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The government again plans to move Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean into Brighton and Hove, now from April 2029. The council is 'shocked'.
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Newhaven
Newhaven Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Newhaven weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 20% chance of rain and winds up to 15 mph.
Peacehaven
Peacehaven Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Peacehaven weather today: light drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 20% chance of rain and winds up to 17 mph.
Seaford
Seaford Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Seaford weather today: drizzle, 13°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 20% chance of rain and winds up to 15 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Local Info
Lewes Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today
Cheapest petrol in Lewes today: unleaded from 138.8p and diesel from 145.8p a litre, across 9 forecourts within 8 miles. Updated every morning from the...
Weather
Lewes Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Lewes weather today: drizzle, 12°C by day and 8°C overnight, with a 20% chance of rain and winds up to 14 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
Jobs
Lewes Claimant Count Hits 2,065, Highest Since Feb 2025
2,065 people claimed in the Lewes district in September, up 95 in a month and the sharpest rise in East Sussex. Women make up 90 of the 95 added in a year.
Seaford
Seaford Health Centre Plan Gets Initial NHS Funding
The NHS and Lewes District Council have agreed initial funding to study a new Seaford health centre on land including the Richmond Road car park.
Glyndebourne
Glyndebourne Christmas Concerts: 5 to 13 Dec, from £10
Glyndebourne's Christmas Concerts run 5 to 13 December: six shows at 2pm, 3pm or 7.30pm, tickets £10 to £82, with Britten, carols and Jingle Bells.
Council
Lewes District Local Plan Paused After Government Changes
Lewes District Council has paused its new Local Plan, which proposed 15,004 homes over 22 years, and started protective legal action over the Peacehaven move.
Lewes
Lewes Flood Report: Only Flood-Adaptable Homes on Floodplain
Seven actions from the Lewes floods report, led by only flood-adaptable building on a floodplain where 1,380+ homes are built or approved since 2000.
Newhaven
Breakwater Academy Leaves Valley Road for High Cliff Site
Breakwater Academy pupils start at a new site at High Cliff, Southdown Road, on 2 November after leaving Valley Road on 16 October. What the school has told parents.
Lewes
Lewes Tourist Information Centre Moves to Barbican House
Lewes Tourist Information Centre is moving from 6 High Street into Barbican House Museum, opposite the castle, in the coming weeks, with weekend opening promised.
Lewes is the historic county town of East Sussex, on the Ouse under the castle, and it is not the largest town in its own district. Seaford is, along the coast. Peacehaven and Newhaven come next, and the council itself moved its headquarters to Newhaven in 2023. Ringmer and the downland villages fill in the rest.
The Lewes Post covers all four towns and the villages with them. Planning here is split, because much of the district lies inside the South Downs National Park, where applications are decided by the park authority rather than the district council, and we always say which body made a decision. Everything we publish comes from the published record with a link to the document.
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