Access Fund for Sustainable Travel Revenue - East Sussex · Access Fund for Sustainable Travel Revenue Competition - Application Form Local transport authority name(s): East Sussex

Access Fund for Sustainable Travel Revenue

Competition - Application Form

Local transport authority name(s): East Sussex County Council

Bid Manager Name and position: Jon Wheeler, Team Manager – Strategic Economic Infrastructure

Contact telephone number: 01273 482212

Email address: [email protected]

Postal address: Communities, Economy & Transport, East Sussex County Council, County Hall, St Anne’s

Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE

Website address for published bid:

https://new.eastsussex.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/localtransportplan/funding

A1. Project name: Active Access for Growth – East Sussex

A2. Headline description:

A3. Type of bid: a) This bid is:

Revenue only, and I confirm we have made provisions for a minimum additional 10% matched

contribution.

A4. Total package cost (£m): £1,417,540m

A5. Total DfT revenue funding contribution sought (£m): £1.2m .

Applicant Information

SECTION A - Project description and funding profile

Active Access for Growth – East Sussex is a unique programme which will inspire and enhance existing

and longer term cycling and walking activity, across our three key growth areas - Newhaven,

Eastbourne/South Wealden and Bexhill/Hastings.

We are ready to mobilise the programme, which will focus on delivering three distinct, yet

complementary elements - Active Access for Business & Workforce Development - Active Access for

Education & Training and Active Access for Healthy Communities.

With over £22m of capital investment in walking & cycling coming forward, we will look to maximise

this through the delivery of a £1.417, 540m programme with a DfT ask of £1.2m, which will provide a

BCR of 7.13 (very high).

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A6. Local contribution (£m): £217,540

Please see below an outline of the local contributions from ESCC and third party partners; an outline of

where the contributions will be spent is included in section B4 Financial Case – Project Costs.

Table 1: Breakdown of local contribution

Local Contributions

Local Authority Contribution (£) 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Total

ESCC Staff Time 22,890 22,890 22,890 68,670

Public Health 20,000 20,000 20,000 60,000

Total 42,890 42,890 42,890 128,670

Third Party (£) 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Total

SDNPA 14,290 14,290 14,290 42,870

Sustrans 11,334 11,333 11,333 34,000

Sussex Community Rail Partnership 4,000 4,000 4,000 12,000

Total 29,624 29,623 29,623 88,870

TOTAL 217,540

A7. Equality Analysis:

Has any Equality Analysis been undertaken in line with the Equality Duty?

Yes No

An equality impact assessment has been undertaken on Active Access for Growth. The outcome of this

demonstrates that the programme will not have a negative impact on any of the people identified as having

protected characteristic, but it has the opportunity to have a greater and more positive impact on some

people with the protected characteristics related to age and disability, and a copy of the assessment is

included in Appendix 1.

A8. Partnership bodies:

ESCC has experience of working collaboratively with local partners to deliver effective sustainable travel

initiatives. The development of this programme has enhanced and strengthened these links, along with

providing the opportunity to recruit a number of new partners and business organisations, who collectively

will drive the delivery of ‘Active Access for Growth’ during the programme period and beyond, providing

both a strategic input, to ensure that the programme is an integral element of local growth plans, and a

delivery function, working directly with the key target audiences. These include the following and letters of

support received are included at Appendix 2:

Table 2: Partnership bodies

Organisation Roles and Responsibilities

STRATEGIC

East Sussex County Council (ESCC)

Strategic Economic Infrastructure, Road

Safety Communications , Economic

Development , Skills & Culture, Public

Health, Procurement and Legal

Providing overall programme management, commissioning service

providers and owning budget and outputs risks.

South East Local Enterprise Partnership Providing strategic economic oversight of LGF development with ESCC

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Organisation Roles and Responsibilities

(SELEP) across the whole County

Coast 2 Capital Local Enterprise Partnership

(C2C LEP)

Providing strategic economic oversight of LGF development with ESCC

in Newhaven

Team East Sussex (TES)

TES is the local federated board of the SE LEP for East Sussex

responsible for driving forward the economic growth in the county.

Business East Sussex (BES) BES is the local partnership board responsible for overseeing and co-

ordinating provision of business support services via the Growth Hubs.

Skills East Sussex (SES) SES is the recognised leading employment and skills partnership board

responsible for setting the direction and co-ordination of programmes

on skills across the county.

Locate East Sussex (LES) LES is the local partnership body responsible for inward investment

across East Sussex, and is in contact with new start up and established

businesses wanting to grow and relocate premise.

Lewes District Council Providing input local input into the programme and contact with local

business and local community representatives. Eastbourne Borough Council

Wealden District Council

Rother District Council

Hastings Borough Council

Colleges - Sussex Downs, Plumpton, Sussex

Coast College Hastings, Newhaven

University Technical College

Provide input to the development and delivery of the programme

initiatives in ES2.

DELIVERY

Sustrans Delivering bespoke packages of walking & cycling initiatives.

Living Streets Delivering bespoke packages of walking & cycling initiatives.

Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex

Federation of Small Business (FSB)

Sussex Chamber of Commerce(SCoC)

Let’s Do Business Group (LDBG)

Business networks representing over 4,000 local businesses,

addressing regional and national policy matters with Government on

behalf of small business. Responsibility will be to offer to promote /

market in various forms of publications and e-mail circulations to

members about the project.

Job Centre Plus, Connexions Kent (CXK),

Sussex Community Development Agency

SCDA and others delivering support to the

unemployed.

Agencies delivering support to the marginalised and unemployed

through European Social Fund contracts including Job Centre Plus,

CXK. Responsibility to support delivery and promote the programme

to their clients

Active Sussex, Healthy Eastbourne, Active

Rother, Active Hastings

Co-ordinate and deliver local physical activity programmes.

East Sussex Wheels to Work & Education

(ESW2W)

Continued and enhanced delivery of existing Wheels 2 Work scheme.

Brighton University (Eastbourne Campus) Collaboration in delivery of Electric Bike Project between University

and local community, together with scheme evaluation.

South Downs National Park Authority

(SDNPA)

Deliver an integrated programme of walking and cycling initial,

dovetailed into the wider programme.

Sussex Community Rail Partnership (SCRP) Promote integrated travel with schools and businesses and delivering

independent travel training.

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) Promote both seamless integrated journeys by rail, and delivery

infrastructure at rail stations that supports walking and cycling.

Sussex Safer Roads Partnership Support delivery of initiatives through East Sussex Cycle Hubs

Sussex Air Responsibility to promote / market the project in various forms of

publications and e-mail circulations to members to raise the profile.

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B1. Project Summary

The ‘Active Access for Growth - East Sussex’ programme is summarised in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Programme

Programme Vision

Active Access for Growth – East Sussex will deliver a critical element of the wider approach in driving the

growth of the local economy through the delivery of walking and cycling initiatives, which will directly

support access to new and existing employment, broaden employment and training horizons and support

greater access to educational opportunities.

Vision

•Active Access to Growth in East Sussex

•will deliver a critical element of the wider approach in driving the growth of the local economy through the delivery of walking and cycling initiatives, which will directly support access to new and existing employment, broaden employment and training horizons and support greater access to educational opportunities

Objectives

•Objective 1 - Support the Local Economy

•Objective 2 - Actively promote increased levels of physical activity

•Objective 3 - Reduce local congestion, improve safety, carbon emissions and tackle local air quality issues by enabling and encouraging integrated sustainable travel

Target

•Increase walking and cycling across the programme by 2.2% per annum

Programme Workstreams

•ES1 Active Access for Business & Workforce Development

•ES2 Active Access for Education & Training

•ES3 Active Access for Healthy Communities

Outcomes

•BCR - 7.13 (Very High)

•physical activity based health benefits - £7m to £10m

•6 additional f/tequivalent jobs & over £150,000 of annual GVA for the local economy.

•Air Quality - Between £2.27k and £3.18k in terms of benefits

•Carbon saving of 1000 tonnes over programme

SECTION B – The Business Case

Introduction

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Focussed within East Sussex’s three growth areas of Newhaven, Eastbourne/South Wealden and Bexhill &

Hastings and the bordering rural areas, the programme will deliver, specifically in East Sussex, initiatives that

inspire a generation in the longer term and actively promote safer walking and cycling as part of a healthy

lifestyle and a means of increasing physical activity levels. The emphasis on active travel choices means

that the programme will make a positive contribution to road safety, reducing carbon emissions and

improving air quality across the programme area.

Programme Objectives

The programme is underpinned by three key objectives that accord with national, the South East and Coast

2 Capital local enterprise partnerships (LEP’s) and local County Council and partners agreed Economic,

Transport and Health Priorities.

These include supporting business growth and creating jobs, improving skills and driving growth through

improved linkages of residents to education and jobs, enabling people of all ages to live healthy lifestyles,

and to manage and maintain their mental health and wellbeing and enabling the use of sustainable travel

choices through the delivery of transport infrastructure and initiatives.

The objectives have been developed to reflect these priorities, with an alignment to the DfT Access Fund and

the DfT Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy.

Overall Programme Target

Active Access for Growth – East Sussex will support a doubling of walking and cycling activity over the next

10 years in line with the aspirations of governments Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy and ESCC

emerging Cycling & Walking Investment Plan.

