LEWES LOCAL PLAN
Residents across the Lewes district are being encouraged to take part in the latest stage of consultation on Lewes District Council’s Local Plan. The Local Plan sets out where future developments will take place, such as new homes and locations for business growth, as well as the local policy requirement against which future planning applications will be judged.
A first phase of the consultation will run from 6th January to 28th February 2025. The first phase of the consultation in on the detailed policies for the plan area and will consider sites within towns and a limited number of villages. The second phase, which Chailey is in, will take place later in 2025 and have an emphasis on more rural parts of the district, while also re-evaluating areas considered during phase one.
It is important that residents have their say on the Local Plan and there are a couple of important things for you to note to enable you to do this:
- Lewes District Council will run an online public webinar on 14th January at 5.00pm. Further details to come on this.
- There will also be a series of in-person drop-in events; the drop-in event for Chailey residents will be held on the 1st February, 10am to 1pm at Newick Village Hall. This is a combined event with our neighbouring parishes of Newick and Wivelsfield. This event will be attended by the Planning Policy team from Lewes and members of your Parish Council. We would encourage you to attend this event if you can.
As the consultation progresses, we will update our website, and social media.
Short survey on the Lewes District Local Plan
Before the consultation begins, Lewes District Council are running a short survey to ask local people about their understanding of what a Local Plan is.
“The 5-question survey takes just a few minutes to complete and we will use what you tell us to help shape our future communications about the Local Plan.
At the end of the survey, we give a description of what a Local Plan is and give an opportunity to join our consultation mailing list”
