The Phoenix, Lewes: a new riverside neighbourhood that sounds almost too good to be true

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The Phoenix, Lewes: a new riverside neighbourhood that sounds almost too good to be true

A dream team of architects has planning permission to convert a former ironworks in the old Sussex market town into a sustainable new community for all, with low-rise flats, courtyard gardens, electric car share and more. If built, it could spearhead a transformation of British housingImagine a new district of an old town, made up of multiple good things. Its blocks of flats, mostly four or five storeys high, would achieve what’s called “gentle …