This Council notes with grave concern that visitor numbers in Brighton & Hove dropped by more than 14% year on year in the first four month period of 2012/13

Labour Group Amendment

Women’s safety in the city

That the relevant changes are made as shown below in strikethrough and bold italics:

This Committee:

1) Recognises serious concerns regarding safety of women in some of the City’s public spaces, for example at Pavilion Gardens and New Road, partly as a result of government cuts to police and council budgets;

2) Notes infrastructure improvements used by councils to improve safety in the public domain include layered lighting, and CCTV~~and gating~~;

3) Considers that such infrastructure improvements to improve women’s safety in the city could be delivered through the Council’s planning system through the expenditure of developer contributions;

4) Requests that a report be brought forward outlining how a proportion of the £23,574,569 of unspent Section 106 contributions (Obligation Category); and £386,180 of unspent Community Infrastructure Levy contributions could be devoted to these purposes officers consider whether any available current or future Section 106 or CIL contributions could be used in compliance with planning legislation and regulations to enhance public safety in the ways described.

5) Reiterates commitment made at Council in July 2022 to work in partnership to develop a Gender Equality Strategy, with women’s safety being one of the key areas of focus, including the development of a Night-time Safety Charter to improve safety for women, girls and vulnerable people in the night-time economy and a consultation to hear from women and girls on improving street safety

Proposed by: Cllr Robins Seconded by: Cllr Grimshaw

As amended:

This Committee:

2) Notes infrastructure improvements used by councils to improve safety in the public domain include layered lighting, and CCTV;

4) Requests that officers consider whether any available current or future Section 106 or CIL contributions could be used in compliance with planning legislation and regulations to enhance public safety in the ways described;