We expect that the growth in walking and cycling in East Sussex as a result of the investment package, could

lead to significant monetised physical activity based health benefits, ranging from £7m to £10m over the

appraisal period. We also expect the initiatives to result in additional expenditure in the local economy,

leading to the creation of 6 additional full-time equivalent jobs in the local economy, supporting over

£150,000 of annual GVA for the local economy.

1. Support the local economy:

a. By improving access to existing and new employment opportunities for job seekers

and the long term unemployed;

b. By improving sustainable access to training and education

2. Actively promote increased levels of physical activity:

a. By increasing the number of people travelling to employment, education and training

by walking and cycling

b. By providing support to the physically inactive, obese and those with chronic health

conditions to enable travel choice

3. Reduce local congestion, carbon emissions and tackle local air quality issues by enabling

and encouraging integrated sustainable travel

As a whole our programme will increase walking and cycling by 2.2% per annum,

during the programme period

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Programme Summary and Target Audiences

With a strong emphasis on the key priorities, identified above, this led us to develop a unique and innovative

local programme, which will enable the delivery of walking and cycling initiatives, integrated into key

existing County Council work streams focussed on supporting business engagement, workforce

development and public health community development projects. This means that we can readily access

those people that will benefit most from this programme.

Our initiatives will be delivered in three distinct, yet interdependent work streams described further in the

section below:

By integrating the programme into existing County Council programmes of work, we will be able to embed

and grow the scale of programme for longer term legacy cycling and walking activity in our key growth

areas, which will both add value to these priority areas of work and provide a greater value for DfT and

local partner investment.

The target audiences, as outlined in Table 3, will be offered a bespoke range of sustainable travel resources

and services, tailored to broaden their travel horizons and address specific travel barriers. From experience,

we know some people need more support than others, so we will tailor our level of support to people’s

individual needs – referring them to the most suitable services and initiatives provided by our programme

and its actively engaged partners.

Table 3: Target Audiences and Project Partners

To achieve our aims and objectives Active Access for Growth – East Sussex will work proactively with the

target groups whose opportunities for accessing work, training or education, or improving their health, may

be greatly enhanced by getting them to use more sustainable and active transport. We will reach these

target groups through a range of existing local stakeholders, who will act as our project partners.

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In the Access Fund period there is £13.31 million of capital investment for the delivery of cycling and walking

infrastructure in East Sussex through the South East and Coast 2 Capital Local Growth Fund. This is part of a

Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Programme over the LGF period, valued at over £22m, which is outlined in

Table 4 & Figure 3 in section B2. This will be augmented with funding from the County Council’s Local

Transport capital programme and development contributions over the three year period of the programme.

The Active Access for Growth programme will maximise this investment, by linking people with the advice

and infrastructure to switch to walking and cycling.

Table 4: Planned capital investments

Timescale Scheme Value

Local Growth Round 1 & 2 Eastbourne Cycling & Walking Package £8.6m

Eastbourne Town Centre Improvements £6m

Hailsham/Polegate/Eastbourne Movement & Access Corridor £2.1m

Hastings & Bexhill Cycling & Walking Package £6m

Total £22.7m

Local Growth Round 3 A259 Newhaven Movement, Access, Resilience Package

*Submitted in July 2016, and subject to approval

£12.96m

Whilst this is a new programme to galvanise a step change in the levels of cycling and walking in the

county, we are already delivering and offering a range of initiatives across the county. All of which actively

support sustainable travel choices, with many of these being sustained from ESCC’s successful Local

Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) programme 2011-2016.

This includes the Sustrans Bike It Project, East Sussex Wheels 2 Work, Cycle Hubs, Real Time Passenger

Information and Independent Travel Training. This new programme will enable us to integrate, expand or

diversify these projects, alongside bringing forward new and innovative projects into a more targeted and

robust programme, towards increasing levels of walking and cycling in the county growth areas.

How will we deliver the programme?

The programme will be delivered by a consortium of providers that specialise in the delivery of sustainable

travel initiatives. Work is currently being undertaken to develop the procurement documentation, as

outlined in appendix 6. A programme manager will co-ordinate and manage our consortium and the three

work streams over the three-year funding period.

The programme will provide a further three officers, each to be based in our programme areas of Newhaven,

Eastbourne/South Wealden and Bexhill/Hastings (Appendix 4 - sets out the governance for the programme).

These officers will be the ‘face’ of Active Access for Growth – East Sussex and will work directly with our

delivery partners and target audiences. The programme will offer a menu of support tailored to each target

audience and these officers will both deliver initiatives and signpost and refer customers to the information

and services most appropriate to each individual’s needs.

To make best use of existing skills, knowledge and contacts (and create best value), we will where possible

provide information and services through existing local delivery partners. Where gaps in provision exist we

will seek to fill these by creating new initiatives – as far as possible also delivered by existing local delivery

partners. This approach will enable us to build upon the success of our work with existing partners from our

LSTF programme, as well as build relationships with a number of new partners, particularly in the delivery of

walking initiatives.

Overall, our ‘consortium’ approach will help to boost these existing enterprises and support them in

expanding and enhancing their services – building a more robust local sustainable transport sector as part of

the programme’s legacy. It is our vision to ensure this is a scalable approach to delivery which could be

delivered over a number of years.

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Who will the programme target?

This element of the programme will focus on integrating walking and cycling initiatives to become

mainstream components of programmes, which are tackling long term unemployment, promoting and

delivering Apprenticeships and working with local businesses. These are programmes which are being

delivered by ESCC and local partners, including the Sussex Community Development Agency and CXK.

There will be a strong emphasis on apprenticeship programmes, in order to support the Government’s target

to increase the number of apprentices nationally to 3 million by 2020.

We will focus on the business sectors of Engineering, Education and Social Care, that are struggling with

recruitment, and where travel is often cited as a barrier to employment or work based learning. There are

many new commercial sites that have been brought forward as part of our LGF and Growing Places

Programme, including Priory Quarter - Hastings, Glovers House – Bexhill and Pacific House – Eastbourne,

these will be magnets for employment and business development and provide an opportunity for this

programme to influence early travel choices to these sites. This will be further supported by the walking and

cycling infrastructure that is being delivered as part of £22m Walking & Cycling Programme.

•Support 500 people classed as unemployed on an annual basis

•All young people undertaking Apprenticeships (1300 indirectly and 130 directly)

•Aim to reach 250 businesses over three years and 7,500 employees.

Programme Reach

•Integrated into programmes being delivered through the Job Centre, Welfare to Work Providers, Apprenticeship Programmes, National Citizenship Service and Employment Clusters, and those holding DWP, SFA and BIG lottery ESF contracts.

Method

•Pedal Power - Cycle/Electric Cycle Loan Scheme

•Living Streets ‘Walk Doctors’ – Journey planning

•Living Streets – Active Travel Maps

•Walking & Cycling – Challenges & Pledges

•East Sussex Wheels 2 Work

•Independent Travel Training – Integrated Travel

•Discounted public transport travel

•Walking & Cycling Leader Training

•East Sussex Cycle Hubs – Bikeability Plus Services

Initiatives Menu

•East Sussex Wheels 2 Work, Living Streets, Sustrans, South Downs National Park Authority, East Sussex Community Rail Partnership, ESCC Road Safety Team, Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex, Federation of Small Business (FSB), Sussex Chamber of Commerce, Let’s Do Business Group (LDBG), Agencies delivering support to unemployed – i.e. Job Centre Plus, CXK, SCDA

Key Delivery Partners

Programme Detail - Active Access for Growth – East Sussex

ES1 Active Access for Business & Workforce Developm ent

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This list of initiatives is not exhaustive. The programme will look to develop bespoke packages of initiatives

tailored to the needs of the target groups, where there will be opportunities for initiatives to evolve or for

learning to be achieved and new measures to be developed for longer term delivery.

Working closely alongside our partners, such as the Sussex Community Development Agency, we will work

with job seekers and those furthest from the job market to support them in broadening their employment

and training horizons and ensure they are aware of local walking and cycling links.

What will the programme deliver?

Wheels 2 Work/Pedal Power

We recognise that a perceived or actual lack of transport can impact significantly on people’s ability to

secure employment and the purpose of this work stream is to address the issue through normalising and

facilitating walking and cycling. We will tackle three fundamental barriers; lack of knowledge about

walking/cycling links, lack of confidence, and lack of money. This can be supported through measures,

including the new Pedal Power – Cycle/Electric Cycle Loan scheme, combined with Bikeability Training

provided at the local Cycle Hub, and the other Bikeability Plus services, which we will be offering.

We want to take the opportunity to build upon the success of the award winning and acclaimed East Sussex

Wheels 2 Work scheme. Using the valuable insight gained from establishing this scheme, we will develop a

new scheme focussed on providing the loan of cycles and electric cycles in addition to a scheme that is

continuing to provide scooters and motorcycles, who are unable to access work, education or training by

other modes of transport. This will increase access to work opportunities and training through affordable

travel whilst encouraging modes that will positively impact on carbon emissions and air quality.

Cycle/Electric Cycle Loan - Research Opportunity

To enhance the future operation of this type of scheme we are excited at the proposition to work in

partnership with the University of Brighton, Eastbourne Campus, to undertake a unique piece of research on

the cycle/electric cycle loan offer. This will provide research expertise to develop a knowledge data base of

cycle/e-bike usage, including type and duration of journeys undertaken, determination of the point at which

the motor is engaged during the journey, popular routes and energy expenditure by the riders. This will

enable us to compare e-bike and standard bike usage for the commonest routes, so that the amount of

activity undertaken may be quantified, to understand the impact on health. ESCC & University of Brighton

would be keen to share this research with the DfT.

