EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL’S FORWARD PLAN
The Leader of the County Council is required to publish a forward plan setting out matters which the Leader believes will be the subject of a key decision by the Cabinet, individual Cabinet member or officer in the period covered by the Plan (the subsequent four months). The Council’s Constitution states that a key decision is one that involves
(a) expenditure which is, or the making of savings which are, significant having regard to the expenditure of the County Council’s budget, namely above £500,000 per annum; or
(b) is significant in terms of its effects on communities living or working in an area comprising two or more electoral divisions.
As a matter of good practice, the Council's Forward Plan includes other items in addition to key decisions that are to be considered by the Cabinet/individual members. This additional information is provided to inform local residents of all matters to be considered, with the exception of issues which are dealt with under the urgency provisions. Only key decisions to be taken by officers are included.
For each decision included on the Plan the following information is provided:
- the name of the individual or body that is to make the decision and the date of the meeting or relevant time period for an officer decision
- the title of the report and decision to be considered
- groups that will be consulted prior to the decision being taken
- a list of documents that will be considered when making the decision
- the name and telephone number of the contact officer for each item.
The Plan is updated and published every month on the Council’s website two weeks before the start of the period to be covered.
Meetings of the Cabinet/individual members are open to the public (with the exception of discussion regarding reports which contain exempt/confidential information). Copies of agenda and reports for meetings are available on the website in advance of meetings. Key decisions taken by officers will not be taken at a meeting – documents listed can be made available on request to the contact officer, with the exception of those which contain exempt/confidential information.
For further details on the time of meetings and general information about the Plan please contact Andy Cottell at County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE, or telephone 01273 481955 or send an e-mail to andy.cottell@eastsussex.gov.uk. For further detailed information regarding specific issues to be considered by the Cabinet, individual Member or officer please contact the named contact officer for the item concerned.
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE
For copies of reports or other documents please contact the officer listed on the Plan or phone 01273 335274.
FORWARD PLAN – EXECUTIVE DECISIONS (including Key Decisions) –1 January 2022 TO 30 April 2022
Additional notices in relation to Key Decisions and/or private decisions are available on the Council’s website.
Cabinet membership:
Councillor Keith Glazier - Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development
Councillor Nick Bennett – Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
Councillor Rupert Simmons – Lead Member for Economy
Councillor Claire Dowling – Lead Member for Transport and Environment
Councillor Carl Maynard – Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health
Councillor Bob Bowdler – Lead Member for Children and Families
Councillor Bob Standley – Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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Date for Decision |
Decision Taker |
Decision/Key Issue |
Decision to be taken wholly or partly in private (P) or Key Decision (KD) |
Consultation
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List of Documents to be submitted to decision maker |
Contact Officer |
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12 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health
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Domestic Abuse Accommodation and Support Strategy for Sussex To agree the Domestic Abuse Accommodation and Support Strategy for Sussex. The domestic Abuse Act 2021 requires local authorities to publish a strategy setting out how they will protect and assist survivors of domestic abuse in safe accommodation. In Sussex we have developed a draft strategy that covers East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Michaela Richards
07895 208 804 |
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12 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health
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Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund Agree the use of the Government’s Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund. ESCC has been allocated £4.98million. ESCC is looking to provide funding to independent care providers.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Tom Hook
01273 335340 |
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14 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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East Sussex Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2022-2023 To approve the
publication of the East Sussex Childcare
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Jane Spice
01323 747425 |
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14 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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Dedicated Schools Grant 2022/23 The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) allocations
are notified to the Local Authority in December and the DSG budget
requires approval.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Ed Beale
07701 394783 |
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14 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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Proposed Specialist Facility at All Saints CE Primary School, Bexhill To seek Lead Member approval to a publish statutory notice in respect of a proposal to establish a specialist facility at All Saints CE Primary School, Bexhill.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Gary Langford
01273 481758
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Not before 17 January 2022 |
Director of Public Health
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Covid Outbreak Management Fund (COMF) – Temporary Accommodation for Rough Sleepers To seek approval from the Director of Public Health (by delegated authority) to support a proposal to access COMF funding to provide temporary accommodation for former rough sleepers, with ongoing support provided by the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI).
