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Local Government Reorganisation

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Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

This report will ask Cabinet to decide on Brighton & Hove City Council’s preferred option for local government reorganisation in East Sussex and Brighton and to agree the submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Decision:

That Cabinet

1) Agrees the Final Proposal: ‘Representative Councils for a Devolved Sussex: A Five Unitary Proposal’ as set out at Appendix 1 and approves its submission to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government by 26 September 2025.

2) Delegates authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to make any final adjustments to the Final Proposal before the deadline for submission.

Report author: Elizabeth Culbert

Publication date: 26/09/2025

Date of decision: 25/09/2025

Decided at meeting: 25/09/2025 - Cabinet

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