Journey Planning & Information

We will also focus on working with our workforce development programme , which includes partners, such

as the Job Centres, Sussex Community Development Agency and other hubs supporting those furthest from

the workplace, (prioritising those areas most in need) to provide their clients with the journey planning tools

and information necessary to make informed decisions and sustainable travel choices. This will be

reinforced with an element to encourage participation in Walking & Cycling Challenges or by taking pledges.

An opportunity to boost skills will also be provided with opportunities to train to be Walk or Cycle Leaders.

East Sussex Wheels 2 Work – Case Study

James B is 25 years old, lives in Eastbourne and works in Uckfield. The Wheels 2 Work Scheme has

enabled him to reduce his travel time to work and provided him with the independence to travel to

other locations, including for training to learn new skills, which has enabled him to gain promotion

with his employer and which is providing him with a brighter future.

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The Behavioural Insights Toolkit notes that timing is important for breaking habitual behaviour such as mode

choice. Encouraging and supporting people to walk or cycle from their first day at work can instil good habits

from the start that are more likely to continue throughout their employment. In addition to job seekers we

will work with our business clusters, developed as part of our LSTF programme, to target new employees and

any new employment sites providing information and active travel maps. This will encourage employees to

walk or cycle to work for a positive impact on their physical, economic and mental wellbeing, as well as

reducing traffic congestion which has implications for carbon emissions and air quality levels.

Walking & Cycling Challenges & Training

To create excitement, inspiration and raising the profile of the programme it will operate walking and

cycling challenges. This will allow us to re-engage with businesses through our business clusters, developed

as part of the LSTF programme, and through the business support networks in the county, which includes

the Alliance of Chambers in East Sussex, Federation of Small Business (FSB), Sussex Chamber of Commerce,

Let’s Do Business Group and to reach a wider audience with our Active Workforce message. We will inspire

workplaces through these challenges and develop our network of business champions. We will utilise our

existing social media platforms to reach as wide a population as possible to promote our challenges and

initiatives.

We will expand the Independent Travel Training scheme run by Sussex Community Rail Partnership to

provide free independent travel training to enable participants, (particularly clients being supported through

the agencies delivering support to the unemployed – i.e. Job Centre Plus, CXK, Sussex Community

Development Agency), to learn the skills necessary to travel independently to employment, education and

training by sustainable means. The training will incorporate walking and cycling as part of an integrated

travel offer.

We developed a successful cycle hub in Eastbourne as part of our LSTF programme offering bikeability

training, maintenance and sustainable travel information for those travelling by bike to employment sites

and everyday sites. We will extend this offer by developing and equipping additional hubs, strategically

placed in our other two growth areas located in Peacehaven and Hastings. These will be greatly enhanced by

£353,112 of Bikeability Plus funding that ESCC has recently secured, for the duration of the Access Fund

period. This will enable the delivery of Bikeability training levels 1-3, balance bike sessions, maintenance,

promotion, and learn to ride sessions.

This work stream of initiatives will support the wider local and regional priorities of growing business

opportunities by having access to a better skilled workforce; ensuring new commercial development enables

greater access by sustainable travel choices, and widening job seekers travel horizons to provide access to

more and new employment opportunities.

•4 Colleges (Sussex Downs, Plumpton, Sussex Coast College Hastings, Newhaven University Technical College (14-18) , Bexhill College - 1600 students

•29 Secondary Schools

•5 Primary School Clusters

•Brighton University – Eastbourne & Hastings Campuses - 3800 Students

Programme Reach

ES2 Active Access for Education and Training

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This element of the programme will be delivered in schools, colleges, further/higher education

establishments and within other training providers, including the careers service.

We will tackle transition points in the system, providing the greatest opportunity to influence travel choices,

and provide young people with the knowledge, confidence and ability to access training opportunities, along

with being focussed on programmes tackling improvements to educational outcomes.

Walking and cycling initiatives will be used to ensure transport is not a barrier to access and that students do

not fall out of education or work based learning due to accessibility or travel cost issues,. Walking or cycling

provides independent travel that the individual is in control of. To maximise the impact of the investment

our package will focus on those living within 2km or 5km of their school, college, training provider or work

based learning placement and particularly in the most deprived areas within the programme area. Appendix

3 shows the location of our schools and colleges.

This list of initiatives is not exhaustive, and the programme will look to develop bespoke packages of

initiatives tailored to the needs of the target groups, where there will be opportunities for initiatives to

evolve or for learning to be achieved, and new measures to be developed for longer term delivery of cycling

and initiatives in the future.

East Sussex has successfully worked with primary schools as part of our LSTF delivering Bikeability training

and a Bike It programme in order to equip primary pupils with cycling and safety skills in line with the

Walking and Cycling Investment Strategy. Our focus will be on preparing primary aged children for their

transition to secondary school, as national research has shown that transition points in the education system

are key opportunities to change young people’s travel habits.1

1 Chatterjee, K. and Clark, B. (2015) The facts are clear life events change travel behaviour.

•Integrated into programmes being delivered through ESCC School Careers Advisor Network, Educational Networks to improve educational outcomes .i.e. ‘Hastings Thrives’, secondary schools, primary school clusters, local colleges, Brighton University –Eastbourne & Hastings Campus

Method

•Transition travel activities - secondary

•Use of sustainable travel apps & other technology

•Pedal Power 2 Education- Cycle/Electric Cycle Loan Scheme

•Student led Walking & Cycling Campaigns

•Walking & cycling challenges – ‘Free your Feet’

•Living Streets - Active Travel Maps

•Independent Travel Training - Integrated Travel

•Travel Planning

•Discounted public transport travel

•East Sussex Cycle Hubs – Bikeability Plus Services

Initiatives Menu

•East Sussex Wheels 2 Work, Living Streets, Sustrans, South Downs National Park Authority, East Sussex Community Rail Partnership, ESCC Road Safety Team, Schools, Colleges, Brighton University


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Building upon our primary school success, we will reach out to target secondary aged pupils moving into

further education or training, and then on to University. This will help address our skills gap and encourage

young people to gain qualifications or training. In order to target these groups we would work with our

colleges including Plumpton, Sussex Coast College in Hastings, Sussex Downs, school clusters, careers

service, ESCC Employability and Skills Team and Skills East Sussex. We will aim to ensure that students do not

fall out of the education or workplace training system due to accessibility issues.


Walking & Cycling Challenges & Information

We will deliver a programme of activities in our schools and colleges focussed on transition and introduce

walking and cycling challenges to embed sustainable travel choices. These activities and challenges will be

supported through the development of Active Travel Maps in partnership with Living Streets for each of our

colleges, the University Technical College in Newhaven and the two Brighton University campuses in

Eastbourne and Hastings. These will ensure students are aware of local walking and cycling routes. This will

also involve the identification of improved or potential new walking and cycling infrastructure, some of

which have been as a direct result of Local Growth Fund monies and the council’s own local transport capital

programme. This will contribute to informing ESCC’s emerging Cycling & Walking Investment Plan.

We understand this generation expect to access information online and via social media. We will embrace

the use of apps and technology to engage our young people and encourage participation in walking and

cycling initiatives, as outlined in the case study below, and ensure active travel information is available

online.

Cycle Hubs

To support active travel we will offer Bikeability training and other Bikeability Plus services through our

cycle hub in Eastbourne, and the new hubs in Peacehaven and Hastings, that we are proposing to establish.

This will enable the delivery of Bikeability training levels 1-3, balance bike sessions, maintenance, promotion,

and learn to ride sessions. This will ensure that those that are able to travel to their place of education or

training actively are equipped with the necessary skills to do so and that poor bicycle maintenance does not

prohibit cycle use.

Travel Training

We will work with our partner Sussex Community Rail Partnership to provide free Independent Travel

Training for young people to enable them to learn the skills necessary to travel independently to

employment, education and training by sustainable means. The training will incorporate walking and cycling

as part of an integrated travel offer and increase the likelihood that an individual will continue into further

education or training.

The activities delivered as part of this work steam will be used to invigorate Travel Planning in our secondary

schools and higher education in order to reduce car travel and to encourage the use of more sustainable

modes.

Hailsham Secondary School – Use of ‘Fit Bits’ to increase physical activity - Case study

The ‘pupil voice’ council at Hailsham Secondary School were successful in securing funding to increase

the level of physical activity by pupils in their school. They purchased a small number of ‘fit bits’,

which are fitness watches that measure certain ranges of activity. These were offered to pupils to help

them to get active as part of a three month pilot project. The results of the project demonstrated that

all pupils achieved an increased fitness level, increased levels of activity and improved individuals self-

esteem.

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This package of measures will encourage travel choice, reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality, reduce

the number of education based car journeys, increase physical activity in pupils, and encourage independent

travel. It will promote accessibility and provide opportunities to help students stay in education or training,

gaining the qualifications and skills that support local economic growth aspirations. The measures are

expected to have a positive impact upon future health and wellbeing and the overall obesity levels in East

Sussex.


Working with our Public Health colleagues and the key agencies that are tackling physical inactivity in the

county; Active Sussex, Healthy Eastbourne, Active Rother, Active Hastings, we will integrate a number of the

above cycling and walking initiatives into existing community development programmes to promote

increased levels of walking and cycling into people’s daily lives. Working with the Clinical Commissioning

Groups, we will also provide a referral service for specific programmes being led by Health Practioner’s/GP

Practices tackling chronic health issues. This will contribute to reducing the impact on the NHS by improving

the health and wellbeing of individuals.

