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City Plan Consultation

The Council have produced a very comprehensive City Plan for the period up to 2041. The key issues covered in this plan can be found at the following link: www.yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/city-plan-2041-key-documents

The Council wishes to hear from local communities their comments and suggestions on this plan. The Council will accept comments made a) via the online consultation, b) through email, or c) in writing.

This questionnaire is intended to collect the views of those in our communities who might not otherwise read all the key documents and fill in the lengthy online questionnaire.

As an alliance, and after 100s of conversations across the city, Brighton and Hove Citizens has three key asks of the Council:

  • That procedures are put in place that ensure developers implement the promises made (in terms of affordable housing) when granted planning permission.

  • That priority is given to key-worker housing.

  • That new developments include spaces that encourage community development.

As an alliance, we’ve therefore selected questions from the overall consultation which deal with those 3 key priorities. We’ve also suggested more specific questions to get further details on what people think. If people want to engage with other areas, please do so using the link above. 

We’ll be submitting all our responses in January, as a ‘Petition.’ As such, we need to include people’s names and post-codes. Those details won’t be shared with anyone apart from the ‘Democratic Services’ team at the Council for counting purposes. 


Our petition goes as follows: 

Dear members of the Council,

As an Alliance, we are always keen to help where we can. We are grateful for the meetings we’ve had with some of you so far (particularly Cllrs Sankey, Williams, Taylor, Loughran, and Allen).

We are asking that you consider our contributions when re-shaping the City Plan - our city’s plan - and, specifically, that you ensure that key sections are devoted to specifying how ‘affordability’ can take into account ‘local income’ measures, to specifying how key workers will be supported, and to specifying how developments will honour the need to nurture a sense of belonging and community. 

We look forward to working with you to make our city one where people can thrive.

Brighton & Hove Citizens

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Do you agree we should prioritise affordable homes to rent (social rent and affordable rent) for new builds?

[Note: affordable homes to rent would help people on low and middle income.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Do you agree that 25% of the affordable homes built should have purchase or rent costs based on local income, rather than market rates.

[Note: this question helps us focus on the need to take into account what people actually earn, rather than what the market suggests.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Do you agree that 50% of affordable homes built should be family-sized homes.

[Note: having more affordable family-sized homes would help make sure families can afford staying in our city.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Do you agree that 10% of affordable homes should be community-led housing (such as Community Land Trusts (CLTs), housing co-operatives, co-housing, self-help housing)?

[Note: these models of affordable housing are examples of ways to reduce the cost of purchase. CLTs are examples of housing where the cost of the land isn't included in the cost of the home, thus reducing the cost of purchase considerably, Housing Co-Operatives are homes purchased and managed by multiple buyers and where decisions about the home are taken collaboratively, etc.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Some key services are under pressure as people find it hard to afford places to rent in our city. 
Do you think Key Workers should be prioritised in terms of housing allocation?
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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If you agree that Key Workers should be prioritised, which professions should be prioritised, in your opinion? (e.g. hospital workers, teachers, care workers, etc.)
Do you agree we should manage the number of new second homes in the city? 

[Note: managing second homes could mean increasing Council Tax on them, making it harder to get planning permission to turn second homes into holiday lets, etc.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Do you agree that the number of all (i.e. not just new ones) second homes in the city should be managed (i.e. not only managed for new building developments)?

[Note: managing second homes could mean increasing Council Tax on them, making it harder to get planning permission to turn second homes into holiday lets, etc.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Do you think we should prioritise Purpose Built Student Accommodation on suitable sites?

[Note: Purpose Built Student Accommodation is housing designed for university students.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Should we require some accommodation units suitable for families in Purpose Built Student Accommodation developments?

[Note: this would mean that areas developed with students in mind would also include homes for families.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Should we manage the change of residential use to short-term holiday lets in the city? 

[Note: this would mean looking at potential criteria to manage how homes can be turned into short-term holiday lets.]
Strongly disagree
Strongly agree
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Are you aware of any specific sites that could be available for development? If so, please tell us where they are.
On larger developments, what types of outdoor spaces do you think are important to be provided to help nurture a sense of community?
• Children’s equipped play-spaces
• Food growing spaces
• Green spaces for informal recreation
• Natural green spaces, for example, for wildlife
• Other examples
On larger developments, what types of indoor spaces do you think are important to be provided to help nurture a sense of community?
• Community meeting rooms
• Other examples
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