Agenda item - Working towards cleaner air for Brighton & Hove through improved smoke control areas

That Cabinet: 

1)             Approve revocation of the five existing SCA (Appendix 1) and the creation of a new single Smoke Control Order for Brighton & Hove.

2)             Agree the geographical scope of the new SCA covering the built-up urban area (City Plan Part One area plus the urban fringe) within the council’s Local Planning Authority boundary (Appendix 2).

3)             Delegate authority to the Corporate Director City Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Net Zero & Environmental Services, to finalise the Smoke Control Order wording for implementation ensuring compliance with and statutory requirements.

186.1   Cabinet considered a report that sought approval to reorganise the city’s current Smoke Control Areas into the creation of a new single Smoke Control Order.

186.2   Councillors Sankey, Allen, Muten, Robinson, Robins and Miller asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

186.3   Resolved-

That Cabinet: 

1)             Approve revocation of the five existing SCA (Appendix 1) and the creation of a new single Smoke Control Order for Brighton & Hove.

2)             Agree the geographical scope of the new SCA covering the built-up urban area (City Plan Part One area plus the urban fringe) within the council’s Local Planning Authority boundary (Appendix 2).

3)             Delegate authority to the Corporate Director City Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Net Zero & Environmental Services, to finalise the Smoke Control Order wording for implementation ensuring compliance with and statutory requirements.