scope:

This guidance is relevant to Sponsors, Project Managers, Local Authorities, Engineers and Design Consultants, and anyone involved in the inception, design and delivery of a built project. It covers new or modified operational buildings, schemes that have significant visual, public or architectural impact, and schemes requiring statutory consents or consultation. It also applies to third party projects following the GRIP process.

Purpose

This guidance document provides advice on assessing the suitability of projects for Design Review, and the procedure for undertaking the reviews with Network Rail's independent Design Advice Panel (DAP), which is run by the Design Council. Network Rail projects which will be subject to design review can be identified by using the Threshold Matrix in this document.