Writing a DAS for a Lewes application
A Design & Access Statement explains and justifies your proposal against the development plan. For schemes across Lewes — Lewes, Newhaven, Seaford and Peacehaven and the surrounding area — that means engaging Lewes's own adopted policies on design, character and amenity, plus the NPPF. Buildwise auto-detects site constraints (South Downs National Park (park area administered by SDNPA, not the district), conservation areas and coastal / flood risk) from your postcode and writes each section tailored to your site and project type.
Cited to Lewes's actual adopted plan
Buildwise references Lewes's live policies directly — for example design, amenity and character policies such as DM25 (Design), DM28 (Residential Extensions), CP11 (Built and Historic Environment and High Quality Design) — quoted from the source documents and verified, never invented. As Lewes updates its plan, Buildwise's corpus is updated with it.
- Lewes District Local Plan Part 1: Joint Core Strategy 2010-2030 (adopted May 2016)
- Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 (adopted February 2020)
How it works
Address + postcode; constraints detected automatically.
Usually under 10 minutes.
Download as PDF, edit online, or send to your client under your practice logo.
Example (excerpt)
"The single-storey design and restrained ridge height directly address scale and massing, ensuring compliance with Policy DM25 (Design). Generous separation to the host dwelling with no new facing windows satisfies the amenity requirements engaged by Policy DM28…"
Frequently asked questions
Required for major development and for most work in conservation areas or the South Downs National Park (park area administered by SDNPA, not the district); often expected for householder schemes too. Buildwise produces one either way.
Lewes's adopted Lewes District Local Plan Part 1: Joint Core Strategy 2010-2030 (adopted May 2016) and Lewes District Local Plan Part 2 (adopted February 2020) policies relevant to your scheme — such as DM25 (Design), DM28 (Residential Extensions), CP11 (Built and Historic Environment and High Quality Design) — plus the NPPF.
Minutes, versus most of a working day by hand.
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