All posts by Luke Geoghegan

On the third day of Christmas…

December 15th, 2015

What’s that screeching into view for day three of our Twelve Days of The South Downs? Chasing away the French hens, it’s the hen harrier! One of the UK’s scarcest breeding birds of prey they are recorded each year in the National Park over winter but are usually single birds that don’t stay in one […]

On the second day of Christmas…

December 14th, 2015

On the second day of Christmas, the South Downs National Park is sharing with us the story of the turtle dove. Delicate and dainty, the turtle dove is increasingly rare due to a lack of seeds and grains in the breeding season, making them less likely to try to build nests and raise young. Its […]

On the first day of Christmas…

December 11th, 2015

To celebrate Christmas in the South Downs National Park, join us for a journey of the #12DaysofSouthDowns! On the first day of Christmas, the South Downs National Park is giving you story of the grey partridge. The grey partridge is native to Britain and actually a ground bird so you’ll never really catch it in […]

SDNPA Planning Committee approve plans for North Street Quarter development

December 10th, 2015

The National Park Authority’s planning committee has approved, in principle, Santon and Lewes District Council’s joint plans for the North Street Quarter development. Final permission being granted on this significant application will depend on a number of conditions being met and this work has now been delegated to the SDNPA’s Director of Planning in conjunction […]

Watch the 10 December Planning Commitee Webcast

December 10th, 2015

The 10 December Planning Committee meeting will consider Application SDNP/15/01146/FUL, a hybrid planning application for the redevelopment of the North Street Industrial Estate in Lewes. The meeting will start at 9:45 am and you can watch live via our webcasting portal. An archive version will be made available on the portal within 24 hours of the meeting. Further information […]

North Street Quarter report published

December 2nd, 2015

On Thursday 10 December the South Downs National Park Authority’s Planning Committee will consider a planning application for the North Street Quarter in Lewes. The North Street Quarter lies to the immediate north west of Lewes town centre. The joint owners of the site have submitted an application for its redevelopment, which would be the […]

South Downs Digital Access Summit

November 27th, 2015

On Friday 20 November MPs, councillors, officials, businesses, experts and others from across the whole of the South Downs National Park came together to find a way to close the ‘digital divide’ that is limiting people without access to superfast broadband and/or 4G mobile network coverage. The ‘digital access’ summit was convened by Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert […]