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Have Your Say on a Partnership Management Plan for the Future

The consultation runs from 9 June - 1 August

The South Downs Local Plan Review

Local Plan Review – progress update Summer 2025

The first public consultation on the revised Local Plan closed on 17 March 2025.

Thank you to everyone who has responded.

All comments submitted during the consultation have been registered and any personal information redacted, and published to view on the consultation platform on Common Place.

A consultation report including summaries of the feedback by policy and site allocation are available to read here.

We will consider all the feedback received so far as we prepare the next stage of the Local Plan Review, with the second public consultation taking place between May and July 2026.

The award-winning South Downs Local Plan is being reviewed to ensure it is up-to-date and addresses important issues such as nature recovery, climate change, affordable housing and helping local communities to thrive.

You can see the adopted South Downs Local Plan and Policies Map 2014-2033 on this page.

table showing where we are in the Local Plan timeline.