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A row has broken out over who will take on the design review function of Cabe, the design watchdog that had its funding cut in last month鈥檚 spending review.

The Prince鈥檚 Foundation for the Built Environment and the RIBA have clashed over who should be involved in ensuring the design review process is continued.

Ruth Reed, the RIBA鈥檚 president, said the foundation, which supports designs based on creating walkable mixed-use neighbourhoods and is closely linked to the Prince of Wales, was 鈥渆ntirely inappropriate鈥� for a role that demanded 鈥渃omplete impartiality鈥�.

Hank Dittmar, chief executive of the Prince鈥檚 Foundation, admitted the organisation was 鈥渋n favour of allowing communities a voice in design and placemaking鈥�, but criticised the current administration of the process.

鈥淣ot everyone would agree that design review has always been provided in an impartial manner,鈥� he said. 鈥� We are surprised the RIBA鈥檚 president thinks it is 鈥檈ntirely inappropriate鈥� for us to offer a design review service in the open market alongside other bodies, and that it would be wrong for local authorities or developers to use us.

鈥淭hat seems a highly suspect position for a professional association to take, as they are meant to represent all points of view.鈥�

Dittmar has said he would be pleased for the foundation to be one of a number of organisations able competitively to offer design review services to local authorities.

Meanwhile the RIBA is working with the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Landscape Institute on using the professional bodies to run the system.

RIBA immediate past president Sunand Prasad, said: 鈥淚t is an absolute tragedy Cabe had its funding withdrawn. The natural thing is for it to continue as an industry body.鈥