ePetition - Redirect the new 3X bus down Ellen Street instead of Clarendon Road

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Redirect the new 3X bus down Ellen Street instead of Clarendon Road

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to write to Brighton & Hove Bus Company to ask that they redirect the new 3X bus route that travels 140 times per day, to go down Ellen Street, (adjacent road) instead of Clarendon Road. This will retain the privacy of the houses on Clarendon road from the double decker buses, reduce congestion on the already busy road of Clarendon Road, and stop Clarendon road being made into a bus route, causing annoyance to residents of Clarendon Road.

The addition of a bus route on Clarendon Road residential street means there has been an increase in pollution, rubbish, noise and reduction in residents privacy. by using Ellen street which has the same width of Clarendon Road , it is less busy than Clarendon road, and the flats there will not be affected by the 140 buses travelling down the street as they are higher up. It is unnerving to have 140 extra routes per day, (8 per hour), travelling down the road just outside your door, and the buses can see directly into the residents homes.

This ePetition ran from 31/10/2025 to 28/01/2026 and has now finished.

5 people signed this ePetition.

Council response

Submitted for presentation to Full Council on 29 January 2026.

The petitioner was invited to present the petition to the meeting but did not attend.

Response provided by the Cabinet Member for Transport & City Infrastructure:

Thank you for raising concerns about Clarendon Road and the new 3X bus service. Introduced in September 2025 through our Bus Service Improvement Plan, the 3X offers faster cross-city links to key destinations and has been welcomed by many residents. Clarendon Road was chosen to provide a direct route to Hove Station while avoiding congestion and duplication of other services; alternative routes would slow journey times.

Brighton & Hove Buses did undertake local marketing campaigns ahead of the launch and the street layout means seated top-deck passengers are at the level with raised ground-floor windows on the south side of Clarendon Road, overlooked by high-rise to the north. The Clarendon Road / Goldstone Villas junction has long been used by buses accessing the Conway Street depot – established in 1884 by the Brighton, Hove and Preston United Omnibus Company for horsedrawn buses - with major development in 1939 becoming a main stay for many of our city’s double-deckers. The Council will continue to raise residents’ concerns with Brighton & Hove Buses who monitoring feedback and we will work together to make adjustments to improve public transport.

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