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The Design Commission for Wales exists to make Wales a better place for everyone.

The Design Commission for Wales (DCFW) is the national advisory body for the promotion of design excellence across the built environment. We promote good design for the built environment across all sectors, for a Wales that is simply a better place. We champion high quality design and placemaking by promoting wider understanding of design issues and the potential of good design to deliver public value.
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  • How we help

    Client support

    Help is available from the Design Commission for Wales, for clients at the earliest stages of projects. We may be able to help with defining your project, developing the project brief, or contributing to your procurement and team selection process. The long-term success of any project depends upon upfront engagement. We can facilitate workshops that add value and help save you time and costly changes at a later stage.

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    Training & CPD

    Bespoke training for local authorities, town and community councils, and third sector groups is available from the Design Commission for Wales. Topics include sustainability, placemaking and assessing design. We will be happy to speak with you about your particular training needs.

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    Design review

    Our design review service is available for clients, developers, designers, planning authorities, stakeholders, other public bodies, community groups or members of the public wanting an independent expert view. We can help to identify early opportunities for good design quality in development proposals well in advance of a planning application and assist local authorities to secure public value through design excellence.

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What do we mean by good design?

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Who we help

If you are a commissioning client, developer, designer, planning authority, or stakeholder you can get in touch to find out more about how our our client support, training and design review services could help you.

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What is placemaking?

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