1. Purpose of the report and policy context

1.1 To receive any petitions submitted directly to Democratic Services or any e-Petition submitted via the council’s website.

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the committee responds to the petition either by noting it or where it is considered more appropriate, calls for an officer report on the matter.

3. Context and background information

3.1 To receive the following petition signed by 1267 people at the time of publication:

(1) Introduce a bus service connecting Woodingdean to Falmer and Lewes

Woodingdean has buses connecting us to Rottingdean to the south and Brighton to the west, but we have no bus services taking us north! This new route would connect Woodingdean to Falmer Village, Falmer train station, the University of Sussex campus and then on to Lewes Town where further connections can be made to locations across East Sussex.

An affordable and reliable public bus network is vital to thousands of people in the City. A public transport system done well gets people out of their cars thus reducing traffic, improving air quality and bringing down congestion.

This petition calls on Brighton and Hove City Council to broker a new bus service connecting Woodingdean with Falmer and Lewes.