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
101 residents responded to the consultation.
You can find more information and full consultation results in the January 2023 Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee report.
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 will be presented to the Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee in June 2023.
The committee will decide what happens next.
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.
205 residents responded out of the 853 addresses we sent questionnaires to.
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.
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.
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.
Full results and further information can be found in the committee report from the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee report from September 2022.
In November 2021, residents in the Hallyburton Road area were written to to gauge whether there was support for a residents parking scheme.
The results from this initial consultation showed that 72.9% of respondents supported the introduction of a resident parking scheme.
Therefore, in June 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 Friday from 10am to 11am and from 5pm to 6pm.
69 residents responded to the consultation.
You can find more information and full consultation results in the September 2022 Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee report.
Based on the consultation results and following the Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee in September 2022, we will be advertising a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) on 11 November 2022.
Following the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) advertisement, a report was presented to the Environment, Transport, and Sustainability committee in January 2023. Councillors at this meeting had agreed to proceed with the proposed parking zone.
Work on the ground will begin in the springtime with a scheme going live in June 2023. We will be writing to all households and businesses in the area nearer the time explaining how to apply for a parking permit.
After residents presented a petition in March 2019 to the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee, we agreed to write to residents and businesses in the Hollingdean area to see if there is general support for a residents parking scheme.
We asked if residents and businesses in this area would support a full scheme (operating Monday to Sunday 9am – 8pm) or a light-touch scheme (operating for two separate one hour periods during the day).
Based on the results of the consultation officers recommended a smaller area be taken forward for a detailed design consultation as shown in the map below entitled ‘Hollingdean smaller area consultation boundary’.
The results of the smaller area show that 61% of respondents support a residents parking scheme with 52% supporting a full scheme.
More information and results of the full area and smaller area can be found in the attachments below.
Following approval at the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee on 20 September 2022, we will be taking forward a detailed design for a smaller area of Hollingdean.
Prior to this we will write again to the areas outside of the smaller area to see if they would like to be included in the detailed design consultation.
The Council undertook a 6-week period of public consultation between 21 March and 7 February 2022 on the draft Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).
The consultation enabled residents and stakeholders to tell us what they thought about the draft SPD.
A total of 19 responses were received.
Overall, there was broad support for most aspects of the guidance. In particular, the biodiversity resource and biodiversity matters sections were considered accurate, the good practice examples were considered helpful, and the step-by-step guide for applicants was considered clear. There was also support for the Biodiversity Checklist to be a validation requirement for relevant applications.
A full summary of the comments and officer response can be found in the Consultation Statement.
The representations have been considered and various changes have been made to the SPD. The SPD and its Annexes were approved by Tourism, Equalities, Communities and Culture Committee on 16 June 2022. The SPD is now a material consideration in determining planning applications.
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation SPD
To meet the requirements set out in the neighbourhood planning regulations, the Council undertook an 8-week period of public consultation on the applications between 9am on 26 August 2021 to 11:59pm on 22 October.
The consultation period was originally 6 weeks, but the consultation period was extended to allow for it to coincide with consultation by the South Downs National Park Authority.
In total 22 responses were received during the consultation period. The representations received have been considered in determining the applications for the neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum.
Based on the information provided with the neighbourhood area and forum applications and having considered all the consultation responses received, it was considered that the proposed neighbourhood area boundaries are appropriate and that the proposed neighbourhood forum would meet all the requirements set out in the legislation.
The South Downs National Park Authority also approved the designation on 23 December 2021
Your view on British Telecom's proposal take out 14 on-street payphones in various locations in the city which have low use or are not being used.
Comments received concluded that there are no objections to the removal of the Kiosk and Telephony at all 14 locations.
Outcome of consultation on BT proposals to remove phone boxes
Comments are welcome on our draft decision to remove all 14 phone boxes from;
Please send your comments by Thursday 1 July by email to planning.comments@brighton-hove.gov.uk marked ‘Phone box removal 07/2021.’ Please also identify the phone box you are commenting about.
