Agenda item - Chair's Communication

3.1      The Chair gave the following communication:

Today we have five agenda items to look at, which we will take in a slightly different order to the published agenda. We will start with the Housing Safety and Quality Compliance progress report that has been regularly presented to this committee following the Social Housing Regulator judgement in 2024. 

Following that, we have a presentation giving an update on Devolution with details and plans regarding the new Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority, which was established earlier this year.

Then we will have an update on City Plan which is one of the most important documents for the city, where we will be informed on the emerging plans for consultation and the proposed timeline. 

We will then be looking at the final report from the Task & Finish Group which started back in November 2025 looking at heritage in the city. The group have produced 15 recommendations and will be asking members to agree to refer the recommendations to Cabinet for consideration. 

We will finish with the scoping report for our next Task & Finish Group which is on the Visitor Economy as voted for back in March. Members are being asked to approve the establishment of this new Task & Finish Group.  

In the interests of time, can I please request that both those asking and answering questions are as brief and to the point as possible, as we want everyone who wishes to contribute to have the opportunity to do so. We also don’t want the meeting to overrun too much into the evening. I’m going to ask those presenting to keep their introductions as brief as possible to allow as much time as we can for questions. Thank you.