This will increase levels of physical activity in target areas, improve health indices and in turn, will reduce

carbon emissions and improve air quality as people change their day to day travel habits to more sustainable

ones. These initiatives will improve perceptions of active travel through realistic promotions showing that

everyday walking and cycling activities are achievable for everybody.

•100 participants Active Steps

•500 Health Practitioner Referrals i.e. GPs, Health Trainers

•60 Community Groups engaged

Programme Reach

•Delivered through GP/Health Practitioner referrals, including Health Trainers, through community groups engaged in public health initiatives and mass community participationEastbourne & Hastings Campus

Method

•Sustrans - Active steps scheme

•Living Streets - Community Audit Scheme – to identify safer walking & cycling routes

•East Sussex County Council - Community Grant Scheme – Active Access – supporting local walking and cycling initiatives (such as cycle refurbishment, )

•Pedal Power - Cycle/electric cycle loan scheme

•Community walking & cycling challenges

•South Downs National Park - Led Walks/Rides

•East Sussex Cycle Hubs – Bikeability/Cycle Maintenance/Disability Cycling

Initiatives Menu

•East Sussex Wheels 2 Work, Living Streets, Sustrans, South Downs National Park Authority, East Sussex Community Rail Partnership, ESCC Road Safety Team, Active Sussex, Healthy Eastbourne, Active Rother, Active Hastings


ES3 Active Access for Healthy Communities

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Working with our health partners and local community groups we will deliver the Sustrans ‘Active Steps’

programme to challenge people to introduce more walking and cycling into their daily lives. This will be

targeted at those people that are already being supported by Health Practitioners delivering programmes

focused on weight management, diabetes etc.

Working with Living Streets we will mobilise and empower community groups to deliver community active

travel audits to help feed into a series of active travel maps and to identify actual and perceived barriers to

travel. This will draw out local expertise and knowledge and identify where our supporting capital growth

fund projects can be focused to make a real difference to local communities. This information will help

inform the development of ESCC’s emerging Cycling & Walking Investment Plan, as well as enable the

development of local active travel maps created by the community for the community.

Working with local community groups we will promote the availability of a Community Grant Scheme –

Active Access of up to £1,500. We know that there are many small scale effective walking and cycling

initiatives being delivered in our local communities, which would enhance the overall Active Access for

Growth Programme, if we could provide them with a small amount of funding to enable them to develop

their projects towards longer term sustainability and provide them with the ability to reach and support

more local people. A prime example is a Cycle Refurbishment Scheme in Hastings, which is teaching job

seekers cycle maintenance, as well as providing them with support in finding employment.

As outlined in ES1 a new scheme will be established to offer and provide a loan scheme of cycles and electric

cycles in addition to the East Sussex Wheels 2 Work scheme providing scooters and motorcycles. Whilst this

will be targeted to increase access to work opportunities and training, it will also be promoted for use for

everyday journeys, and will be advertised through local community networks and social media.

In recognition of the fact that walking and cycling for leisure is often the first step towards using this as a

utility mode of travel for work or education trips we will run led walks and cycles for our target groups in the

South Downs National Park - working in partnership with South Downs National Park and using the insight

gained through the ‘2Parks programme’. Further initiatives will focus on delivering led walks and rides and

training local members of the community to become walk and cycle leaders.

We will motivate the local community through a series of walking and cycling challenges building upon the

success of those delivered in previous LSTF programmes. This will encourage people to increase their

physical activity and embed sustainable travel choices into their daily lives.

This package of measures will encourage travel choice, reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality, reduce

the number of education based car journeys, increase physical activity in pupils, and encourage independent

travel. It will promote accessibility and provide opportunities to help students stay in education or training,

gaining the qualifications and skills that support local economic growth aspirations. The measures are

expected to have a positive impact upon future health and wellbeing and the overall obesity levels in East

Sussex.

Sustrans Active Steps – Case Study

Participants in South Hampshire increased their average weekly active travel time from 2.6 to 4.5

hours. Sustrans found in Luton participants travelling actively 5 or more days a week increased from

17 – 42% resulting in participants lowering BMI and blood pressure and reducing weight by an

average of 1.5kg. Eric from Portsmouth had a bad hip but can now go cycling with his grandson and

said “It’s been brilliant!”

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Summary

Whilst we have developed three distinct work streams to focus the delivery of the programme, as previously

highlighted, we wish to emphasise that the initiatives listed below will be tailored to the specific needs of the

individual groups which we are targeting and referring them to the most suitable services and initiatives

provided by the wider programme and its partners,

Together our three work streams will combine to inspire a healthier and more active East Sussex, whose

wider travel horizons open up access to more work, training and educational opportunities. Table 5 below

demonstrates how each of our work streams will contribute to the objectives of Active Access for Growth –

East Sussex. To demonstrate this, see the below diagram, which illustrates how an apprentice may benefit

from the programme.

Figure 2: Apprentice programme

Table 5: Work stream and objective interaction

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1. Support the local economy:

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for job seekers and the long term unemployed; ��

b. by improving sustainable access to training and education ��

2. Actively promote increased levels of physical activity:

a. By increasing the number of people travelling to employment,

education and training by walking and cycling ��

b. By providing support to the physically inactive, obese and those

with chronic health conditions to enable travel choice. ��

3. Reduce local congestion, carbon emissions and tackle local air

quality issues by enabling and encouraging greater integrated

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B2. The Strategic Case

As referenced in the Project Summary, to achieve the programme vision we will deliver the three key

objectives related to economy, physical activity and environment. For each of these objectives the local

issues and opportunities are discussed below. Together they form the rationale for the programme

showing how it could help facilitate the levels of growth targeted by the local LEPs, while simultaneously

improving public health across the County.

In line with the Strategic Economic Plans of the South East and Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnerships,

Active Access for Growth – East Sussex is focused on the County’s three ‘Strategic Growth Areas’ of

Newhaven, Eastbourne/South Wealden and Bexhill/Hastings, and their bordering rural communities.

These Growth Areas are home to almost two thirds of East Sussex’s population and over half the County’s

jobs. They are also the focus for future developments designed to unlock economic growth, 15,102 jobs and

25,388 houses are planned in the target area by 2030. These new developments, shown in Figure

3/Appendix 3, are both a challenge and an opportunity for transport. Local congestion is already a barrier to

economic growth, so enabling more use of sustainable transport is key to unlocking this new economic

potential, as well as for ensuring it does not exacerbate the negative impacts of existing congestion.

Figure 3: Growth and priority issues (See Appendix 3 for capital scheme details)

To rise to this challenge, the County has already planned over £22m of Local Growth Fund (LGF) and Local

Transport Plan (LTP) investment in these areas, for infrastructure schemes that will enable access by

sustainable modes. The Chancellor announced the designation of Newhaven as an Enterprise Zone in his

2015 Autumn Statement. This will support the delivery of commercial development and job creation in the

Geographic Area

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town, alongside prevising increased training and apprenticeship opportunities in high-growth sectors such as

Low Carbon Environmental Goods and Services.

Further LGF & Growing Places Funding (GPF) has been secured from rounds 1 & 2 to develop commercial

sites (Priory Quarter, Glovers house, Pacific House) these will be magnets for employment and business

development and provide an opportunity for this programme to influence early travel choices to these sites.

These schemes are shown in Figure 3/Appendix 3. The programme will compliment this capital investment

by providing a package of behaviour change measures that will encourage and enable more people to use

these new facilities.

Together the Active Access for Growth – East Sussex programme and the capital investment will help create

a healthier and more active local population, whose wider travel horizons open up access to more work,

training and educational opportunities. Existing and new local businesses will benefit from having access to

this better skilled, healthier and more mobile workforce – and will be able to operate efficiently,

unencumbered by the negative consequences of congestion. This section outlines the key issues and

opportunities, which the programme will address.

OBJECTIVE 1: Support the local economy

• East Sussex is significantly less affluent than the wider South East, with a Gross Value Added (GVA) of

70.4, compared to 109.7 for the South East. 2

• Pockets of deprivation within the Growth Areas, most notably in Hastings, which is the 20th most

deprived local authority area in England.3

• Across East Sussex some 12% of residents rely on benefits compared with an average of 9% across the

South East. This issue is particularly pronounced in Eastbourne and Hastings, where 14% and 19% rely

on benefits respectively.4

The LEPs’ plans for the Growth Areas will help raise local economic attainment, providing a more equitable

economy both regionally and locally, with all the associated benefits for individuals, families and

communities. As discussed above, sustainable transport can help unlock this economic growth, in particular

by improving people’s access to existing and new jobs, as well as to education and training opportunities.

a) By improving access to existing and new employment opportunities, in particular for job

seekers and the long-term unemployed

Through the Active Access for Growth – East Sussex Programme there is a significant opportunity to provide

access to new employment opportunities by walking and cycling.

• 15,102 jobs and 25,388 houses planned in the target area by 2030

As people are more susceptible to changing their travel habits at a transitional period in their lives, it is

essential to help new residents and employees begin sustainable travel habits from day one in their new

home or job. In particular, there is a need to focus on helping new employers in East Sussex’s growth

industries (such as the IT and Creative sectors) to ensure new workplaces are accessible and that transport is

not a barrier to the best candidates filling new jobs.

In some employment sectors recruitment to existing employment opportunities is a particular challenge.

