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We’re delighted to say that the Phoenix neighbourhood received planning approval at today’s committee meeting at County Hall in Lewes. We’d like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported and engaged with the project, encouraged and debated with us and visited the site over the last three years, whether for talks, exhibitions, workshops or parties. We couldn’t have got this without the energy, enthusiasm and knowledge of the people of Lewes and our wider community – and, of course, we’ll need that and more for the chapters to come. A special thanks to our friends at Lewes Town Council and Lewes District Council, whose guidance and support for our vision have been a foundation from which the Phoenix has grown, as well as the South Downs National Park for coming on this journey with us. Also thank you to our wider professional team, who have helped turn our vision into plans for a new type of radically sustainable neighbourhood: masterplanners Periscope and Kathryn Firth (Arup); architects Adam Richards Architects, Archio Ltd, AL-JAWAD PIKE, Ash Sakula Architects, Charles Holland Architects, Mæ, Material Cultures, Mole Architects, Rabble Architecture and TDO. Engineers Expedition Engineering Ltd, Whitby Wood, Atelier Ten and EURBAN Limited; WSP, Urban Movement; Ecology Solutions Group; Terra Firma; planning consultant Whaleback Planning & Design, cost consultant Richard Utting Associates LLP and many others who helped shape the project. Members of the South Downs National Park voted to approve the scheme, subject to completing the Section 106 agreement and resolution of outstanding issues with National Highways. The real work begins on Monday! Read more about the Phoenix at phoenixlewes.com
Tom Upton
8mo
Congratulations - well deserved and a long time coming! 👏
Lionel Fanshawe
8mo
So pleased to have been a part of this .. Congratulations, great news 😁👏
Brian Darling
8mo
Congratulations - and some great aspirations that now need turning into reality. As a Lewes resident, I'm keen to see how this connects to the other nearby community spaces. I attend the Trinity Church at St Johns Sub-Castro, with the old church graveyard, that is very dilapidated and overgrown, abutting the Pheonix site. It would be great to make this a proper community space and connect it to the wider development in some way.
We. Love. This. Project. ☺️ Hamed Shariff Finlay Campbell Freddie Kennedy Josie Stevens Qi Cheng Sia 👏
Excellent news for the UK and the construction industry. Well done Human Nature team, working hard against so much opposition!
Gillian Harwood
8mo
All of us at The Needlemakers send our congratulations for your achievement. It really shouldn’t be like this. Your proposals should have immediately been recognised by the local authority as being something really special. But your endeavours have prevailed and it will be wonderful to watch it all take shape.
Eve Dennehy
8mo
Fantastic news, congratulations! As an almost local (Seaford) I can't wait to see how this progresses.
Jem Egerton
8mo
YESYESYESYESYES. You got there
Chris Wise
8mo
Terrific news! Congratulations all…such a great regenerative project
Director of RCKa - Architecture & Social Impact / Design Council Expert / D:SE Chair / Haringey, Sutton & Kingston QRPs / CSM BA Arch External Examiner / @dieterkleiner
8moi really hope this gets built and realises all its ambitious aspirations, such as including local people in the process - important to track the impact as it progresses to shine a light on better ways to build - congrats on getting this far, and best wishes to all involved for the future