorate to formulate design advice on the full range of planning and design matters. It has developed a network of young designers and programmes of events to facilitate design awareness and capability, and to ensure the future of design review.
Acknowledgments
The author acknowledges the extensive material contributed to this paper by Wendy Maden (Design Advisor) and Carole Anne Davies (the Chief Executive of DCFW).
Disclosure statement
John Punter was DCFW Design Commissioner & Co-Chair Design Review (2002-2012) while he was Professor of Urban Design at Cardiff University.