Agenda item - Local Government Reorganisation

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.

37.1      Cabinet considered a report that presented Brighton & Hove City Council’s Local Government Reorganisation proposal for Sussex and sought approval for submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government by 26 September 2025, in line with the nationally set timetable.

37.2      Councillors Taylor, Rowkins, Miller, Muten. Allen, Robins and Sankey contributed to the debate of the report.

37.3      Resolved- 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.