, 7 May 2026 - 21 May 2026

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.

This report sets out information on current Safety & Compliance progress.

1)             Cabinet note and comment onprogress made with compliance against the Regulator of Social Housing, Safety & Quality Consumer Standard since the last update in December 2025.

2)             Cabinet endorse the Housing (Safety & Quality) Improvement Programme 2026/27 and our work toward becoming a Great Landlord outlined in the report and attached as Appendix 1.

The Strategy aims to align our assets with the City Council’s Corporate Plan, to ensure that homes are fully compliant and to reflect the priorities and needs of our residents.

That Cabinet:

1)             Approve the Council Housing Asset Management Plan.

2)             Note plans to develop our Council Housing Asset Management Strategy to fully reflect emerging stock condition data, resident engagement and our Housing (Safety & Quality) Improvement Programme 2026 to 2027.

This report shares the findings and results of public consultation on smoke control proposals and seeks agreement on a citywide smoke control area.

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.

This report shares the outcomes of negotiations on the concessionary travel payments.

1)             Cabinet notes the progress of negotiations on concessionary fares payments with bus operators and agrees to the payment of the fixed deals as set out in Part 2 of this report.

2)             Cabinet confirms the delegated authority granted to the Corporate Director City Operations on 20 March 2025 to conduct and conclude negotiations with all bus operators for the reimbursement of concessionary fares so that expenditure is less than would be otherwise be calculated using the new DfT Calculator.

1)             That Cabinet notes the award of the LEVI funded 15 year EV charging infrastructure contracts, the development of proposals for Ultra Rapid EV Charging Hubs, and the intention for integrated EV charging infrastructure to form a core element of future Park & Ride schemes.

2)             That Cabinet delegates authority to the Corporate Director of City Operations, in consultation with the Cabinet Member, to take all steps necessary to procure a new contract or modify the existing concession contracts following termination of the contract with Blink for the Lot 2 services for the supply, installation, maintenance and operation of 8kW to 50kW EV chargepoints.

3)             That Cabinet notes the findings of the EV public consultation undertaken on the council’s Your Voice platform during summer 2025.

4)             That Cabinet approves the ‘Electric Vehicle Charging Policies’ as set out in the appendices to this report.

5)             That Cabinet agrees to the use of the Department for Transport (DfT) EV Pavement Channel Grant to carry out a cross-pavement EV charging trial as set out in Section 3.4.

1)             Cabinet agrees to authorise the issuing and publication of the ‘Notice of intention to commence local plan preparation’ under Regulation 19 of the 2026 Regulations.

2)             Cabinet agrees the Local Plan Timetable   as set out in Appendix 1 and delegates authority to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration to update and publish the Local Plan Timetable as required to ensure an up-to-date timetable is publicly available as the preparation of the City Plan progresses.

3)             Cabinet approves the approach to the Scoping Consultation as described in paragraph 3.8 of the report in line with Regulation 20 of the 2026 Regulations and delegates authority to agree the consultation text and undertake the consultation to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration.

4)             Cabinet delegates authority to approve, publish and submit the required information for Gateways 1 and 2 as required by the 2026 Regulations, to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration.

That the Cabinet Member for Culture, Heritage and Tourism:

Agrees to the reports publication and general release through both council and stakeholder channels, following approval from the project advisory board and Arts Council England.

Agrees that the Council is supportive of the sector and working collaboratively to advocate for partnerships, investment and growth.

Agrees to support communications on this report through key events and media communications.

That the Cabinet Member for Housing:

Agrees delegated authority for Lead Member for Housing, in consultation with Corporate Director for Homes & Adult Social Care to utilise allocated Homes England funding for improvement to fire safety in Brighton & Hove for all agreed and future Cladding Safety Schemes.

The Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure:

Notes the outcome of the Traffic Regulation Order consultation as set out in Appendix 1 of this report.

Approves the removal of elements of the proposals relating to the relocation of the Tandridge Road bus stop and associated parking bay changes between Roman Road and Saxon Road (item 167 from deletion and items 65a, 65b and 65c from addition) from within TRO-02a-2026.

Agrees that the three Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO-02a-2026, TRO-02b-2026 and TRO-02c-2026) be sealed once the items detailed in 2.2 are removed and that the project proceeds to the construction phase.

That the Cabinet Member for Transport and City Infrastructure approve making the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (TRO-1-2025 & TRO-1a-2025) permanent.