Place Overview &
Subject: Update on Housing Management of Brickfields Development
Date of meeting: 1 June 2026
Report of: Director of Governance and Law
Contact Officer: Name: John Peel
Email: john.peel@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Ward(s) affected: All
For general release
1. Action Required of Overview & Scrutiny Call-In Panel:
1.1 To receive and note the report, decision record and draft minutes from the meeting of Cabinet held on 14 May 2026.
Brighton & Hove City Council
Cabinet
2.00pm 14 May 2026
Council Chamber, Hove Town Hall
DRAFT MINUTES
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Present: Councillor Sankey (Chair) Taylor (Deputy Chair), Alexander, Allen, Daniel, Miller, Muten, Robins, Rowkins, Williams and Robinson |
PART ONE
192 Update on Housing Management of Brickfields Development
40.1 Cabinet considered a report that approval to grant a 125-year lease to a Registered Provider to provide the landlord and housing management function for the Brickfields supported living service.
40.2 Councillor Sankey contributed to the debate.
40.3 The Corporate Director- Homes & Adult Social Care explained that the decision centered upon borrowing on an asset that is effectively sold and would deliver identified savings. It would also enable the council to bring people currently housed in care in locations outside the city which was an important part of the Adult Social Care Improvement Plan.
40.4 Resolved-
1) Cabinet agrees to enter into a 125 year lease with the selected Registered Provider, Southdown for the best consideration reasonably obtainable in accordance with this report and the Part 2 Report.
2) Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director for Homes and Adult Social Care in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities, Equalities, Public Health & Adult Social Care to grant a 125-year lease to Southdown, and to enter into any ancillary documentation for the Brickfields building.
The meeting concluded at 5.05pm