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Former Greenpeace directors lodge plans for ‘Europe’s most regenerative development’

By 2023-02-06T07:00:00

Phoenix 3

Mae Architects and Ash Sakula working on 700-home scheme in the South Downs National Park in East Sussex

Two former Greenpeace directors have unveiled plans for 700 timber homes in Lewes, East Sussex which they claim will be Europe’s “most regenerative” new development.

Jonathan Smales and David Cowans of developer Human Nature have lodged a planning application for the mixed-use scheme, known as Phoenix, which is located on a 7.9ha brownfield site within the South Downs National Park on the banks of the River Ouse.

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