For example, the local Teaching, Engineering and Health and Social Care sectors all find it difficult to fill

vacant positions, with transport often being a key barrier for potential candidates. Again, there is a need to

2 East Sussex in Figures: Dataset: Gross value added (GVA) for 2014. Source Nomis/ONS 2015.

3 East Sussex in Figures: Dataset: ID 2015, Summary measures. Source DCLG, Indices of Deprivation, 2015.

4 East Sussex in Figures: Dataset: Population of working age claiming benefits. Source Nomis/ONS 2016.

Key Issues & Opportunities

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ensure these workplaces are accessible and that transport issues are not preventing the best candidates

being able to take up these positions.

The need to make existing employment sites more accessible by active travel is not just an issue for these

sectors however.

• Large proportion of the population both live and work in the same area, resulting in a quarter of

journeys to places of work within East Sussex are less than 2km. 5

• For places of work within Eastbourne, Bexhill and Hastings half of commuter journeys are under 5km;

in Newhaven 40% of commuter trips are under 5km. 6

• In East Sussex 55% of people choose to drive a car or van to work. Of these drivers, a fifth of are doing

trips under 2km, and 40% in Newhaven, 48% in Eastbourne and 51% in Bexhill and Hastings are doing

trips under 5km7.

By targeting existing employees who live within 5km of their place of work there is therefore significant

potential to increase commuting by active travel – which would reduce localised congestion and improve the

health of these employees.

In the coastal towns there are communities where low wages and high levels of unemployment and benefit

claimants are prevalent.

• East Sussex has higher levels of unemployment (4.9%) then across the South East (4.7%) with pockets

of unemployment as high as 11% in parts of Hastings and 7% in parts of Eastbourne8.

• 1% of the population within East Sussex claim job seekers allowance, with the highest concentrations

in Eastbourne and Hastings (1.7% and 2.3% respectively). The rate is over 4% in parts of Hastings. 9

In 2015 there were 10,500 unemployed people actively seeking work, In order to reduce this economic

inequality it is important to improve access to new and existing employment opportunities for job seekers

and the long-term unemployed. Real or perceived transport barriers (e.g. cost, lack of information or

confidence) can prevent people from attending interviews or taking up new job offers. Working with

jobseekers and the long term unemployed to improve their travel choices will widen their travel horizons,

build their confidence and help more people to return to work. Getting more people in to the workforce also

means local employers have a wider pool of talent to recruit from.

b) By improving sustainable access to training and education

It is essential to give more people access to education and training opportunities, so key local economic

sectors can recruit from a workforce with the qualifications and skills they need. At present, low skill levels

and difficulties recruiting appropriately skilled people are inhibiting economic growth in East Sussex – in

particular for the micro, small and medium sized businesses that make up 90% of the local economy.

• While 31% of the working age population are qualified to degree or equivalent level in East Sussex this

is 9% below the level of the South East (40%). In Hastings the level is significantly lower with less than

a quarter qualified to degree or equivalent level.10

Real and perceived transport barriers can be a deterrent to people taking up new training and education

opportunities. New students or trainees are also at a transition point in their lives, when new sustainable

travel habits could become ingrained. It is therefore important to work with young people as they transition

through their educational career and in to the workplace – giving them sustainable transport skills which will

mean they can access low-cost, healthy travel options for life. This means working with primary school

children moving to secondary school, school-leavers, students starting college and university and work

5 Source Nomis/ONS: Dataset: WP7701EW - Method of travel to work by distance travelled to work.



8 East Sussex in Figures Source: 2011 Census, ONS, table DC6107EW

9 Source Nomis/ONS: JSA and Universal Credit claimant count June 2016

10 Source Nomis/ONS: Dataset Qualifications of working age population July 2015

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experience candidates, as well as trainees and apprentices – advising them on transport as they assess their

choices and giving them the skills, confidence and equipment they need to travel to these new

opportunities. It also means working with NEETS (those aged 16-24 who are not in education, employment

or training) to ensure transport isn’t a barrier to them becoming active contributors to our local economy.

OBJECTIVE 2: Actively promote increased levels of physical activity

It is well known that regular physical activity helps to maintain a healthy weight, improves mental health and

reduces the risk of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Currently, 41.3% of adults in East

Sussex do not meet the current recommended physical activity guidelines and of those 26.6% are considered

to be inactive, completing less than 30 minutes per week. This negatively contributes to a range of other

health indices, often most significantly impacting on the most deprived communities.

• Life expectancy is significantly lower than the East Sussex average in some of the most deprived areas

of the County including in Hastings (particularly Gensing ward where it is over 7 years lower than

average) and parts of Eastbourne (for example Hampden Park), Rother (for example St Michael’s in

Bexhill) and South Wealden (for example Hailsham S&W)11.

• Poor health can prevent people from actively contributing to the local economy. Of all benefit

claimants in East Sussex, 55% are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and incapacity

benefits (compared to 52% nationally). 12

Walking and cycling are well recognised as being one of the cheapest and easiest ways of increasing physical

activity – whether done for leisure or as part of everyday journeys. The latter also helps people combine

physical activity in to their daily lives – overcoming the ‘lack of time’ often cited as a barrier to doing more

exercise.

Alongside its benefit to the individual, improving health through active travel also has potential to reduce

the cost burden on the local NHS Trust from treating health conditions that can be prevented by being more

active. By working with the existing public health and social care programmes operating in the County, such

as ‘East Sussex Better Together’, Active Access for Growth – East Sussex will add value with its active travel

expertise and initiatives. It will help these agencies to use active travel as a catalyst for increasing physical

activity, and in the process improve the health and well-being of the local workforce.

a) By increasing the number of people travelling to employment, education and training by

walking and cycling

As discussed under Objective 1, there is potential to get commuters, trainees and students in the habit of

using sustainable travel modes as they transition to new opportunities – so when working with the groups

outlined in Objective 1 walking and cycling will be the modes Active Access for Growth – East Sussex will

seek to enable people to use in the first instance. With 40%-50% of commuting journeys in the Growth Areas

less than 5km, as well as nearly all households within a 30 minutes cycle, walk or public transport journey of

a secondary schools, and three quarters within the same distance of an FE facility13

there is clearly great

potential for improving local levels of physical activity through more active commuting to work and

education. 14

This will be particularly important for local children and young people with the 2016 School census for

Bexhill and Hastings showing only 0.5% of students cycled to secondary school illustrating the potential for

getting more school children using active travel.

b) By providing support to the physically inactive, obese and those with chronic health conditions

to enable travel choice

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East Sussex Joint Strategic Needs and Assets Assessment (JSNAA) scorecards 2016. 12

Source Nomis/ONS: Population of working age claiming benefits including out-of-work benefits, 2010-2015 - wards 13

DfT Journey Time Statistics 2014 14

Public transport is included in the schools and Further Education accessibility indicator as there is a potential physical activity benefit from this

mode through walking or cycling to/from stops and stations.

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In some communities within the Growth Areas there are currently a higher than average numbers of people

with a limiting life-long illness.

• On average 20% of people have a limiting life long illness in East Sussex compared to 16% across the

South East and 18% in England. The figure is over 25% in parts of Eastbourne, Bexhill and Hastings.15

• Obesity levels are high in Hastings (25.5%)16

compared to the England average of 24%. Eastbourne,

along with Hastings, is also where levels of physical activity are lowest and proportions of ESA and

incapacity benefit claimants are highest.

Working to improve physical activity levels through greater active travel in Eastbourne, Bexhill and Hastings

– where health inequalities and deprivation is most acute – would help people who are physically inactive,

obese or living with chronic health conditions to improve their health and well-being, as well as ensure they

can, as appropriate, access work, education, retail and leisure opportunities using a range of sustainable

transport options.

OBJECTIVE 3: Reduce local congestion, carbon emissions and tackle local air quality issues by

enabling and encouraging greater integrated sustainable travel

Encouraging more people to walk and cycle regularly will positively contribute to the Growth Areas’ traffic

congestion and transport-related emissions resulting in improved air quality.

Congestion is an issue in the towns in peak periods, with school and college-related traffic a significant

contributor to this. As well as local and visitor traffic, the local road network carries a large volume of long

distance through-traffic, which is fed in to the towns from the relatively poor quality strategic road network

that connects them. This results in significant congestion on routes into the town centres too. This

congestion both in and around the Growth Areas negatively impacts on local carbon emissions and road

safety, as well as on journey time reliability, business connectivity and business confidence – restricting the

towns’ economic potential.

It also creates air quality issues. Specific locations within the Growth Areas are of particular concern. For

example, levels of nitrogen dioxide in Newhaven are close to the permitted national limits and the town

centre is designated an air quality management area. There are also air quality issues in Hastings along the

A259 corridor, along with the Ashdown Forest in Wealden, which has been designated as a Special

Protection Area, which suffers from issues resulting from nitrogen deposition from vehicular traffic.

The East Sussex Active programme will contribute to reducing the congestion, carbon emissions and poor air

quality resulting from an over-reliance on vehicular transport, by widening travel choices and enabling more

people to use sustainable transport.

There are a number of key national, regional and local strategies & programmes of work around achieving

local growth, improving skills and access to education and jobs, improving health and wellbeing and the local

environment by tackling air quality issues, which align with the objectives of the Active Access for Growth –

East Sussex Programme.

