- Proposed Exceat Bridge ReplacementThe Friends of the South Downs is concerned about the proposed replacement bridge at Exceat in the Cuckmere Valley. This letter to the South Downs National Park Authority explains those […]
- The A259 South Coast CorridorWe have been passed an early consultation on improvements to the A259 South Coast Corridor. We are concerned these may increase traffic on the A259 impacting the coastal towns along […]
- Planning Update for Hampshire FestivalAn organisation has applied for planning permission in the South Downs National Park between Alton and Bordon. This planning application concerns a site off the B3004 in the parish of […]
- Proposed new building regulations not ambitious enough in reducing CO2 emissions!Towards the end of 2019 the Government consulted on Changes to Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations. This consultation set out the Government plans for the Future […]
- ‘Dreadful’ design for former Auction Rooms in Garden Street, Lewes with no affordable homesOur volunteer District Officers (DOs), Liz Thomas and Jennifer Chibnall, spoke at the National Park planning committee meeting earlier in March 2020 against a proposal to build large glass and […]
- Design Consultation: new development of 226 homes at Old Malling Farm LewesLocal Lewes councillors and the Friends of the South Downs (South Downs Society) called on the developer to reduce the over provision of parking for each property on the site […]
- How do we stop bad planning??Help need to keep a watch on planning applications! ……………………………….. Our Society were keen campaigners for the creation of the South Downs National Park which came into being in 10 […]
- Appeal against enforcement by shooting organisation at Iford near LewesIford Shoot Appeal Hearing The battle to protect the South Downs by local communities against the expansion of commercial shooting on the Downs near Lewes took another turn last month. […]
- 210 homes development given the go-ahead at the former Syngenta site, Henley Old Road, FernhurstOur Society has always supported the principle of development for housing on the former ICI brownfield industrial site (more recently called Syngenta) just outside the village of Fernhurst, north of […]
- Countryside development up a narrow lane rejected at Selborne Road, Newton Valence, AltonAt the SDNPA Planning Committee meeting in March 2020. There was much criticism of this scheme from the members of the Planning Committee and it was unanimously rejected by them, […]
- What have Building Regulations got to do with climate change?The average household in the UK emits 2.7 tonnes of CO2 every year from heating their home. The Government’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has identified the need to reduce […]
- Taller Mobile Phone Masts?Is the relaxation of Permitted Development Rights (PDRs) the right way forward to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile networks? Report by Friends of the South Downs Policy […]
- Threat to the Landscape Setting of Historic BuildingsIn November last year our East Sussex district officer team visited Swanborough Manor in East Sussex. We all agreed it was very interesting to look around and inside this unique […]
- Planning Appeal at Greatham in the National Park turned down!Development have been underway for some time in the conservation area at Greatham near Pulborough in West Sussex. Last year the developer made a planning appeal against a refusal relating […]
- A27 Arundel by-pass what happens next?The current consultation is now finished. Click below to read our comments sent last week to Highways England: SDS Response to HE A27 Arundel By-pass proposals 22-10-2019 RevB. Also HERE […]
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Friends of the South Downs
Protecting the beauty of the South Downs in East Sussex, West Sussex and Hampshire
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