Issue details - The King Alfred Leisure Centre Regeneration Project - Progress Update

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Issue details

The King Alfred Leisure Centre Regeneration Project - Progress Update

This report is an update on progress in delivering the King Alfred Regeneration Project. It includes recommendation to draw down further funding from the agreed budget in order to complete enabling works ahead of main construction, scheduled to begin in November 2026

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Expenditure is greater than £1,000,000 & Significant impact on 2 or more Wards;

Decision status: For Determination

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 19/03/2026

Decision due: 23 Apr 2026 by Cabinet

Lead member: Cabinet Member for Sports, Recreation & Libraries

Contact: Mark Healy, City Regeneration Programme Manager Email: Mark.Healy@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

Consultation process

5.1 Comprehensive engagement and consultation been key to the project since its inception in Autumn 2022. Since the September 2025 cabinet paper, the most notable activities have been:
• a public exhibition held from 9 October to 2 November at the existing Alfred facility, sharing images of the design proposals for new facility and setting out the story of how the design has developed.
• a series of ‘meet the design team’ days, also held on site at King Alfred from 9 October to 11 October, with around 300 attendees.
• comments and views captured through comment cards and on-line through an on-line survey hosted on the council’s YourVoice platform, with around 600 respondents.
• wide press interest generated, with news items in the Argus following the release of the designs and journalists attending the ‘meet the design team’ days.
• continuing engagement with local community groups and sports clubs, including the Older People’s Council, West Hove Seafront Action Group, and others.

 


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