Lewes District Planning Authority and Special Measures

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Residents will have seen the news that Lewes District Council Planning Department has been put into “Special Measures” by the Government. This is because LDC has been trying to protect residents from over development and refusing some major planning applications. The developers have appealed to the government inspectors and the refusal decisions have been reversed. Plumpton suffered this directly with the Nolands development being allowed on appeal. Barcombe and Wivelefield have similarly suffered and have unwanted development forced upon them. Clearly the idea of local democracy when it comes to planning is proving too inconvenient for the government.

We thank our District Councillor, Daniel Stewart-Roberts for providing us with a briefing note which gives some detail on what ‘Special Measures’ means in practice .

Briefing note from District Councillor Daniel Stewart-Roberts