Making it easy to create beautiful estates

The Beveridge Williams Design Assessment Panel serves as a vital link between developers, their purchasers, builders, architects and designers. Our team provides expert estate assessments across Australia’s east coast, evaluating each submitted plan for design compliance with the guidelines or covenant requirements set by developers and council statutory requirements.

We understand the complexities of the approval process, proactively identifying potential issues in plans and working closely with all parties to ensure smooth and timely approvals. Design compliance is an essential part of every development, and the Beveridge Williams Design Assessment Panel is here to make that process streamlined and effective.

With extensive experience in design and estate approvals, our team can seamlessly implement an existing set of design guidelines or collaborate with clients to develop requirements that bring their built-form vision to life. We take on the administrative responsibility of design assessments, allowing developers to focus on other aspects of their projects, with our team of experienced professionals managing the design compliance process.

Our Design Assessment services include both residential and commercial estates. The Beveridge Williams estate approvals team can:

Prepare design guidelines

  • Provide general advice around design principles to promote an engaging streetscape which works cohesively with the urban design, vision and aspirations for the project.
  • Consideration of any project requirements, provided by the developer or as outlined within relevant Council approval documentation
  • Prepare, review and finalise the Design Guidelines to the developer’s requested format, either a simple text document or a full marketing version.

Assess the individual designs

  • The design panel ensures design compliance with the guidelines / covenant requirements, through assessment of submitted house plans;
  • Discuss house design with purchaser / builder, providing feedback for items of non-compliance;
  • Maintain database of approval reports and on dwelling information statistics.

Conduct onsite compliance audits (QLD & VIC only as at 31.10.2024)

  • At the developer’s request, visitation of estates to identify areas of non-compliance from the design requirements;
  • Provide advice of suggested remedies to ensure built form and landscaping maintains consistency with the design guidelines / covenant requirements.

Online Portal for a Seamless Process

Our website contains a specific portal for design applications, making it a smooth and seamless process for lodging, assessment and issuing approvals. All applications are assessed via this portal, which provides application status information plus the ability to manage correspondence and resubmit applications with any required amendments until approval is granted.

Each estate has their own dedicated application page. Where no estate website is available to support resource information for builders and purchasers, storage of relevant documents can be hosted on the estates design portal.  Documents such as guidelines, building envelope plans, engineering and disclosures would be accessible by builders and purchases without the need for an account.

There’s also the added benefit of approval report generation for clients and developer access to their specific estate. This allows developers to quickly and easily obtain a snapshot of applications and approvals.

DAP Portal Melbourne (Head Office)

Key Design Assessment Services Contacts

Belinda Blythe

Design Approvals Coordinator

Andrea Boully

Principal Town Planner

Richard Chester

Design Approvals Coordinator

Ryan Harvey

Design Approvals Coordinator

Belinda Blythe

Design Approvals Coordinator
Melbourne

Belinda is dedicated to delivering exceptional and efficient customer service, backed by her extensive experience across various roles within the building industry. She brings strong skills in compliance, plan interpretation, and marketing material preparation, enabling her to support projects with precision and professionalism. Known for her high level of organisation, Belinda effectively manages a diverse design assessment portfolio and coordinates seamlessly with multiple internal and external stakeholders, ensuring smooth project workflows and client satisfaction.

Andrea Boully

Principal Town Planner
Melbourne

With over 25 years’ experience in the development industry, Andrea has a strong background in the residential land and housing market. Andrea has experience in both the public and private sectors, including with state government, private developers, builders and, for the last 14 years, in consultancy. This strong experience in residential development is actively applied to a range of projects at Beveridge Williams.

Richard Chester

Design Approvals Coordinator
Queensland

Having worked in the building and construction industry both onsite and in the design and documentation, Ryan’s architectural background has given him a basis to provide knowledgeable and practical responses to challenging enquiries and designs. Ryan prides himself on providing a high level of accuracy with an attention to detail.

Ryan Harvey

Design Approvals Coordinator
Queensland

A design and property professional with accomplishments in the delivery of customer focused built form and urban design solutions that engage with communities.  Having worked on a broad range of projects within the building industry, Ryan has skills in design documentation and reviews across residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use projects.  A highly organised individual, Ryan can work across a varied portfolio of projects whilst liaising with multiple stakeholders.

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