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Street Record Highbridge Lane East Chiltington East Sussex

LW/26/0191Scoping OpinionAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) in relation to a hybrid planning application for the development of a small market town to provide up to 3,000 homes, community and education facilities, employment space, and green/blue infrastructure

Received
2 April 2026
Decision due
12 May 2026
Ward
Plumpton Streat E.Chiltington St John W
Agent
Stantec UK Limited
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 12 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (27)

About this application

This is an outline application at Street Record Highbridge Lane East Chiltington East Sussex. Lewes has handled 317 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Plumpton Streat E.Chiltington St John W. We hold 4,320 applications in total for the BN7 postcode area.

86% of outline applications at Lewes District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BN7 3SL
Application type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
3000
Parish
East Chiltington

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
12 May 2026
Consultation start
14 April 2026
Consultation end
12 May 2026
Last date for comments
12 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stantec UK Limited
Agent address
Caversham Bridge House Waterman Place Reading RG1 8DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Lewes

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