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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. Consultation Lewes District Council's Statement of Gambling Principles
  2. Consultation Eastbourne Borough Council's Statement of Gambling Principles
  3. Eastbourne Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) proposals
  4. Lewes District Local Plan consultation

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. Latest update on the Sovereign Centre
  2. Cabinet councillor praises 'great progress' on Eastbourne climate goals
  3. £46,000 for community improvements is 'outstanding news'
  4. New operator brings 'superb track record' to Eastbourne theatres

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. Grants support Newhaven businesses to grow and innovate
  2. A fantastic new free sports facility for Lewes
  3. Angela Rayner's proposals are 'death knell for local democracy'
  4. Council panel sets out blueprint for a cleaner, greener water future

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 Town 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. Coach parking
  3. Community Transport
  4. National bus passes and concessionary bus fares

Tenders and procurement

  1. Procurement

Town and parish councils

Town and parish councils in the Lewes District

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