Our Consultation Principles

You can help us to improve by sharing your views and providing feedback about our services.

We run public consultations about decisions and events taking place in Eastbourne. 

This section includes details of current consultations. Contact us to have your say. You can also find information about recent consultations and results.

Our Consultation Principles

• Consultation will be a meaningful two-way dialogue leading to decision making. All sections of the community will be given the opportunity to be involved in local decision making

• We will make use of the results of existing consultations and share good practice and ideas with our partners

• A consultation timetable will be produced, which will be shared with our partners

• A report of results will be produced for each consultation and results will be shared

• We will explain why we are consulting, what we are consulting about and how views of the public will affect our decisions

• We will allow sufficient time for responses, complying with the principles of the Eastbourne Compact where we can

• Consultation will be carried out and the resulting data held with integrity adhering at all times to the Data Protection Act

• We will feedback to those who took part, showing how results of consultation shaped policy