Appendix C: Stakeholder engagement

Overview

In order to develop the desired vision of the future, we worked with our stakeholder representatives to explore how the future in 2050 might be impacted by social, political, economic and environmental trends. Engagement in early phase of developing draft LTP4 was undertaken with varying groups detailed below.

Early phase of developing draft LTP4

East Sussex County Council officers
  • LTP4 Project Board
  • Internal Officer Liaison Group
East Sussex County Council members
  • Member Reference Group
  • Two Member Online Sessions
External stakeholders

Workshop sessions held with:

  • Local Authority stakeholder group including transport user groups and strategic Partners such as districts and boroughs and National Highways, Network Rail and Transport for the South East
  • 6 schools and further education colleges
  • Disability groups

Online engagement platform for use with the public

Phase 2 of the engagement programme was undertaken follows:

Phase 2 engagement programme
Timescales Tasks Engagement
Jan – Feb 2023 Finalising evidence base Completing stage 1 engagement Development of vision and objectives Scenarios session 1: Ranking future uncertainty
Feb – Mar 2023 Future scenario development Scenarios session 2: Formation of scenarios Scenarios session 3: Presentation of high-level scenario impacts Identification of preferred scenario
Apr 2023 Option generation Presentation on modelled results from preferred scenario Option generation workshop
May 2023 Package short listing Initial strategy development Shortlist packages of interventions The Strategy
Jun 2023 Full strategy development Development of thematic strategies Development of SEA, HRA and HIA Presentation of the draft version of the LTP
Aug 2023 Final draft of LTP for consultation Presentation of the final draft of LTP for consultation
Autumn 2023 Public consultation on LTP Public consultation on LTP
Winter 2023/2024 East Sussex governance and approvals East Sussex governance and approvals