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Joanne Bernhaut
01273 336034
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17 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Petition - the residents of the Parish of Willingdon and Jevington ask East Sussex County Council to place a speed hump just before the entrance of Green Lane To consider the response to the petition calling for a speed hump to help reduce the speed of traffic before a serious accident occurs.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Michael Higgs
01273 482106
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17 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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A259 Denmark Place/A2101 Albert Road, Hastings, pedestrian crossing improvements. East Sussex County Council are proposing to implement a new signalised pedestrian crossing facility across the western arm of the A259 Denmark Place/A2101 Albert Road junction in Hastings. Additionally, it is proposed to remove the existing staggered pedestrian crossing on the eastern arm of the junction and replace it with a straight-across crossing and to provide a signalised crossing over Albert Road. The report summarises the responses to the stakeholder consultation and public ‘infotation’ and seeks approval to continue to the detailed design stage and construction.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Deborah Parker
01273 336685 |
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17 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Viridor in East Sussex Community Fund East Sussex County Council has a contract for the processing and disposal of dry mixed recyclables. The contractor is committed to Social Value and has proposed a Community Fund for local projects that deliver economic benefit.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Laura Tafa
07919 298462 |
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25 Jan 2022 |
Cabinet
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Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources (RPPR) 2022/23: Draft Council Plan To ask Cabinet to approve the draft Council Plan, Council Tax levels, Revenue Budget, and Capital Programme for 2022/23 for recommendation to the County Council (including Savings Proposals, Equality Impact Assessment, Engagement and Scrutiny feedback).
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Claire Lee
07523 930526 |
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25 Jan 2022 |
Cabinet
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Treasury Management Strategy 2022/23 To approve the Treasury Management Policy and Strategy for 2022/23. This includes setting the Prudential Indicators as set out in the Prudential Code and approving the Minimum Revenue Provision policy statement and the Annual Investment Strategy for 2022/23.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Ian Gutsell
01273 48139 |
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25 Jan 2022 |
Lead Member for Strategic Management and Economic Development
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Coronavirus Contingency Arrangements To review the temporary measures agreed by the Leader in July 2021 in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Stuart McKeown
01273 481583 |
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17 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
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St Helens Down (land at) To declare surplus land at St Helens Down formerly the site of the building known as Ridgeway, and to agree the disposal of the St Helens Down site formed of the site of three demolished buildings (Pinehill Day Centre, Mount Denys and Ridgeway)
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P
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Local Member
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Zoe Tweed
01273 336104 |
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17 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
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Transfer of freehold of the Cuckoo Trail Transfer of that part of the Cuckoo Trail that is held freehold by East Sussex County Council to Wealden District Council subject to due diligence
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Zoe Tweed
01273 336104 |
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Notice of Motion - 20mph speed limits near schools To consider the Notice of Motion proposed by Councillor Holt regarding 20mph speed limits near schools
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Brian Banks
01424 724558
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Application to deregister land known as The Triangle, Hailsham VG 35 To consider East Sussex County Council becoming a joint applicant in the Wealden District Council application already submitted to the Secretary of State under section 16 of The Commons Registration Act 2006
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Natalie Mclean
01273 482628 |
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Devonshire Road/Station Approach, Hastings, signalised junction improvements – outcomes of consultations. The report presents the outcomes of the stakeholder and public consultation exercises for the Devonshire Road/Station Approach signalised junction improvement proposals. The report seeks approval to proceed to detailed design and construction.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Deborah Parker
01273 336685 |
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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London Road, Bexhill Traffic Management and Public Realm proposals – Outcomes of consultations on the Beeching Road and Sackville Road elements The report presents the outcomes of the stakeholder and public consultation exercises for the Beeching Road and Sackville Road elements of the London Road, Bexhill, Traffic Management and Public Realm proposals. The report seeks approval to proceed to detailed design and construction for these two elements.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Deborah Parker
01273 336685 |
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Eastbourne Cycle Routes To seek Lead Member approval, following the stakeholder and public consultations, to progress with the detailed design process for all five of the proposed Eastbourne cycle routes and, subject to the outcomes of this process, the phased implementation of the routes over the next two to three years subject to funding.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Andrew Keer
01273 336682
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21 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Reallocation of Community Match underspend to Road Safety schemes To consider the allocation of a proportion of the current Community Match underspend to deliver community focused road safety interventions.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Brian Banks
01424 724558
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22 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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Determine Admission Arrangements for 2023-24 To determine the admission arrangements for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools in East Sussex for the 2023-24 academic year (and the co-ordinated schemes of admission for the same year), as required by the School Admissions Code 2021.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Jo Miles
01273 481911 |
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23 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Economy
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Partnership agreement between the County Council and Department for Work and Pensions to agree shared approaches to addressing unemployment in East Sussex To consider a proposed partnership agreement between ESCC and the regional and local DWP offices which has been developed by the ESCC Employability and Skills Team and Regional DWP leads. The partnership agreement proposes areas for collaboration and outlines arrangements for improved data sharing, referral processes and joint initiatives to tackle unemployment in the county.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Holly Aquilina
01323 463538
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23 Feb 2022 |
Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health
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Specialist sexual health services six month contract extension Lead member
approval of waiver of procurement standing orders to extend the
current sexual health contract by six months to allow
readvertisement of the contract in the absence of bidders in this
procurement round.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Tony Proom
01273 335252 |
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1 Mar 2022 |
Cabinet
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Council Monitoring: Quarter 3 2021/22 To consider the Council Monitoring report for the third quarter of the financial year 2021/22 as part of the Council's Reconciling Policy, Performance and Resources process
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Victoria Beard
07894 708914 |
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1 Mar 2022 |
Cabinet
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NHS Health and Care Bill To update Cabinet on progress with the Sussex Integrated Care System (ICS), and seek Cabinet’s agreement to the recommended arrangements for Council representation in accordance with the national proposals to put ICSs on a statutory footing in England by April 2022
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Mark Stainton
01273 481238 |
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1 Mar 2022 |
Cabinet
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Conservators of Ashdown Forest – budget for 2022/23 Cabinet in asked to approve the Conservators of Ashdown Forest’s core budget for 2022/23.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Ian Gutsell
01273 481399 |
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14 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Formation of the South East Coast Path National Trail Partnership The Partnership will manage the Medway to Shoreham section of the England Coast Path, a new National Trail around the coast of England. As well as East Sussex, the Partnership will also involve Brighton & Hove City Council, South Downs National Park Authority, Kent County Council and Medway Council.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Andrew Le Gresley
0345 6080193 |
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14 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Petition calling on the County Council to address cycling measures in Alexandra Park, Hastings The petition "calls upon East Sussex County Council to remove their support for a shared cycle/pedestrian pathway through the lower part of Alexandra Park, between Dordrecht Way and Bethune Way. Otherwise there will be inevitable conflict between pedestrians, children, dogs, buggies, cyclists, the elderly and the blind."
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Tracey Vaks
01273 482123 |
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14 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Petition to extend the 40mph speed limit on the A2100 London Road, Battle To consider the petition calling on the County Council to extend the 40mph speed limit beyond that being proposed for the new Lillybank development to a suitable location north of Canadia Road. The limit is being extended as part of a Section 106 Agreement for the Millwood Homes development (Lillybank Farm), and an extension north of Canadia Road will help protect vulnerable residents from the excessive speeding frequently endangering lives
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Helen Pain
0345 6080193 |
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14 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
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Petition - Review of speed limits on the A272 at North Chailey The petition states: Many residents living near the A272 North Chailey would like to see a review of the speed limits and safer crossing solutions. Sandwiched between a 30mph speed limit at the King’s Head roundabout, the speed on Station Road jumps to 50mph, which many believe is too fast. Then when approaching Newick it becomes 40mph and then 30mph. Recently we have seen new housing developments and there is a need for an updated review of the speed limits.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Michael Higgs
01273 482106
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22 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Adult Social Care and Health
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To issue updated Terms and Conditions for Providers of Residential and Nursing Homes for older people The Terms and Conditions for Residential and Nursing Home placements for older people have been updated. Following engagement with Providers, the documents have been finalised ready to be issued in April. Lead Member is requested to authorise the issuing of the documents.
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Stephen Byrom
01273 481633 |
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31 Mar 2022 |
Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change
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Write off of debt 2021/22
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P
KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Emma L Brown
01273 337474 |
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19 Apr 2022 |
Cabinet
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External Audit Plan 2021/22
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Ian Gutsell
01273 481399 |
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19 Apr 2022 |
Cabinet
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Internal Audit Strategy and Plan 2022/23
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KD |
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Russell Banks
01273 481447
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26 Apr 2022 |
Lead Member for Education and Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disability
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Proposed Specialist Facility at All Saints CE Primary School, Bexhill - final decision on proposal To seek Lead Member approval to establish a specialist facility at All Saints CE Primary School, Bexhill.
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Report, other documents may also be submitted
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Gary Langford
01273 481758
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