The Lewes Planning Group

Claire Tester, Head of Strategic Planning for South Downs National Park, addressing the participants of the masterplanning workshop event facilitated by the Lewes Planning Group in October 2025. Cycle Lewes’ Steve Pearce (seen standing to the left of the screen) was one of the key organisers of the event.

Cycle Lewes is a founder member and is playing a key role in the The Lewes Planning Group. Against the backdrop of the South Downs National Park’s update of its Local Plan, which was devoid of any holistic strategy for the town’s development over the coming decade, the group came together in 2025 with a stated purpose to prepare, review, maintain and help implement the delivery of a townwide masterplan for Lewes.

To consult the town on what should be included in the Draft Masterplan, the LPG held a major workshop at Lewes Town Hall on 22 October 2025. This was one of the largest civic planning events in Lewes for decades, with more than 60 representatives from across the town’s community as well as key policymakers from the town, county and national park.

To read a detailed update of the work of LPG and the emerging masterplanning effort, click on the following link: