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Open Data

The councils are committed to being open and transparent about how we work and will provide information about how we manage our business and finances.

This data is freely re-usable under the same terms as Open Government Licence  on UK Government's National Archives website.

  • Select the topic titles below to open and close a data panel
  • To download documents where they appear in a list, select the download link. If you select the document title, the panel will close and you will need to re-open it to download the document

Since we have many Freedom of Information requests of a similar nature during the course of the year, we now create standard reports.   

The Eastbourne reports include all business rate accounts, any reliefs applicable to the accounts and any credits applicable. New business rate liabilities are shown in the first column and indicated with a 'Y'. 

There are three separate reports for Lewes. These include all business rate accounts, business rate credits and new accounts.

As we create these reports on a monthly basis, we will not continue to provide individual responses to requests during the year, or for similar information. Any such requests will be politely declined.  

The information has been screened to remove the names of sole-traders as this data is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; however, their business addresses are shown. Account references are not included as these are personal to the account. 

When applying for a refund, you will need to provide documents showing that you were, or are the ratepayer, or that you have permission from the ratepayer to act on their behalf.

Every year we award grants to voluntary and community organisations for services and activities which benefit Lewes and Eastbourne and their residents.

Contracts Finder provides full details of our contractors.

You can find further information about the East Sussex Joint Waste Contract, which includes Eastbourne Borough Council in the attachment below. 

Tenders

When we put a contract out to tender, the full details and application processes are published on:  Contracts Finder 

Contracts and Tenders over £5000

At the end of April each year we have a statutory requirement to publish information about the number of off street parking spaces within Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council's control.

The attachment contains information regarding on-street and off-street Eastbourne parking spaces where charges apply and which are provided directly by Eastbourne Borough Council, together with details of private off-street car parks.  This does not include details of on-street parking spaces which are provided by East Sussex County Council.

Below are the number of off-street parking spaces for Lewes District Council:

Free = 823

Charges (including permits) = 1208

Annual Parking Reports, the Joint Parking Board minutes and financial information for the above can be found at: East Sussex County Council Parking Annual Reports and Minutes

Under the Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency, we are required to publish our constitutions on our website:

Third party solicitors should note Eastbourne Borough Council's Public Liability and Employer's Liability Insurer is Zurich Municipal, policy QLA-17H065-0173; its insurer’s Portal compensator identity is C00108. Defendant-only CNFs must be sent to insurance@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk.

Third party solicitors should note Lewes District Council's Public Liability and Employer's Liability Insurer is Protector Insurance, policy 1146004; its insurer’s Portal compensator identity is C00585. Defendant-only CNFs must be sent to insurance@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Justice has mandated that personal injury claims falling within the scope of the pre-action protocols must be processed using the Claims Portal.  

Please note neither Eastbourne Borough Council or Lewes District Council are a highway authority. The highway authority for highways in Eastbourne Borough and Lewes District is East Sussex County Council. Claims relating to highway roads and pavements should be sent direct to customer@eastsussexhighways.com or East Sussex County Council, Highways Claims, Ringmer Depot, The Broyle, Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5NP.  

As part of our commitment to the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, Lewes District Council and Eastbourne Borough Council have published detailed lists of our land and property assets, excluding social housing.

We are continually up-dating and publishing this data and will review this periodically as part of our normal asset management arrangements. Please note this data is intended for analysis and is not in a printer friendly format.

Eastbourne Borough Council have a scheme for councillors and their communities.

Each ward has been given £10,000 to spend on quick fix one-off works or initiatives to improve the lives of residents within each of the nine council wards. The funding can also be used to support local events within the ward or across Eastbourne.

To find out how the money has been spent please visit the Devolved Ward Budgets page.

You can download details on payments over £500 made to Lewes District Council suppliers below.

Where information relates to individuals the payment is shown but details that identify individuals have been replaced with Redacted Personal Data to comply with the Data Protection Act.

The information only relates to supplier payments and does not include Housing Benefit payments or refunds, and the councils will not disclose sensitive personal information.

