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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Development Principles provide detailed guidelines to planning proposals and are used in major development applications to achieve the best results.
Development Principles supplement the Local Plan. They provide design guidelines and other information to help shape planning proposals. This helps achieve the best standard of development. It covers:
We are required to allocate land for a number of new homes. This is part of East Sussex County Council's Adopted Structure Plan and an overall national plan.
Our Local Plan allocated land for a number of new homes. This met the demand of phase one between 2006 and 2011.
Each of these sites were allocated by a specific planning policy in the Local Plan. These policies have individual Development Principles which involves:
At the completion of this process the Development Principles will therefore carry significant weight in shaping development proposals.