Closed: Consultation on Eastbourne Air Quality Strategy
From Friday 10 October 2025 to Monday 26 January 2026, invited feedback on the draft Eastbourne Air Quality Strategy (AQS). This consultation has now closed.
Air quality has improved in England over recent decades however, it continues to be the biggest environmental risk to public health, with children, older people, and disabled people most affected.
Local government has an essential role to play in delivering cleaner air for communities and nature right across England and local authorities are expected to take preventative action to manage poor air quality, through a local Air Quality Strategy, rather than waiting for a legal limit to be breached.
The draft strategy sets out a framework to enable Eastbourne Borough Council, with the support of partner organisations, to deliver cleaner air for Eastbourne.
To achieve this, we have developed a comprehensive Air Quality Strategy with five main aims:
- Achieve and maintain clean air for all
- Promote cleaner travel
- Ensure new developments are sustainably designed
- Foster community awareness of air pollution and mitigation initiatives
- Improve our understanding of air quality across Eastbourne
The council's proposed actions to help reduce air pollution across the borough can be found in the draft Eastbourne Air Quality Strategy 2026-2030 (PDF, 864 KB)
Drop-in sessions
Saturday 1 November: 10.30am to 12.30pm
We held a drop-in session to hear your views on air quality and the strategy and answer any questions you might have.
This took place on Saturday 1 November 2025 from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Eastbourne Town Hall, Town Hall, Grove Rd, Eastbourne BN21 4UG.
Friday 23 January 2026: from 10am to 3.30pm
We also held another drop-in session on Friday 23 January 2026 at Gather in the Beacon shopping centre, Terminus Road, Eastbourne, BN21 3NW.
This was be a further chance to pick up a paper copy of the consultation documents or to help some help completing a survey from a council officer.
More information
The Air Quality Strategy for England is available to download at: Air quality strategy: framework for local authority delivery - GOV.UK
