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Better liaison and communication with less well represented groups in the community to seek their views.
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An early and thorough engagement process has taken place with the following groups; elected members (councillors), East Sussex County Council Officers, district & borough councils and South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA), transport and/or infrastructure operators/managers/groups/organisations, business sector, voluntary sector, young people (Youth Cabinet, schools and special educational needs and disability (SEND) ambassadors) and the wider public
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Despite best efforts during the LTP initial consultation and Strategy development, there has been little or no representation from some groups, particularly younger people (aged under 25 outside of a school/educational setting) and businesses. We have been seeking input from stakeholders to see how we can improve responses to these groups. We are planning a number of increased activities with younger people and working with business representatives to increase responses and will continue this throughout the lifetime of the LTP4.
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Early discussions with specific groups where it has been identified that a scheme may have negative impacts. Exploring ways of mitigating those impacts and in neutral impact schemes, exploring whether positive impacts could be achieved.
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We’ve had early discussions with schools, the youth council, internal East Sussex County Council teams, Members and key stakeholders through a combination of interactive workshops and face to face engagement sessions. The results from these workshops have been included in the development of the LTP4.
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We will continue this engagement throughout the process and have expanded our reach to stakeholders through existing events. We will continue to take feedback from workshops and engagement sessions to grow the LTP4 document.
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Improve engagement with identified sections of the community to better inform the transport planning service, especially minority ethnic people, religious groups, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) people.
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We identified all East Sussex ethnic minority, LGBTQ+ and religious community groups, as far as possible, and sought input from the Equalities Team. We contacted these groups directly to enable them to engage in the process.
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As the response rate was lower than we had hoped, we have engaged with the Equalities team to seek alternatives contacts for improved engagement with these groups. We will continue to take feedback from workshops and engagement sessions to grow the LTP4 document.
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Continue regular contact to discuss transport related issues with older people, young people, disability groups and the voluntary sector.
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We had early engagement with these groups during the LTP development process and have had varying success with ongoing engagement with some sectors and groups.
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With the update of LTP4 we have continued contact with these groups by identifying key stakeholders at an early stage and we are engaging with them through the process. Where engagement has been difficult, we are reviewing further opportunities to engage with these groups moving forward.
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Continue to consider equalities issues in all areas of transport planning and provision of transport services in order to make positive impacts for identified groups as well as the wider community.
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EqIAs are required as part of all scheme development
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We are completing this EqIA as part of LTP4.
Each scheme, as it is developed, will have an EqIA.
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Travel information should be available in other languages where appropriate or requested.
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East Sussex will provide this information if requested in relation to their websites, and we will work with transport operators to provide travel information in another language where requested.
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We will be seeking advice as to how we factor this in as part of LTP4.
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Review feedback from consultation
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All consultation feedback has been reviewed and appropriate updates made to the strategy, supporting documents and this EqIA.
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None
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Promote consultation and opportunity to respond on EqIA
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Consultation was promoted to various stakeholder groups, including those with protected characteristics. Responses on the EqIA alone were very low. Additional research has been completed to check for barriers / opportunities.
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Undertook further engagement on the EqIA with older and disabled people
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