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Eastbourne Borough Council is the local authority for Eastbourne in East Sussex, England. Eastbourne has had an elected council since 1859, which has been reformed on several occasions. Since 1974, Eastbourne has been a non-metropolitan district with borough status. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control
Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England, is elected every four years. Until 2007 one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election. Until 2007 one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without an election.
Mayoral Chain for the Borough of Eastbourne. The Mayor of Eastbourne officiated over the Eastbourne Borough of New Zealand, which was administered by the Eastbourne Borough Council. The office existed from 1906 until 1989, when Eastbourne Borough was amalgamated into the Hutt City Council as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There were ...
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town hall and signed the visitors book during a tour of East Sussex in 1966. [15] [16] [17] The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Eastbourne County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when Eastbourne District Council was formed in 1974. [18]
The local council operates from Eastbourne Town Hall. There are two tiers of local government covering Eastbourne, at district and county level: Eastbourne Borough Council, based at the Town Hall on Grove Road, and East Sussex County Council, based in Lewes. There are no civil parishes in the borough, which is an unparished area. [63]
Stephen Holt, leader of Eastbourne Borough Council (EBC), said the authority was managing a multi-million pound funding gap "caused by unprecedented numbers of families in temporary accommodation".
By the 1960s the council again needed more space and so the current County Hall was built. Southover House was sold to Lewes District Council in 1998. [29] Full council meetings continued to be held in the council chamber at Pelham House until 2003 when a new council chamber was created in the 1968 County Hall and Pelham House was sold. [24]
As Leader of Eastbourne Borough Council, David Tutt has been the lead democratic official overseeing the redevelopment of the town of Eastbourne. A number of projects have been undertaken in an attempt to regenerate the local economy and tax base, or to make profit-generating investments in the town to remodel the Council's income away from ...