You can download the Topic Papers below:

• Climate Change
• Natural Environment
• Housing Policies
• Economy and Regeneration
• Infrastructure and Community Facilities
• Design, Landscape and Built Environment
• Water

Evidence gathering is on-going through the process of preparing the local plan, and there is still further evidence that needs to be obtained.

If you have any comments on any of the evidence studies (including the Land Availability Assessment) please complete this questionnaire.

The evidence studies that have informed this consultation document are listed below and can also be downloaded at the bottom of the page. 

• Development Capacity Study
• Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Nov 2023
• Equality and Fairness Screening 2023
• East Sussex Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment 2022
• Issues and Options Consultation Statement 2023
• Lewes Climate Change Study 2023
• Lewes Renewable Energy Study 2023
• Lewes Economic Needs Assessment 2023
• Lewes Landscape Character Assessment 2023
• Lewes Local Housing Needs Assessment 2023
• Lewes Retail and Leisure Study 2023
• Newhaven Port Freight Assessment
• Settlement Hierarchy Review 2023
• Settlement Services Review 2023
• Shared Transport Evidence Base - Interim Assessment and Mitigations Strategy
• Water Cycle Scoping Study 2023
• Landscape Sensitivity Assessment 2023
  
  • LSA Figures
  • LSA Appendix B
  • LSA Appendix C (1)
  • LSA Appendix C (2)
  • LSA Appendix D - Barcombe Cross
  • LSA Appendix D - Broyle Side
  • LSA Appendix D - Chailey
  • LSA Appendix D - Cooksbridge
  • LSA Appendix D - Edge of Burgess Hill
  • LSA Appendix D - Edge of Haywards Heath
  • LSA Appendix D - Newhaven
  • LSA Appendix D - Newick
  • LSA Appendix D - North Chailey
  • LSA Appendix D - Peacehaven & Telscombe Cliffs
  • LSA Appendix D - Plumpton Green
  • LSA Appendix D - Ringmer
  • LSA Appendix D - Seaford
  • LSA Appendix D - South Chailey
  • LSA Appendix D - South Street
  • LSA Appendix D - Wivelsfield and Wivelsfield Green
• Lewes Biodiversity Study 2023
  • Figure A1
  • Figure A2
  • Figure A3
• Lewes District Open Space Strategy 2020
  
  • Open Space Strategy Maps - Typology
  • Open Space Strategy Maps -  Audited
  • Open Space Strategy Maps - Quality
  • Open Space Strategy Maps - Value
  • Open Space Strategy Maps - Accessibility
• Lewes District Playing Pitch Strategy - Strategy and Action Plan 2020
• Lewes District Playing Pitch Strategy - Needs Assessment 2020
• Lewes District Built Facility Strategy 2020

At this stage of the plan-making process, the consultation document sets out the direction for the detailed Local Plan policies and the potential level of growth that will need to be brought forward through the Local Plan to meet the identified development needs.

Locations for all types of development that were submitted in response to the ‘call for sites’ in 2020 have been assessed as part of the Land Availability Assessment (LAA).  This assessment involves testing the sites against the evidence base prepared to date.

Sites within the LAA are assessed as ‘Deliverable or Developable’ (Green), ‘Potentially Deliverable or Developable’ (Amber) or ‘Not deliverable or Developable’ (Red).

While the Amber and Green Sites are considered within the consultation document as potentially contributing towards meeting the identified housing needs, it is important to note that they are not allocations for the purposes of the Local Plan.  It is likely that sites may fall into or out of these categories as the local plan progresses as further evidence and testing is developed.

The Draft Local Plan, which is the next stage following this consultation and which we will consult on during Spring 2024, will set out the proposed site allocations.

• Lewes LAA 2023 Report
• LAA Appendix 1 - Site Submission Proforma
• LAA Appendix 2 - Assessment Criteria
• LAA Appendix 3.1 - Residential and Employment Site Assessments
• LAA Appendix 3.2 - Green Infrastructure Site Assessments
• LAA Appendix 3.3 - Renewables Site Assessments
• LAA Appendix 4 - Large Site Assessment
• LAA Appendix 5 - District Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Barcombe Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Chailey Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Ditchling Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - East Chiltington Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Hamsey Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Newhaven Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Newick Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Peacehaven Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Plumpton Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Ringmer Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Seaford Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - South Heighton Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Streat Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Telscombe Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Westmeston Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 5 - Wivelsfield Parish Site Map
• LAA Appendix 6 - Sites Excluded at Stage 1 with Reason
• LAA Appendix 7 - Sites with Planning Permission and Allocated Site Status
• LAA Appendix 8 - Windfall Calculations
• LAA Appendix 9 - Indicative Housing Trajectory
• LAA Appendix 10 - Density of Development in Lewes District

The purpose of the Call for Sites is to gain an up-to-date understanding of the type, quantity and location of land that may be suitable for housing and employment development, and to identify sites that could accommodate other uses such as nature conservation, open space and green infrastructure, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Submissions are invited for suggestions of sites that could accommodate:

• Homes (including older person's housing, self and custom build plots and Gypsy and Traveller pitches and Travelling Show People plots)
• Employment land (including office, industrial, retail and leisure uses)
• Habitat banks and Nature conservation/recovery
• Green infrastructure
• Carbon offsetting
• Renewable energy generation, storage and infrastructure
• Natural flood management

Sites submitted via the Call for Sites will be subject to detailed assessment using criteria set out in LAA Methodology, and any sites that are identified or allocated for development will be subject to community and stakeholder consultation through the local plan. The submission of a site through the call for sites exercise does not give any planning status, and does not allocate sites or imply that the council will necessarily grant planning permission.

Call for Sites form are provided below:

• Call for Sites - Update an Existing Land Availability Assessment Site
• Call for Sites - Climate Mitigation and Adaption
• Call for Sites - Natural Environment
• Call for Sites - Housing and Employment Development
• Call for Sites - Site Withdrawal