Consultations

Welcome to Brighton & Hove City Council's consultation portal. This site will show all consultations that are run by the council. Consultations enable you to have your say about how we work and what we plan to do. Your views help us make our policies, strategies and services better for everyone.

Open Consultations

  • Waste and Minerals Local Plan

    We work with East Sussex County Council and the South Downs National Park Authority to create planning policies that apply to waste management, minerals infrastructure and minerals extraction development. Together we are updating some of the policies in the East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton &...

    Closes 22 December 2023

  • Proposed School Closures 2024

    Brighton & Hove City Council is consulting on the proposal to close two, one form entry primary schools by the end of this academic year (August 2024). The two schools affected are: St Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School St Peter’s Community Primary School

    Closes 22 December 2023

  • Admission arrangements for Brighton & Hove schools 2025/26

    Brighton & Hove City Council is consulting on future admission arrangements for the city’s community schools which are also used by Moulsecoomb Primary School, West Blatchington Primary School and City Academy, Whitehawk. These arrangements will take effect from September 2025. The...

    Closes 22 December 2023

  • Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2023- 2026

    Members of the public, agencies, businesses and community organisations are invited to comment on the draft Brighton and Hove Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2026. This strategy outlines our partnership approach to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Brighton and...

    Closes 1 January 2024

  • Selective Licensing Schemes for private rented housing

    The council is currently consulting on two proposed licensing schemes for private rented housing in Brighton & Hove. These are: A citywide Additional Licensing Scheme for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) A Selective Licensing Scheme for other private rented...

    Closes 3 January 2024

Forthcoming Consultations

  • Area L West Hove Residents' Parking Light Touch to Full Scheme

    At the council’s Transport and Sustainability Committee on 3 October 2023, it was agreed to consult the residents of five areas on proposals to change existing parking arrangements and introduce all day Residents’ Parking Schemes. If residents choose to move to the new Residents’...

    Opens 11 December 2023

  • Area P Hove Park Residents' Parking Light Touch to Full Scheme

    At the council’s Transport and Sustainability Committee on 3 October 2023, it was agreed to consult the residents of five areas on proposals to change existing parking arrangements and introduce all day Residents’ Parking Schemes. If residents choose to move to the new Residents’ Parking...

    Opens 11 December 2023

  • Area S Hanover and Elm Grove Residents' Parking Light Touch to Full Scheme

    At the council’s Transport and Sustainability Committee on 3 October 2023, it was agreed to consult the residents of five areas on proposals to change existing parking arrangements and introduce all day Residents’ Parking Schemes. If residents choose to move to the new Residents’ Parking...

    Opens 11 December 2023

  • Area U Coombe Road Residents' Parking Light Touch to Full Scheme

    At the council’s Transport and Sustainability Committee on 3 October 2023, it was agreed to consult the residents of five areas on proposals to change existing parking arrangements and introduce all day Residents’ Parking Schemes. If residents choose to move to the new Residents’ Parking...

    Opens 11 December 2023

  • Area W Wish Road Residents' Parking Light Touch to Full Scheme

    At the council’s Transport and Sustainability Committee on 3 October 2023, it was agreed to consult the residents of five areas on proposals to change existing parking arrangements and introduce all day Residents’ Parking Schemes. If residents choose to move to the new Residents’ Parking...

    Opens 11 December 2023

Closed Consultations

  • Preston Park-Proposed Outdoor Gym 

    As part of our continued commitment to improve parks and open spaces and with the support of Friends of Preston Park, we’re proposing to install a new free access outdoor gym to increase accessibility and health benefits for everyone. This will be funded by developer’s contributions.

    Closed 3 December 2023

  • Queens Park Play Area - Phase 2 Consultation

    We continue to work closely with Friends of Queens Park to bring phase 2 of the playground refurbishment to the park and we are pleased to announce that developers funding has become available for Phase 2. We’d like your views on how the play area can be further improved.

    Closed 3 December 2023

  • Victoria Recreation Ground-Proposed Outdoor Gym

    As part of our continued commitment to improve parks and open spaces and with the support of Friends of Victoria Recreation Ground, we are proposing to install a new free access outdoor gym to increase accessibility and health benefits for everyone. This will be funded by developer’s...

    Closed 3 December 2023

  • Farm Green Beryl BTN Bikehub

    As part of the expansion of our Beryl BTN Bikes scheme, we’re planning on installing a new hub for Beryl Bikes on the Auckland Drive side of Farm Green. We recognise the Bevendean area has been without proper access to our bike hire scheme and so we want to correct this by installing a...

    Closed 24 November 2023

  • College Conservation Area Character Statement

    We are consulting upon a new College Conservation Area Character Statement. The aim of the Character Statement is to define the special interest of the area, through a detailed assessment of its history, character and appearance. The College Conservation Area was designated in...

    Closed 17 November 2023

We Asked, You Said, We Did

Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes

We asked

In June 2022, residents in the Withdean Road area were written to, to gauge whether there was support for a residents parking scheme.

The results from this initial consultation showed that 87.5% of respondents supported the introduction of a resident parking scheme.

Therefore, in November 2022 we wrote to residents and businesses in this area again and asked if they would support a light-touch residents’ parking scheme.

The proposed scheme would be active Monday to Sunday from 9am to 10am and 1pm to 2pm

You said

101 residents responded to the consultation.

  • 89% of residents support a light touch residents parking scheme
  • 80.6% or residents support a scheme to operate from 9 am to 10am and from 1pm to 2pm (7 days a week, Monday to Sunday)

You can find more information and full consultation results in the January 2023 Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee report.

We did

Based on the consultation results and following the Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee in January 2023, we will be advertising a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) in February 2023.

The results of this were presented to the Transport and Sustainability committee on 3 October 2023.

The committee has agreed for officers to implement Parking Zone 12. We anticipate this to come into force in early 2024. 

We asked

Following introduction of Zone X in August 2021, a review of this parking scheme took place in October 2022.

The review let residents tell us if they think we need to make any changes to the parking scheme.

You said

205 residents responded out of the 853 addresses we sent questionnaires to.

  • 69.7% are either satisfied or very satisfied with the current Zone X scheme
  • 71.6% are happy for the scheme to remain the same

We did

Based on the consultation results, we will not be proposing any changes to Zone X.

You can find more information and full consultation results in the Environment, Transport and Sustainability (ETS) Committee Report.

 

We asked

In November 2021, we wrote to residents in the Roedean area to gauge if there was support for the introducton of a residents parking scheme.

80% of respondents were in favour of a residents parking scheme.

Therefore in June 2022, we wrote to residents in the area again with a detailed parking design drawing for this area.

You said

Following the recent detailed design parking consultation in the Roedean area, the council did not receive a significant level of support for a scheme from residents to proceed at this time.

We did

Full results and further information can be found in the committee report from the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee report from September 2022.