Appendix 2 - ESCC Local Authority Active Travel England Assessment

Committee report · Place Scrutiny Committee · Mon 29 Sep 2025 · East Sussex County Council · agenda item 14

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The Council also rated itself level 2 for network planning, citing its existing Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) and progress on prioritised schemes. p15

For scheme delivery, the Council rated itself level 1, and said it hopes future actions will help it reach level 2 in future assessments. p17 p18

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p153. Network Planning With regards to this section ATE required an understanding of the level of progress an authority has made with their Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). Within this section we are able to provide evidence supporting an overall level 2 rating . This is because the existing East Sussex Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) provides a comprehensive coverage of the county within our key centres of population. We are also able to demonstrate that we have been able to progress several of the prioritised schemes within the existing LCWIP and that we undertake comprehensive inclusive engagement when consulting on all active travel schemes.
p174. Scheme Delivery In regard to this section ATE required an understanding of a local authorities track record for delivering capital and revenue active travel schemes from any funding source over the past three years, and to understand delivered scheme complexity. ATE have now applied a higher weighting in the assessment of this section. It requires evidence relating to the delivery of schemes on time and budget, complexity of schemes, stakeholder engagement and scheme quality. Within this section overall we are able to rate ourselves a Level 1 . We were able to demonstrate the delivery of more low complexity schemes that meet with national and ATE guidance and tools. We also used this section to demonstrate that many of the actions that we have either taken (i.e. adoption of the East Sussex LTP4, Active Travel Training with officers), current actions (i.e. review of the LCWIP, scheme development – Eastbourne Town Centre, Hastings Green Connections, Peacehaven and Telscombe Active Travel neighbourhood scheme) and proposed actions (i.e. developing a monitoring and evaluation framework – potentially with WSCC and BHCC) is beginning to filter through to support scheme development and delivery.
p18The actions that we are taking are providing a step change in the development of schemes that are more complex and are of a better quality for people walking, wheeling and cycling. Whist we need to caveat that scheme development and delivery will take time, it is proposed that this will result in enabling us to move to a level 2 rating in future ATE Capability assessments.

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