If you have any queries about a particular payment then please contact us.

You can download details on payments over £500 made to Eastbourne Borough Council suppliers below.

Where information relates to individuals the payment is shown but details that identify individuals have been replaced with Redacted Personal Data to comply with the Data Protection Act.

The information only relates to supplier payments and does not include Housing Benefit payments or refunds, and the councils will not disclose sensitive personal information.

If you have any queries about a particular payment then please contact us.

You can download Information regarding Information Technology (IT) below.

Since we have many Freedom of Information requests regarding various IT 'issues' during the course of the year, we now provide details of the frequently asked questions, together with their responses.  These will be updated on an annual basis.

Download our corporate management structure chart for the joint councils below. This will be updated when changes are made to the structure.

The councils receive no income from on-street parking activities, such as charging for parking on highways and roads. In Eastbourne and Lewes, on-street parking is operated by East Sussex County Council.

Because the councils operate off-street parking only, they are exempt from the legislative requirements of Section 55 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to ring fence any surplus and apply it solely for highways and transport related purposes.      

Each month we publish information on how fast we pay our suppliers. We’ll tell you how many invoices we’ve received, and how many of those have been paid within 30 days.

Latest monthly figures: April 2019

  • Total invoices processed 828
  • Invoices paid in under 30 days 786
  • Invoices paid after 30 days 42
  • Liability of charges for Late Payments £882
  • Charges Paid £0.00
  • Percentage paid with 30 days 95%

Financial year to date

  • Total invoices processed 828
  • Invoices paid in under 30 days 786
  • Invoices paid after 30 days 42
  • Liability of charges for Late Payments £882
  • Charges Paid £0.00
  • Percentage paid with 30 days 95%

Each month we publish information on how fast we pay our suppliers. We’ll tell you how many invoices we’ve received, and how many of those have been paid within 30 days.

Latest monthly figures: April 2019

  • Total invoices processed 1,410
  • Invoices paid in under 30 days 1,299
  • Invoices paid after 30 days 111
  • Liability of charges for Late Payments £4,109
  • Charges Paid £0.00
  • Percentage paid with 30 days 92%

Financial year to date summary

  • Total invoices processed 1,410
  • Invoices paid in under 30 days 1,299
  • Invoices paid after 30 days 111
  • Liability of charges for Late Payments £4,109
  • Charges Paid £0.00
  • Percentage paid with 30 days 92%

You can search online for Eastbourne full planning application details dating back to 1995 at Eastbourne Planning Applications . You can search online for decision notices only dating back to 1948. Please note that we no longer hold paper files at our offices. 

You can search online for Lewes full planning applications received after March 2006 at Lewes Planning Applications with limited records available from 1948.  

All Lewes planning applications received after 1st April 2012, that are within the National Park (SDNPA), are only available to view on the SDNPA website. Lewes District Council continues to process the applications but all associated documents appear on their website. 

We are frequently asked for information about public health funerals, people who have died with no known next of kin, bona vacantia estates and estates which have been referred to the Treasury Solicitor.  This information is supplied by year and the listings contain all information that can be made publicly available.

Eastbourne and Lewes public toilets are managed by the councils. Most are open from 7 am until sunset.

If you find a problem with a council run public toilet you can report the problem online.

You can download details below of where the toilets are, their facilities and other key information. The second document in csv format is designed for open government requirements and gives far more specific information about the toilets’ locations:

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 requires us to publish details of the value of the houses and flats that we own as social housing.  The publication of this information is not intended to suggest that tenancies should end so that the councils can realise the market value of their properties.

We use independent, professional valuers to value the homes and the valuations are carried out in accordance with government guidance. 

The market values are, in the opinion of the valuers, the best sale price that could be obtained for the property at the time of valuation. The adjusted Existing Use Value – Social Housing (EUV-SV) represents the assumption that the properties have sitting tenants with potentially below market value rents and statutory rights such as right to buy.

Please see attachments below for data about trade union facility time.