Key national strategies include Creating growth, cutting carbon: making sustainable local transport happen

(DfT 2011);The Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ( 2011); the ‘Door to

Door Strategy’ the Cycling Delivery Plan (DfT, 2014), the Draft Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy(DfT,

2016), and the Childhood Obesity Strategy (2016). Our programme will support these because it has been

designed to provide travel choice and enable economic growth through active travel increasing the

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East Sussex in Figures: Dataset: Residents with limiting long-term illness in 2011. Source Nomis/ONS KS301 16

2012-2014 Local Authority Adult Excess Weight Prevalence Data, https://www.noo.org.uk/

Strategic Fit

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attractiveness of walking and cycling. It is estimated that our initiatives will save up to 1,000 tonnes of

carbon over the three year programme, and make a contribution to reducing carbon and therefore

improving air quality. The benefits have been estimated at between £2.27k and £3.18k. It also aims to

double cycling levels over the next 10 years in line with this policy.

This programme is an integral element of wider areas of work around funding being driven by the South East

and Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), and the Strategic Economic Plans published in 2014

which are aimed at supporting business growth, creating jobs and enabling the delivery of new homes and

infrastructure. Our programme aims to support local growth focusing on developing skills and getting people

back into work in order to contribute to a growing economy. This is further supported through the

designation of Newhaven as an Enterprise Zone, and the Growing Places Fund, Regional Growth Fund and

Local Growth Fund monies secured to open up commercial sites for development in East Sussex. This

investment is already creating jobs served by sustainable travel options include developments at Glovers

House in North East Bexhill and Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne.

The SE LEP European Structural Investment Fund (ESIF) strategy refresh (February 2016) is responsible for

delivering the EU funding for ESF, ERDF and EAFRD initiatives between 2014 and 20 which increase skills,

business competitiveness and the development of rural communities. Our programme will focus on

workforce development and increasing skills and education across our growth areas and the rural hinterland.

The three Southern counties (3SC) Devolution bid also provides an opportunity that will lead to the

development of an infrastructure investment strategy/plan for the sub region. The 3SC bid is expected to be

submitted later this year.

Working in partnership with our local District and Borough Planning Authorities, the Community

Infrastructure Levy (CiL) is a key element in providing opportunities to bid for future monies to support

integrated transport improvements within Growth corridor areas. The table below outlines how the Active

Access for Growth – East Sussex programme aligns with local policies.

Table 6: Active Access for Growth – East Sussex alignment with local policy

Access Fund and

Active Access for

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Local Policies

East Sussex Growth

Strategy 2015 – 2020

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County’s commitment to - driving

economic development,

developing transport

infrastructure. Three strategic

objectives interlink Business,

Place and People.

Sustainable travel options are at

the very heart of ensuring

connectivity between businesses,

place and people. Our

programme will contribute to

these key objectives.

East Sussex Local

Transport Plan (LTP)

2011-2026 &

Implementation Plan

2016/2017–2020/21

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Plans for investment in transport

infrastructure, support a

prosperous county by helping

business to thrive, delivering

better access to jobs and services

and by creating safer, healthier,

more sustainable and inclusive

communities.

Our programme is directly aligned

with LTP with ES1 supporting

business and addressing transport

barriers to education &

employment. ES3 is focused on

creating safe, healthy

communities for example through

our cycle hubs and Active steps.

East Sussex County

Council’s Corporate

Employability & Skills

Strategy

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3 strategic areas (1) procurement

– creating apprentices and work

placement opportunities and

school visits; (2) internally run

apprenticeship programme and

ES1 will support apprentices and

work placements through

schemes such as a cycle loan or

W2W. ES2 is focussed on access

to education and training and

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Access Fund and

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(3) the Skills East Sussex work to

influence providers and

businesses to deliver the training

on the growth sectors

developing skills to ensure our

growth sectors develop and

deliver the forecast job and

employment opportunities.

Healthy Lives, Healthy

People – ESCC Health

and Wellbeing Strategy

2013 – 2016,

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County’s public health strategy to

enable people of all ages to live

healthy lifestyles, and manage

and maintain their mental health

and wellbeing.

ES3 is focussed on healthy and

active communities. Through our

initiatives such as Active Steps we

will provide an opportunity for

people to introduce activity into

their life through active travel.

This will have a positive impact

upon health, physical activity

levels and wellbeing. The

monetised physical activity based

health benefits of our programme

have been estimated at £7-10m

over the appraisal period.

Healthy Weight

Management Plan

2016

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ESCC action plan to tackle

obesity, key objective is focussed

on - Environment – To create a

physical and social environment

that enables healthier lifestyle

choices to be made in in healthy

eating, physical activity and

mental wellbeing

Local Plans and

Infrastructure Delivery

Plans

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Sets out each Borough/District’s

vision and framework for the

future development of their

area; addressing needs and

opportunities for housing,

economy, community facilities

and infrastructure.

Our programme will support

these local plans and work

holistically with our local

partners.

Eastbourne Cycle

Strategy (2013)

Hastings Walking and

Cycling Strategy (2015)

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Delivering borough-wide

networks of priority and

secondary cycle routes, along

with support from revenue-

based initiatives.

We will work with our local

partners to promote active travel

through each work stream.

ESCC Emerging Cycling

& Walking Investment

Plan

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Emerging county-wide strategy

that will outline a walking and

cycling policy alongside proposals

for new and improved walking

and cycling infrastructure and

complementary sustainable

travel initiatives.

Initiatives such as our community

audit and active travel mapping

will help identify gaps and

contribute to this plan. Walking

and cycling initiatives will be an

integral element of the ESCC

CWIP, to complement

infrastructure improvements.

ESCC Cultural Strategy

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Three strategic priorities focused

on greater participation, enabling

the cultural & creative economy

to expand and enhance, develop

and promote well packaged

‘cultural tourism’ offers.

All these priorities are being met

and contributed to through this

bids own three objectives.

Newhaven Air Quality

Action Plan

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Thus outlines proposals to

address the high concentrations

of nitrogen dioxide alongside the

busy roads in the centre of

Newhaven.

As road transport is the main

source of these emissions

‘enabling the use of sustainable

travel choices through the

delivery of transport

infrastructure and initiatives’ is a

key theme of the plan and is

supported by our programme.

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Access Fund and

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The Ashdown Forest has been

designated a Special Protection

Area. Requirement to assess

development which would

increase nitrogen deposition on

the Ashdown Forest SAC. When

considering nitrogen deposition

the focus will be on emissions

from motorised vehicular traffic.

Our programme is focussed on

active modes of travel and is

forecast to contribute to reducing

carbon and therefore improving

air quality. The benefits have

been estimated at between

£2.27k and £3.18k.

B3. The Economic Case – Value for Money

Introduction

The East Sussex investment package will promote walking and cycling across the three county growth areas,

maximising the impact of existing investments, both physical infrastructure and revenue funded elements.

The economic case and subsequent value for money assessment have been undertaken using the

Department for Transport’s Cycling and Walking Toolkit (also referred to as the DfT’s Active Mode Appraisal

Toolkit, March 2015) This section outlines the modelling approach, key appraisal assumptions and results of

the analysis. An overview of key risk and uncertainties are also presented in this section. Further details of

the economic appraisal can be found in Appendix 6, and the completed Transition Active Mode Appraisal

Toolkit business case forms.

In summary, the BCR of the Access Fund package of investment is forecast to range between 7.13 and 10.39.

This presents exceptional value for money for the £1.4175m package, which includes £1.2m of DfT funding

through the Access Fund. The package is also forecast to deliver a range of wider economic benefits, not

reflected in the BCR calculations, including creation of new jobs and increase in GVA for the local economy.

Modelling Approach

Due to the relatively small scale of the individual interventions, and how they work together to provide an

impetus to encourage walking and cycling across the whole area, these schemes have been assessed as a

single package of investment, using DfT’s Active Mode Appraisal Toolkit, March 2015. The Transport’s Active

Mode Appraisal Toolkit covers a range of economic, environmental and social impacts. These are

summarised in Table 7 below. However, as £1,417,540 million package does not include direct investment

into infrastructure, assessments of journey quality impacts have been excluded.

Active Access for Growth East Sussex BCR forecast to range between 7.13 and 10.39

Physical activity based health benefits, ranging from £7m to £10m over the appraisal period.

Deliver between £2.27k and £3.18k in air quality benefits across the programme area.

The package is also forecast to deliver wider economic benefits, including creation of 6 new jobs and

increase in GVA of over £150,000 for the local economy.

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Table 7: Impact assessed

Impact Benefit Estimated

Physical Activity Yes

Absenteeism Yes

Accident Benefits Yes

Environmental Benefits Yes

Decongestion & Indirect Tax Yes

Journey Quality No – no infrastructure scheme

Key Assumptions

The key assumptions adopted for this assessment are listed in Table 8 below. Further details are contained

in the Technical Note: Economic Case at Appendix 6. The range of benchmark values built into the DfT’s

Active Model Appraisal Toolkit to facilitate the estimation of benefits by impact category have been used

Table 8: Key assumptions

Modelling Criteria Value Comments

Scheme Details Opening Year 2017

Last Year of Initial

Funding

2019/20

Decay Rate 7.7% Erosion of benefits going fwd

Do Nothing

Scenario

Estimated number of

Cycle Journeys

8505 JTW Census 2011 – Hastings and Eastbourne

Campus mode shares, the 4 ES colleges mode

shares. All converted to total trips using expansion

factor (see Technical Note for details)

Average cycle

journey length (km)

7.6 ES Travel to work data

Average cycle speed

(kph)


Estimated number of

walk journeys

65165 JTW Census 2011 – Hastings and Eastbourne

Campus mode shares, the 4 ES colleges mode

shares. All converted to total trips using expansion

factor (see Technical Note for details)

Average walk journey

length (km)


Average walk speed 5 British Heart Foundation.

