All posts by Luke Geoghegan

West Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority’s proposed plan for future mineral development in West Sussex is open for public comments until 17 June 2016. Setting out a vision for how minerals will be produced, supplied and transported in West Sussex until 2033, the new plan will replace the previous Minerals Local […]

Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 (as amended) and the Planning Act 2008. The South Downs National Park Authority hereby gives notice of the independent examination of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Draft Charging Schedule. The Draft Charging Schedule sets out the charges that the Authority proposes to apply to different types of new development in […]

Congratulations to Clapham Parish Council and the Clapham Neighbourhood Plan Working Group who saw their Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) successfully pass a referendum on Thursday with 94.4% voting yes for the plan. The Parish Council and local volunteers who formed the working group, have worked hard to involve the community as widely as possible and […]

More hikers, cyclists, horse-riders and picnickers are using public transport to travel around the South Downs. The South Downs National Park attracts some 46 million day visits every year and research suggests that car use dropped by 5 per cent from 2014 to 2015*. In the meantime train, cycling, walking and coach tours all increased. […]