Petition: Introduction of traffic calming measures along The Village, Eastbourne
What it recommends
- “3 3.1 The County Council has considered a petition calling on the Council for traffic calming measures around The Village and the request has been assessed through the approved prioritisation process. It is therefore recommended that the petitioners are advised that a scheme to introduce traffic calming measures around The Village, Eastbourne, including on Matlock Road and Colstocks Road has been assessed through the”
What the meeting decided
The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED to advise petitioners that: (1) a potential scheme to install a traffic calming system around The Village, Eastbourne including on Matlock Road and Colstocks Road, has been assessed through the approved prioritisation process but has not met the necessary benchmark score to be considered for detailed appraisal and possible inclusion for funding within the Capital Programme; and (2) petitioners may wish to consider setting up a Community Speed Watch Group for the area to carry out occasional speed checks.” minutes ↗
In plain English
Recommended · This went to the meeting on Mon 19 Jan 2026. What was decided is in that meeting's minutes.
The scheme did not meet the necessary benchmark score to be considered for detailed appraisal or possible inclusion for funding within the Capital Programme. p6
Officers also recommended advising petitioners that they may wish to consider setting up a Community Speed Watch Group for the area to carry out occasional speed checks. p5p7
Crash data supplied by Sussex Police shows that there have been no personal injury crashes in The Village, Eastbourne for the most recent 3-year period up to 30 September 2025. p9
The request will remain on the list of schemes for potential progression if other funding sources become available in the future. p9
Show the 4 passages this is based on
- p5RECOMMENDATIONS: The Lead Member is recommended to advise petitioners that:
- p6(1) a potential scheme to install a traffic calming system around The Village, Eastbourne including on Matlock Road and Colstocks Road, has been assessed through the approved prioritisation process but has not met the necessary benchmark score to be considered for detailed appraisal and possible inclusion for funding within the Capital Programme; and
- p7(2) petitioners may wish to consider setting up a Community Speed Watch Group for the area to carry out occasional speed checks.
- p92 Supporting Information 2.1 The Village is subject to a 30mph speed limit as indicated by the system of street lighting. The western and southern arms of The Village are not public highway and therefore not being considered as part of this report. A location plan is attached as Appendix 1. 2.2 Crash data supplied by Sussex Police shows that there have been no personal injury crashes in The Village, Eastbourne for the most recent 3-year period up to 30 September 2025. 2.3 The Village has residential parking bays on alternating sides along the length of the road. This system provides an unofficial traffic calming system as road users need to slow down to navigate around them. Site images are attached as Appendix 2. 2.4 The County Council has a limited amount of funding available to develop local transport improvements and needs to ensure that resource are allocated to those schemes which will be of greatest benefit to our local communities. To help prioritise the number of requests received for improvements, an assessment process has been developed to determine which schemes should be funded through the Local Transport Improvement programme. 2.5 The request for traffic calming measures to be introduced around The Village, Eastbourne has been assessed through the approved prioritisation process but has not met the necessary benchmark score to be considered for inclusion in the East Sussex County Council annual Capital Programme for Local Transport Improvements for 2026/27. The request will however remain on the list of schemes for potential progression should other funding sources become available in the future. 2.6 Following the residents’ concerns about excessive speeding of vehicles using the road as a route to avoid traffic on Meads Street, residents may wish to report speeding and anti-social driving behaviour to the Police via the Operation Crackdown website.