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Who to contact

Written complaints about the Council can be sent via email or addressed to the department concerned, marked for the attention of the Departmental Complaints Officer, at:

County Hall
St Anne’s Crescent
Lewes BN7 1SW

Departmental complaints officers

Adult Social Care
Tel: 01273 481242
Email: adultsocialcarecomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk
Social Services – making a complaint

Children's Services
Tel: 01273 482304
Email: cscommentscomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk
Children's Services and schools – making a complaint

If you want to talk to someone before making a complaint about a school, please contact the Customer Services Manager for Children's Services:

Tel: 01273 482511
Email: childrenservices@eastsussex.gov.uk

Chief Executive’s Office (personnel and communications)
Tel: 01273 481954
Email: cecomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk

Corporate Resources Directorate (finance, property and information technology)
Tel: 01273 481406
Email: crdcomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk

Libraries
Tel: 01273 481870
Email: librarycomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk

Trading Standards (business and consumer)
Tel: 01323 418200
Email: tscomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk

Transport and Environment (roads and planning)
Tel: 01273 482317
Email: tecomplaints@eastsussex.gov.uk

If you are not sure who to approach, please contact:

Andrew Ogden
Director of Law & Performance Management
County Hall
St Anne’s Crescent
Lewes BN7 1SG

Tel: 01273 481557
Email: andrew.ogden@eastsussex.gov.uk

Alternatively you can use our online comments form.

Complaints about councillors

Find out who to contact if you want to make a complaint about a councillor:

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East Sussex County Council, County Hall, St Anne's Crescent, Lewes, BN7 1UE. Tel: 01273 481000