Local News From Eastbourne Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate and Seaford
A development of properties in Eastbourne town centre marks the first council homes ever to be constructed using modular technology. The complex of 12 affordable flats is being built off-site in Newhaven by a specialist modular building company and then craned into place in Langney Road. Councillor Alan Shuttleworth, Cabinet […]
The momentum behind Lewes District Council’s drive to develop affordable homes continues to pay dividends for local families as one housing development is completed and another is set to start. On the recently finished Old Hamsey Lakes development in South Chailey the council has made 12 homes available to people […]
Following misleading reports to residents that the Government was about to increase the numbers of new homes that had to be built across the Lewes District Maria Caulfield MP, urgently met with the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government to discuss. What she discovered is that the Government has […]
Cabinet councillors at Lewes District Council have agreed to sell their minority share in the North Street Quarter site in Lewes to Human Nature, subject to the developer securing planning permission for the new scheme that it wants to bring forward. The decision follows the news last week that MAS […]
Maria Caulfield MP has welcomed more than £500,000 of government funding for Wealden District Council for homes for rough sleepers and other vulnerable people. The £555,600 of funding is part of a national investment of more than £150 million. This will enable people who sleep rough, or at risk of […]
Lewes District Council has submitted a ‘candid and critical’ response to the government’s recently announced consultation on reforms to the planning system. A report updating Cabinet members will be considered on November 12. The controversial reforms would see the government’s housing requirement for Lewes district nearly double, from 483 to […]
A new council development in Newhaven is being hailed as a “game changer” for social housing and a “window on the future” of residential schemes. The 13 one and two-bedroom apartments are equipped to the highest specification, in terms of standard and desirable features, sustainability credentials and fire safety standards […]
With a new development underway at Hamsey Lakes, Lewes District Council will soon add 12 new homes to the authority’s housing stock. The site in South Chailey will see a total of 54 properties built by Antler Homes, with the council allocation available to tenants through a mix of shared […]
Lewes District Council’s determination to create new affordable homes across the district show no signs of slowing as a development in Lewes Town is ‘forging ahead’. The council’s wide-ranging plan for new homes includes 12 new properties at Saxonbury House, the first affordable housing developed in Lewes Town for five […]
Maria Caulfield MP has welcomed £105 million of additional government funding to keep rough sleepers off the streets for good. In March, government asked local authorities to bring ‘Everyone In’ and the response was outstanding. As a result, there are nearly 15,000 people accommodated in emergency accommodation, including those who […]
Cabinet councillors at Lewes District Council have today (June 11) agreed a series of measures to bring forward new affordable homes in the district. The wide-ranging plan includes 12 new properties at Saxonbury House, the first affordable housing developed in Lewes town for five years. The Saxonbury House scheme will […]
Anyone who sees a person sleeping rough and is unsure of the best way to help is encouraged to report their concerns to the council so that specialist support services can assist. Eastbourne Borough Council is advising people to use the StreetLink app (streetlink.org.uk) or its own website (lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/contact-us) as […]