Estimated number of

return journeys

90% Figure accepted in West of England STTY submission

– stated source “professional judgement”

Do Something

Scenario

Estimated number of

cycle journeys

8,691

2.2%

compounded

growth over a

three year

period

Sustrans evidence suggests cycling & walking

programmes (revenue and infrastructure funding)

can at least double participation and potentially

increase demand by 1000% (Worcester University

scheme) – a range of demand forecasts has been

developed and is reported in the Technical Note.

Increases have been pro-rated down in relative

proportion between revenue and infrastructure

spend on Walking and Cycling over the next 3 years.

Estimated number of

walk journeys

66,599

2.2%

compounded

growth over a

three year

period

See above

Decongestion

Benefit

Proportion of cyclists

attracted from car

67% Figure used in previous WoE bids

Proportion of walk

trips attracted from

67% See above

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Modelling Criteria Value Comments

car

Additional

Information

Background Growth 6.5% p a Estimate linked to joint investment in LSTF / RGF

infrastructure packages.

Period of Growth

(yrs)

13 LEP guidance “benefits gradually build over 3 years

and then deliver a stream of benefits over a 10 year

period”

Days in analysis

period

220 Standard working days pa

Optimism bias 15% WebTag Unit A1.2, Table 8.

Economic Impacts & Value for Money

Completed pro-formas for the Active Access for Growth East Sussex Package is appended to this form. The

appended Technical Note: Economic Case at Appendix 6 provides details of the methodology, appraisal

assumptions and results as well as for the associated sensitivities. This section summarises the results for the

central case. The assessment of the £1,417,540m package includes £217,540 of match funding.

Table 9 presents the Present Value of Benefits (PVB) for each investment theme (Business and Education) of

this package, along with an aggregated PVB for the entire Package for the Central Scenario, which assumes a

realistic growth in cycling as a result of the intervention. PVB values for the themes are derived from the

Department’s Active Mode Appraisal Toolkit. This adjusts the calculation of the PVB to exclude any

‘Infrastructure benefits’ and any private sector contributions involved in the scheme delivery. This

adjustment has been adopted whilst estimating the PVB for the package. ‘Local Air Quality’ benefits are zero.

Table 9: BCR Summary

This is due to the fact that current WebTAG marginal external costs for the years post 2015 are zero.

‘Journey ambience’ is also zero as the Package does not contain any infrastructure improvements that are

liable to generate such benefits. Similar analysis has also been carried out for a High Case scenario, which

assumes a comparatively higher growth rate in cycling and walking whilst accessing employment, further and

higher education in the region.

Results for Scenario 1, which assumes realistic growth in cycling, indicates that the package delivers

exceptional value for money, with a BCR of 7.13. A slightly more ambitious growth in assumed in Scenario 2

(if growth in users / beneficiaries is increased by 50% as over and above of Scenario 1), the BCR of the

package could increase to more than 10.39.

Impact Category Education Business Package Total Costs Education Business Package Total Costs

Conges tion benefi t 90 543 633 128.63 778.75 907

Infrastructure 1 4 5 0.97 5.90 7

Accident 22 135 158 32.02 193.88 226

Loca l Air Qual i ty 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

Noise 1 9 10 2.12 12.84 15

Greenhouse Gases 5 30 35 7.05 42.67 50

Phys ica l Activi ty 1,098 5,920 7,018 1,584.21 8,541.98 10,126

Journey Ambience 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

Indirect Taxation -28 -169 -197 -39.88 -241.44 -281

Government 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

Private contribution 0 0 0 197 0.00 0.00 0 197

PVB 7,460 10,846

PVC 1,046 1,044

BCR 7.13 10.39

Scenario 1 Scenario 2

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Wider Economic Benefits

The focus of the Access Fund, as stated in the guidance, is to:

• Support the local economy

• Promote increased levels of physical activity

The Active Model Appraisal Toolkit doesn’t specifically attempt to measure the former of these two areas.

We have therefore undertaken some high level analysis of the likely employment and GVA impacts that the

investment package should bring. These have focussed on the following areas:

• Physical activity and increase in GVA: There is anecdotal evidence which suggests that increase in

healthier lifestyles can lead to increase productivity of an area’s workforce. The above analysis

demonstrates that the growth in cycling and walking in East Sussex as a result of the investment

package, can lead to significant monetised physical activity based health benefits, ranging from £7m to

£10m over the appraisal period. This increase in cycling and walking amongst commuters in particular,

and subsequent increase in monetised health benefits will lead to increase in GVA of the East Sussex

economy.

• Additional activity in the cycling sector, specifically linked to levels of spend and the increased level of

cycling activity – retail spend at bike shops, cycling based activities. This additional expenditure in the

local economy would lead to creation of up to 6 additional full-time equivalent jobs in the local

economy. These additional jobs could support over £150,000 of annual GVA for the local economy.

Please note that increased walking could also have an impact on expenditure in the area, which could

subsequently lead to creation of new jobs and additional GVA for the local economy. However, due to

lack of directly relevant benchmark data, it has not been possible to forecast this benefit.

• Direct impact on improved access to work: Evidence from the Wheels to Work scheme has suggested

the scheme thus far has supported 7 apprentices and over 30 lower paid workers access jobs. The

scheme has reached 279 individuals over the last 3 years (to end 2015) and provided 524 loan contracts.

The scheme has allowed people to access higher paid jobs, provided support to apprentice schemes and

access to education. The scheme has similar targets going forward over the duration of the Access Fund.

These impacts will be attributable to this investment package.

• Parts of East Sussex (Hastings) have participation rates in higher education half that of the region and

national averages: The provision of improved access to these facilities will indirectly support increased

participation and hence allow residents from these areas access higher paid professions in the future.

The 2014 document published Department for Education “The Economic Value of Key Intermediate

Qualifications” suggested that higher attainment at college alone (not degree level) can increase earning

potential by 10 to 15% over a lifetime.

• Annual survey of hours and earnings: Resident analysis, sourced from ONS suggests that average

(median) gross annual wages in East Sussex were £27,441 in 2015 compared to £19,808 for the 25

percentile earners in the area. Assuming that all of the additional cyclists and pedestrians under Scenario

1 will materialise from the 25 percentile earners in East Sussex, a 10% increase in their wages, relates to

a combined (gross) increase of approximately £3.2m per annum (whilst they are in full-time

employment). This additional disposable income in East Sussex will also lead to increase in employment

and GVA for the local economy.

Environmental Benefits

Our programme will make a contribution to reducing carbon and therefore improving air quality. The

benefits have been estimated at between £2.27k and £3.18k.

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B4. The Financial Case – Project Costs

Table 10: Funding profile (Nominal terms)

Figures in £000s 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Total

DfT funding sought 337.0 492.0 371.0 1,200.0

Local Authority contribution 42.9 42.9 42.9 128.7

Third Party contribution including LGF 29.6 29.6 29.6 88.9

TOTAL 409.5 564.5 443.5 1,417.5

Revenue match funding of £217,540, outlined in section A6, is 18% of the DfT revenue funding being sought.

Table 11: Funding spend profile

Programme Costs (£)

Figures in £000s

2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Total Programme

ES1 ES2 ES3

x1 Programme Manager (External) 50.0 71.0 54.0 175.0 ��

x2 Sustrans Officer 98.0 132.0 100.0 330.0 ��

x1 Living Streets Officers 52.0 69.0 52.0 173.0 ��

East Sussex Wheels 2 Work 20.0 30.0 20.0 70.0 ��

Pedal Power - Cycle/Electric Cycle

Loans 30.0 70.0 50.0 150.0

��

Brighton University Research 20.0 20.0 20.0 60.0 ��

Cycling (ESCC Road Safety) 20.0 30.0 25.0 75.0 ��

Sussex Community Rail Partnership

- ITT 10.0 10.0 10.0 30.0 ��

South Downs National Park

Authority Initiatives 25.0 25.0 25.0 75.0 ��

ESCC Community Grants

Programme 10.0 30.0 10.0 50.0 ��

Programme Marketing 2.0 5.0 5.0 12.0 ��

Total 337.0 492.0 371.0 1,200.0

In regards to the local contributions; the local authority contribution will be utilised to provide the overall

strategic management to the programme, along with the public health contribution which will provide

greater support and input to ES3 Active Access for Healthy Communities. The third party contributions will

provide greater investment to the areas that those partners will be delivering across the programme.

B4. Management Case - Delivery

a) Project Plan attached at Appendix 6.

We have a strong track record of delivery through our LSTF programme and are confident Active Access for

Growth – East Sussex focuses on highly deliverable initiatives. A project plan showing our key timetable for

delivery is included at Appendix 6. To ensure delivery of the programme can commence immediately in April

2017 all preparatory tasks including recruitment and procurement will be undertaken prior to the funding

period. We will undertake initial tasks from autumn 2016 even before funding decisions have been made.

Our delivery model has been designed to be scalable in order to ensure delivery over a number of years.

