We explain how the local plan was forced out of date, why the it cannot simply be renewed, and what it means for planning applications - not just for Lewes District Council but across the country.

Serious consequences for local bat populations if the new town were to go ahead.

Image (c) bats.org.uk

Unusual caterpillar of once extinct moth discovered at East Chiltington - on the border of the Eton college-owned countryside they want to destroy to build a new town.

New population growth projections indicate housebuilding targets for Lewes are “off the scale”