Neighbourhood Planning

The Localism Act 2011 introduced a new local tier to the planning system called neighbourhood planning. The purpose of this new tier of plan making is to empower local people to enable them to shape the area in which they live. Neighbourhood planning enables two types of body – town and parish councils or neighbourhood forums – to prepare, with the community they represent, planning documents for their area.

  • Neighbourhood Development Plans set planning policies that will be used to determine planning applications in their respective parishes
  • Neighbourhood Development Orders and Community Right to Build Orders grant planning permission for specific development which complies with the order

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Consultation on the Peacehaven and Telscombe Neighbourhood Development Plan – Regulation 16

Peacehaven and Telscombe Parish Councils have prepared a Neighbourhood Development Plan for the parishes. The Plan sets out a vision for the future of the area and planning policies which will be used to determine planning applications locally. In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Plan Regulations 2012 (as amended), the Peacehaven and Telscombe Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents will be subject to a 6-week consultation from 18th January 2023 to 9th March 2023.

Inspecting the Plan

The Peacehaven and Telscombe Neighbourhood Plan and supporting documents are available to view under the ‘Peacehaven and Telscombe Towns’ tab below and through the council consultation portal - https://planningpolicyconsult.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/PTNP_REG16/consultationHome

Alternatively, if participants have difficulty in engaging online, hard copies of the submitted documents are available to view at the Lewes District Council Office and Peacehaven and Telscombe Town Councils respectively:

Lewes District Council: Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5pm

Peacehaven Town Council: Meridian Centre, Meridian Way, Peacehaven, BN10 8BB

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 9am – 4pm

Telscombe Town Council: 360 South Coast Road, Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven, BN10 7ES

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 9am – 4:30pm

Making Representations

Representations on the Peacehaven and Telscombe Neighbourhood Plan can be submitted via consultation portal: https://planningpolicyconsult.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/PTNP_REG16/consultationHome via email: ldf@lewes.gov.uk or via post to Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB until 17:00 on 9th March 2023.

Please be aware that all representations received by the authority will be made publicly available (in due course). These will be identified by name and where applicable, by organisation.

Notification

Any representation may include a request to be notified of the local planning authority’s decision under regulation 19 in relation to the neighbourhood development plan. Lewes District Council will process the information you provide in a manner that is compatible with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

 

Which authority?

Local authorities have a legal duty to support and advise those communities undertaking neighbourhood planning. There are two local planning authorities in Eastbourne Borough and Lewes District. This is because parts of Eastbourne Borough and Lewes District are within the South Downs National Park.

  • For neighbourhood areas wholly within one local planning authority, this local planning authority will support those undertaking neighbourhood planning.
  • For neighbourhood areas within the boundaries of Eastbourne Borough or Lewes District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority, the responsibility for supporting neighbourhood planning will be incumbent upon the local planning authority where the main centre of population is based.

You can download the relevant town and parish council documents below. The links will automatically open the document for viewing.

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulations 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates


7th November to 19th December 2014


9th January 2015


Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates


9th January to 20th February 2015


17th March 2015

    



Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

 

 

 

28th January 2014

 


Pre Submission (Regulation 14)

16th March to 26th April 2016


Submission (Regulation 15)

Publicising a Plan Proposal (Regulation 16)

5th July to 28th August 2017 


Examination (Regulation 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publication of the Examiner's report and plan proposal decisions (Regulation 18)

 

 

Referendum

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision on a plan proposal (Regulation 19)

 

Publicising a Neighbourhood Development Plan (Regulation 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19th April 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd May 2018

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

14th June to 3rd August 2012

 

1st October 2012

 


Pre Submission (Regulation 14)

24th November 2014 to 1st February 2015



Publication of the Examiner’s Report and Plan Proposal Decisions (Regulation 18)


Decision on the Plan Proposal (Regulation 19)
21st July 2016

Publicising a Neighbourhood Development Plan (Regulation 20)

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

10th April to 23rd May 2013

 

8th July 2013

 



Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

12th July to 24th August 2012

 

1st October 2012

 


Pre Submission (Regulation 14)

1st April to 16th May 2014



Publication of the Examiner’s Report and Plan Proposal Decisions (Regulation 18)


Decision on the plan proposal (Regulation 19)

22nd July 2015

Publicising a Neighbourhood Development Plan (Regulation 20)

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Pre-submission (Regulation 14)







Submission (Regulation 15)


Publicising a Plan Proposal (Regulation 16)




















Publication of Examiner’s Report and Decision Statement (Regulation 18)

Referendum

Decision on the Plan Proposal (Regulation 19)

Publicising a Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 20)

Consultation and referendum dates

1st March to 16th April 2013


17th June 2013


1st February – 15th March 2022








25th October 2022


18th January 2023 - 9th March 2023





Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

 

28th February to 11th April 2014

 

28th April 2014


 

Pre Submission (Regulation 14)
9th May to 28th June 2016
19th June to 31st July 2017


Publication of the Examiner’s Report and Plan Proposal Decisions (Regulation 18)

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

 

14th June to 3rd August 2012

 

1st October 2012

 


Pre Submission (Regulation 14)
6th September to 18th October 2013


Publication of the Examiner’s Report and Plan Proposal Decisions (Regulation 18)


Decision on the plan proposal (Regulation 19)
25th February 2016

Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

27th November 2015 to 8th January 2016

 

13th January 2016



Stage of Neighbourhood Development Plan

Neighbourhood Area Designation Application (Regulation 5 and 6)

Neighbourhood Area Designation (Regulation 7)

Consultation and referendum dates

 

 

4th June to 16th July 2013

17th July 2013


Pre Submission (Regulation 14)

16th February to 29th March 2014



Publication of the Examiner’s Report and Plan Proposal Decisions (Regulation 18)


Decision on a plan proposal (Regulation 19)

Publicising a Neighbourhood Plan (Regulation 20)

7th December 2016