New opportunity to give your views on Lewes Local Plan
The council is currently running a “crucial” consultation on the draft local plan. The good news is that the last time you gave them your thoughts, they listened!
The 'Defining our policies and early site allocation proposals' consultation is a “first phase” consultation on the emerging Lewes District Local Plan. The Council is urging residents to take part and share their views - so please do help!. The second consultation will be held later this year and the Council says it will place greater emphasis on more rural parts of the district (that’s us, folks!)
The deadline for comments on the current consultation is 5pm on Friday 28 February 2025.
Some useful Council links are here: Council press release urging people to take part | consultation documents
If you are pushed for time (and your email tool supports it), please do click one of the links for pre-filled emails. If you are able to augment the template by adding your own views, that’s even better!
If you live within Lewes and Eastbourne District click here
If you live outside Lewes and Eastbourne District click here
If these links don’t work for any reason please see below:
Email address to send your views to localplan@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
Draft text if you live in Lewes and Eastbourne District:
As a resident of Lewes District Council I would like to respond to your consultation on the Draft Local Plan.
I am very pleased to see that the primary vision is to put the environment at the heart of the Plan.
In light of this I would particularly like to support Policy NE1 which is about protecting the natural environment, Policy HW2 which addresses minimising pollution impact and Policy D3 which covers protecting the landscape character of the area.
I also support the council in trying to achieve a plan with a number of houses below the figures suggested by the revised Government targets. We clearly need more houses, but this cannot be achieved in Lewes District without significantly damaging the local environment. Any reintroduction of the Eton New Town would be particularly harmful.
Best wishes
YOUR NAME
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Draft text if you do not live in Lewes and Eastbourne District:
I would like to respond to your consultation on the Draft Local Plan.
I am very pleased to see that the primary vision is to put the environment at the heart of the Plan.
In light of this I would particularly like to support Policy NE1 which is about protecting the natural environment, Policy HW2 which addresses minimising pollution impact and Policy D3 which covers protecting the landscape character of the area
I also support the council in trying to achieve a plan with a number of houses below the figures suggested by the revised Government targets. We clearly need more houses, but this cannot be achieved in Lewes District without significantly damaging the local environment. Any reintroduction of the Eton New Town would be particularly harmful.
Best wishes
YOUR NAME
Thank you – with your support we can ensure we protect the natural beauty of the South Downs for future generations !
If you have any issues or questions, drop us an email donturbanisethedowns@gmail.com