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Citizen Access portal will be unavailable from 11pm on 22 May for essential maintenance.

A-Z of key services

Browse our key services in alphabetical order

Each service also lists the top guidance and tasks most commonly used by our customers. You can access even more pages by choosing the service title. For example, to see all information on how we can help with benefits applications, select 'Benefits and grants'.

About our website

Read about the services provided by Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils through our joint website

About the councils

  1. Asset management
  2. Byelaws
  3. Coast management and protection
  4. Commercial companies

Access to information

  1. About access to information
  2. Data protection
  3. Disclosure Logs
  4. Environmental information regulations

Benefits and grants

  1. How to claim Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction
  2. Online services for landlords
  3. Universal Credit
  4. How much am I entitled to?

Bins, waste and recycling

Rubbish, waste, bin and recycling services for the Lewes district and borough of Eastbourne
  1. When is my bin collection day?
  2. A-Z of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  3. Report a missed bin collection
  4. Garden waste

Business rates

  1. What are business rates?
  2. How are business rates calculated
  3. Rateable value and rateable value appeals
  4. State aid for business rates

Business support

  1. The place to do business
  2. Finance, funding and grants for businesses
  3. Starting or growing a business
  4. Relocating your business

Cemeteries and crematorium

  1. Eastbourne Crematorium
  2. Cemetery and crematorium fees and charges
  3. Eastbourne Crematorium memorials
  4. Arranging a funeral

Community

  1. Digital Switchover - Changes to telephone landlines
  2. Cost of living crisis
  3. Support for voluntary organisations
  4. Climate change

Consultations

  1. Closed: Consultation on Lewes District Air Quality Action Plan
  2. Eastbourne Land Availability Assessment
  3. Consultations on HMOs and Tourist Accommodation Retention Supplementary Planning Documents
  4. Home energy surveys for Lewes district

Contact us

How to report an issue, make an application, payment or request online without needing to contact us.

Council buildings

  1. New build developments
  2. Venue hire Eastbourne Town Hall
  3. Birth, death, marriage and civil partnership registration
  4. Council property currently available to let or purchase

Council Tax

  1. Your Council Tax explained
  2. What happens if I can't pay my Council Tax?
  3. Who has to pay Council Tax?
  4. Council Tax discounts and premiums

Councillors, committees and meetings

  1. Who are my councillors?
  2. Cabinet and committees
  3. Attending and speaking at public meetings
  4. The Mayor of Eastbourne

Eastbourne Borough Council news

  1. Council's 'landmark project' to deliver 100 new affordable homes begins
  2. Reformer Movement Studio Officially Opens in Meads
  3. Survey launched on future of local government
  4. 'Oasis of colour' planned for Eastbourne seafront

Elections and voting

  1. Guide to elections
  2. How to register to vote and electoral registration FAQs
  3. Annual Canvass
  4. Guide to voting

Environmental problems

  1. Noise nuisance
  2. Drainage and sewers
  3. Bonfires
  4. Fireworks

Extreme weather

  1. Boiler stopped working due to cold weather?
  2. Salt and grit bins
  3. Snow and ice advice
  4. Flooding

Food safety and hygiene

  1. Food safety for businesses
  2. Food safety and hygiene information for residents
  3. Newhaven Port Health Authority

Health and safety

  1. Infectious diseases and food poisoning
  2. Outbreaks of infectious diseases
  3. Health and safety at work

Health and social care

Organisations that can help you with local and national health and social care services

Help and accessibility

  1. Help using this website
  2. Help to get online
  3. Accessibility

Housing

  1. Housing advice and homelessness
  2. Council tenants
  3. Private tenants
  4. Housing fact sheets and leaflets

Jobs

  1. Current job vacancies
  2. Applying for a job at the council
  3. Benefits for council employees
  4. Employee development

Leisure and events

  1. Allotments
  2. Eastbourne Dotto train
  3. Filming in Lewes district and Eastbourne
  4. Getting fit

Lewes District Council news

  1. Councillor Paul Davies elected Chair of Lewes District Council
  2. Survey launched on future of local government
  3. Lewes District Council improves the property-buying process in the area
  4. Council Leader extends Business Rate Payment Term to support businesses

Licensing and registrations

  1. Taxi licensing
  2. Street licences
  3. Pavement licences
  4. Alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing

Make a payment

  1. Pay your Council Tax
  2. Pay your Business Rates
  3. Pay your rent
  4. Repay housing benefit overpayment

My Account

News Room

  1. Keep Me Posted
  2. Eastbourne Borough Council news
  3. Lewes District Council news
  4. District News

Partnerships

  1. Community safety partnership

Planning and building control

  1. Planning applications
  2. Building control
  3. Development management
  4. Trees and hedges

Planning policy

  1. Eastbourne Development Plan
  2. Lewes District Development Plan
  3. Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
  4. Monitoring, Reporting and Registers
  5. Statement of Community Involvement
  6. Local Development Scheme
  7. Employment Land Review
  8. Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

Regeneration

  1. CLEAR FUTURES
  2. Devonshire Quarter
  3. Eastbourne Downland Whole Estate Plan 2020-2045
  4. Eastbourne Neighbourhood Board

Report a problem

Report property, street and environmental issues in Lewes or Eastbourne, including fly tipping, dog fouling, planning breaches and more.

Spending and performance

  1. Open Data
  2. Corporate plans
  3. Corporate governance
  4. Procurement

Streets, parking and travel

  1. Car parking
  2. Changes to grass verge cutting and weeding in Eastbourne from Spring 2025
  3. Coach parking
  4. Community Transport

Tenders and procurement

  1. Procurement
  2. Upcoming Tender Opportunity: Grounds Maintenance Services Contract

Town and parish councils

Town and parish councils in the Lewes District

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