You can also write to the Head of Planning, City Development and Regeneration, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ.
It’s your opportunity to say if you agree or disagree with the phone boxes being removed and the reasons why.
The council is co-ordinating residents’ responses on behalf of BT. It doesn’t take long to provide your opinion and your views will help us provide a picture to BT of what people in the city think about their proposals.
Want to keep a phone box?
With payphones being used less, communities are looking at new ways of using them. Modern glass boxes can be adopted if communities want to house a defibrillator. Visit BT's adopt a kiosk web page for more information.
Use of payphones
Overall use of payphones has declined by over 90 per cent in the last decade and the need to provide payphones for use in emergency situations is diminishing all the time, with at least 98 per cent of the UK having mobile coverage.
Ofcom’s research into consumer views on the importance of communications services and their affordability found that most people no longer view payphones as essential for consumers in most circumstances.
Following requests from residents, we asked the people who live in the Hove Park area about a new residents’ parking scheme.
We included the residents’ parking scheme as a proposal in a Traffic Regulation Order which was open for comment in February and March 2019.
The Committee approved the order in June 2019. The scheme is now active, and this area has become parking Zone P.
Residents told us about parking issues in South Portslade, so in September 2019 we asked what they thought about having a resident parking scheme in the area.
We held an initial consultation in autumn 2019 and followed up with a detailed design consultation in summer 2020.
A traffic regulation order was advertised in November 2020. After each stage a report was taken to the Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee for approval.
The consultations showed a high level of support for a scheme within in a smaller area, while the other areas did not support the introduction of a scheme.
82% respondents within the smaller area supported the implementation of a residents parking scheme.
The committee approved the traffic regulation order in March 2021.
The scheme is now active and this area has become parking zone X.
Feedback updated 29 July 2022
We reviewed the resident parking scheme in the Hanover and Elm Grove area (Zone V) in June 2022, after the scheme had been changed from S to V following a previous review of 2018.
Residents in a small number of streets, known as the ‘top triangle,’ requested a further review to find out if there is enough support in the area to revert to the original Zone S.
The consultation has now closed, and results will be available as soon as the replies have been analysed.
We reviewed the resident parking scheme in the Hanover and Elm Grove area (Zone S) at the end of 2018, after the scheme had been in place for over a year.
Residents in a small number of streets, known as the ‘top triangle,’ requested further consultation to find out if there is enough support in the area to join Zone V.
Zone S is a light-touch scheme which is active Monday to Friday from 11am to midday and from 6pm to 7pm.
Zone V is a full scheme which is active Monday to Sunday from 9am to 8pm.
Top triangle streets include:
We received 174 valid responses, which is 44.7% of the total households in the proposed scheme area.
Overall, 51.1% support joining Zone V, but after we looked at the results from each street separately, it’s clear that residents in Queens Park Road would prefer to stay in Zone S.
If we remove the results from Queens Park Road, the support for joining Zone V increases to 54%.
We included the proposed change from Zone S to Zone V for all streets except Queens Park Road in a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). View the details of this TRO (TRO-31-2019).
No objections were received to the proposals so the committee agreed to make the changes. Zone S will become zone V in March 2020.
Find out more about parking zone V.
View the Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee report.
Residents told us about parking issues in Freshfield Street and Queens Park Rise, so in July 2019 we asked whether they wanted to remain in Zone S or join Zone C.
Zone S is a light-touch scheme which is active Monday to Friday from 11am to midday and from 6pm to 7pm.
Zone C is a full scheme which is active Monday to Sunday from 9am to 8pm.
We received 59 valid responses which is over half (55.7%) of the total households in the proposed scheme area.
52.5% of respondents said they’re in favour of joining the full scheme (Zone C).
We included the proposed change from Zone S to Zone C in a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). View the details of this TRO (TRO-31-2019) on our website.
No objections were received to the proposals, so the committee agreed to make the changes. Zone S will become zone C in March 2020.
Find out more about parking zone C.
View the Environment, Transport and Sustainability committee report.