Developer Human Nature has unveiled plans for a 700-home timber scheme in Lewes, East Sussex which it said will be Europe’s “most regenerative” new development.

The developer has 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.

Human Nature is chaired by David Cowans, former chief executive of housing association giant Places for People and has former Greenpeace trustee Jonathan Smales as its chief executive.

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