We catch up with Lucie Tushingham to find out more about her role, interests and passions.   Three words that sum up your job in planning? Interesting, involved, ever-changing. Okay, so what’s your role at the National Park? I’m a Conservation Officer for the West side of the Park, dealing with the built heritage. The […]

Twelve new affordable homes are being built thanks to £100,000 of Section 106 funding from the National Park Authority. The cash injection was awarded to Westbourne Community Trust through the Affordable Housing Grant scheme towards a 100% affordable housing development. The homes will be held as affordable in perpetuity. The development will also deliver benefits […]

A critical site for helping vulnerable people has been improved after £92,000 of CIL funding. The Beachy Head Chaplaincy has been significantly modernised and given a makeover, giving the police, chaplaincy and coastguard a much-improved base to carry out their work. Electric vehicle charging points for partner agency vehicles have also been installed to reduce […]

People and nature are benefitting from £100,000 of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding at Queen Elizabeth Country Park. Hampshire County Council was awarded £50,000 for the restoration of an existing pond and the creation of a fully-accessible facility that the education team can use to provide nature activities for school groups. The works included the […]

The National Park Authority is a statutory consultee on plans to extend the Rampion offshore wind farm. Vicki Colwell, Principal Planning Officer, shares an update. The location of the South Downs National Park means that as well as serving a much larger wider population, it also plays host to and is impacted by large-scale infrastructure.  […]