Integrating our programme in to existing County Council work streams, utilising existing local delivery

partners and supporting existing enterprises to expand and enhance service provision means key initiatives

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will be continuing post 2020 when Access funding ends and we will be well placed to access any future

funding opportunities.

b) Where relevant, if delivery of the project is dependent on land acquisition, please include a letter from

the respective land owner(s) to demonstrate that arrangements are in place in order to secure the land

to enable the authority to meet its construction milestones. Not Applicable

c) Where relevant, please provide summary details of your construction milestones (at least one but no

more than 5 or 6) between start and completion of works: Not Applicable

B5. Management Case – Statutory Powers and Consents

a) Please list separately each power / consents etc obtained, details of date acquired, challenge period (if

applicable) and date of expiry of powers and conditions attached to them. Any key dates should be

referenced in your project plan. Not Applicable

b) Please list separately any outstanding statutory powers / consents etc, including the timetable for

obtaining them. Not Applicable

B6. Management Case – Governance

Our approach to governance is set out in Appendix 7 which summarises the management structure for our

programme. The overall programme management will sit within the Strategic Economic Infrastructure Team

at East Sussex County Council with the programme manager supported by three officers recruited

specifically for this programme. They will be supported by members of our organisation where applicable

and report to our Project Board.

B7. Management Case - Risk Management

Our full Risk Register is outlined at Appendix 8. This sets out the key risks for the overall programme, and the

accompanying mitigation measures to reduce the likelihood and impact of them causing problems. In the

event of a risk being escalated to an issue, the “priorities and processes framework” is in place to rapidly

discuss, assess and resolve difficulties before they cause detrimental effects. ESCC Programme Manager &

Commissioner will have an intelligence overview from all the governance groups and can quickly and

appropriately plan for and react to issues arising. The Active Access Programme Board will have the ultimate

decision on resolving issues.

B8. Management Case - Stakeholder Management

a) Can the scheme be considered as controversial in any way?

Yes No

If yes, please provide a brief summary (in no more than 100 words)

b) Have there been any external campaigns either supporting or opposing the scheme?

Yes No

On announcement of the DfT Access Fund, local stakeholders were keen for ESCC to bid for further funding

to enhance programmes of work established during ESCC LSTF programme 2012 – 2016, but to primarily

develop a new local programme with equal emphasis on delivering walking & cycling initiatives that can

maximise the investment in new and improved walking & cycling infrastructure, coming forward through the

LGF and ESCC Local Capital Fund Programme.

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Therefore as part of the design of the programme local stakeholders worked in partnership with ESCC to

develop a prioritised list of walking & cycling measures. Further details of these programme stakeholders,

are set out in Section A8 (Table 1).

B9. The Commercial Case

The design of the programme has included a strong emphasis on assessing the procurement and legal issues

associated with the measures, and the impact of this on the ability to deliver within the funding timescales.

Procurement is necessary under ESCC legal obligations. This has been weighted strongly in favour of

immediate delivery capability from April 2017, a proven track record of delivering the proposed measures,

ability to scale up existing measures that are currently being delivered, together with the opportunity to

maximise the LGF and LTP capital investment in new walking and cycling infrastructure during the

programme period. Therefore this has enabled us to prioritise measures for inclusion in the programme that

can commence delivery from April 2017. The different projects within the programme, which will enable the

delivery of elements ES1 – ES3, are outlined in Table 12 and the procurement process that will be adopted.

To ensure that ESCC is ready to commence delivery from April 2017, the procurement of service providers is

being progressed, this is as outlined in B4 Management Case – Delivery Plan.

Table 12: Commercial considerations

Project Resource Legal/Procurement Issues/Considerations

Cycling & Walking

Engagement Team

Delivered by consortium of

providers

Providing:

1. Programme

Management

2. Delivering core

activities & providing a

referral to other

delivery agencies

X1 Project

Manager

X3 Officers

The value of the Cycling & Walking Engagement Team element is

above £164k, therefore we will be required to undertake a

competitive procurement process and advertise in the OJEU, in

compliance with the Procurement Standing Orders to appoint a

supplier (s) to deliver this service.

The timescales associated to undertake this process is 3/4

months. In order that a service provider(s) is ready to mobilise for

delivery from April 2017, the procurement specification

documents will be prepared between September – December

2016.

If funding is awarded the OJEU notice will be advertised in

December 2016, to ensure that the contract will commence from

April 2017.

Wheels 2 Work East Sussex

Wheels 2 Work

East Sussex Wheels 2 Work will be delivering an existing service;

therefore the County Council will be able to provide any additional

funding as direct award of grant funding, to support the continued

deliver y of an enhanced service.

Wheels 2 Work - Electric

Cycle Loans

X1 Service

Provider

The value for the provision of this service is £150k; therefore we

will be required to undertake a competitive procurement process

in compliance with the Procurement Standing Orders to appoint a

supplier (s) to deliver this service.

This is a new scheme to ESCC; therefore during September 2016

we will undertake a soft market testing exercise to liaise with

prospective service providers.

The timescales associated to undertake this process is 3/4

months. In order that a service provider(s) is ready to mobilise for

delivery from April 2017, the procurement specification

documents will be prepared between September – December

2016. If funding is awarded the OJEU notice will be advertised in

December 2016, to ensure the contract will commence April 2017.

Brighton University -

Electric Cycle Loan

Evaluation

X2 Associate

Professors

In order to procure Brighton University to undertake the research

during the programme, a waiver from contact standing orders will

be obtained and a direct award of grant funding awarded during

the programme period.

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Sussex Community Rail

Partnership - Independent

Travel Training

1 existing SCRP

Officer in post,

supported by

12 volunteers

Sussex Community Rail Partnership - Independent Travel Training

South Downs National Park

(SDNPA)

X1 0.4 FTE

SDNPA Officer

With the value of funding allocated to this service, three quotes

will be obtained from providers, including the SDNPA. A direct

award of grant funding can be made and monitored during the

programme period.

Community Grants X1 0.4 FTE

SDNPA Officer

A small grants process will be developed by ESCC in order to

enable to local community organisations or workplace or

education providers to bid for small scale bids of up to £1,500 to

deliver local services that me with the objectives of ESCC Access

Programme.

C1. Monitoring and Evaluation

By submitting this bid, I agree to work with the Department to provide a reasonable level of monitoring to

enable the measurement of outputs and, where appropriate, evaluation of outcomes.

Yes No

Programme monitoring has been a key element of the design phase of the programme; potential indicators,

that will be used to evaluate the different elements of the projects, have been considered to ensure that the

programme can measure the impact on the target audiences identified in the bid, and the programmes key

objectives.

A monitoring framework is currently being refined to help inform the procurement specification documents.

The key high level metrics that this programme will monitor, and examples of some of the data which will be

collected to evaluate the programme, are set out below:

• Increased active and sustainable travel – i.e. mode of travel, walking & cycling challenge participation

(before & after)

• Economic benefits from the individual programmes – i.e. reported financial savings to businesses,

access to existing and new employment

• Reduced carbon emissions as a result of reduced car use – i.e. car usage data, parking surveys

organisations

• Increased physical activity – i.e. meeting physical activity guidelines, levels of physical activity

• Increased wellbeing – i.e. measuring energy used in activity

E-Bike Usage – Research Brighton University – Eastbourne Campus

The programme also includes the opportunity to collaborate with Brighton University, (Eastbourne Campus),

to undertake a unique piece of research in the use of electric cycles, including the type and duration of

journeys undertaken, popular routes and energy expenditure by the riders. Energy expenditure will

compare e-bike and standard bike usage for the commonest routes, so that the amount of activity

undertaken may be quantified, to understand the impact on health. ESCC & University of Brighton would be

keen to share progress on this research and present a final report to the DfT.

The strategic aspect of the programme will be managed by experienced and skilled programme managers

utilising ESCC project management toolkit, to ensure that robust and consistent data is collected. These

officers also have experience in developing and managing sustainable travel projects, and reporting

outcomes to the DfT along with developing case studies.

SECTION C – Monitoring, Evaluation and Benefits Realisation

D1. Senior Responsible Owner Declaration

As Senior Responsible Owner for Active Access for Growth – East Sussex I hereby submit this request for

approval to DfT on behalf of East Sussex County Council and confirm that I have the necessary authority to

do so.

I confirm that East Sussex County Council will have all the necessary statutory powers in place to ensure the

planned timescales in the application can be realised.

Name: Jon Wheeler Signed:

Position: Team Manager, Strategic Economic Infrastructure Communities, Economy and Transport East Sussex County Council

D2. Section 151 Officer Declaration

As Section 151 Officer for East Sussex County Council I declare that the scheme cost estimates quoted in this

bid are accurate to the best of my knowledge and that East Sussex County Council

- has allocated sufficient budget to deliver this scheme on the basis of its proposed funding

contribution;

- accepts responsibility for meeting any costs over and above the DfT contribution requested, including

potential cost overruns and the underwriting of any funding contributions expected from third parties;

- accepts responsibility for meeting any ongoing revenue and capital requirements in relation to the

scheme;

- accepts that no further increase in DfT funding will be considered beyond the maximum contribution

requested and that no DfT funding will be provided after 2019/20;

- Confirms that the authority has the necessary governance / assurance arrangements in place and the

authority can provide, if required, evidence of a stakeholder analysis and communications plan in

place.

Name: Marion Kelly Chief Finance Officer East Sussex County Council

Signed:

SECTION D – Declarations

Documents

Access Fund for Sustainable Travel Revenue - East Sussex · Access Fund for Sustainable Travel Revenue Competition - Application Form Local transport authority name(s): East Sussex