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Planning
Lewes District Council
Southover House
Southover Road
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1AB


Tel: 01273 484420
planning@lewes.gov.uk
Fax: 01273 484452
Minicom 01273 484488

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Lewes District Local Plan

• LDF Interactive Guide

  The Planning Portal website explains further information. This link leaves our website.

• Lewes District Local Plan

  The Lewes District Local Plan was adopted in March 2003 and sets out the current planning strategy for the District. It is under review and will ultimately be replaced by the Local Development Framework.

• Local Development Scheme

  The first stage in the Local Development Framework process is the preparation of a Local Development Scheme (LDS).

• Statement of Community Involvement

  This sets out how, and when, we will undertake consultation in relation to the Local Development Framework process and in determining significant planning applications.

• Core Strategy

  The Core Strategy is the central policy document for the Local Development Framework. It will set out the long term spatial vision for the district.

• Saved Policies

  We explain why did the Council need to ask the Secretary of State to 'save' the Policies of the Lewes District Local Plan.

• Sustainability Appraisal

• Development Plan Document

• Other Development Plan Documents

• Area Action Plans

• Community Engagement

• Background Reports

• Annual Monitoring Report

  This Annual Monitoring Report provides a monitoring snapshot.

• Supplementary Planning Documents

• Housing Land Availability

  The District Council has a requirement to provide 4,400 new dwellings between 2006 and 2026, in accordance with the South East Plan.

• Industrial, Commercial, Retail and Hotel Monitoring

• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

  Faber Maunsell (now known as Aecom) was commissioned to produce the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) for the district.

• Regional & Strategic Planning

  Regional Spatial Strategy for the South East as prepared by the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) and East Sussex County Council Structure Plans.

• Checklist for new sites

  We will be reviewing all potential sites for development for all land uses in the district in order to assess their relative sustainability and identify the most appropriate sites for the period 2006 - 2026.

• Employment Land Review (ELR)

  We are currently preparing our Local Development Framework (LDF) which will cover the period 2006-2026.This collection of documents will provide our planning strategy and policies for the District in accordance with the South East Plan (SEP), which was pu

• Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

  We are currently preparing our Local Development Framework (LDF) which will cover the period 2006-2026.This collection of documents will provide our planning strategy and policies for the District in accordance with the South East Plan (SEP) published on