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Contact Brighton & Hove City Council

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    Below are contact details for some of our services. For a full list of council services go to our A-Z of services page.

Council services

Adult social care
Phone: (01273) 295555
Minicom: (01273) 296388
Email: accesspoint@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Business rates
Phone: (01273) 291981
Minicom: (01273) 290111
Email: nndr@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Recycling and rubbish
Phone: (01273) 292929
Email: cityclean@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Council tax
Phone: (01273) 291291
Minicom: (01273) 290111
Email: council.tax@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Emergency numbers
Phone: 999 in an emergency for the police, fire or ambulance service

Housing advice
Phone: (01273) 294400
Email: housing.advice@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Housing benefit and council tax reduction
Phone: (01273) 292000
Email: housing.benefits@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Highways
Phone: (01273) 292929
Email: roadandpavementpubli@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Parking
General enquiries: (01273) 296622
Pay a parking ticket: (08456) 035469
Email: parking@brighton-hove.gov.uk 

Payments
Phone: (01273) 291908 (24 hour debit card payment line)

Planning 
Phone: (01273) 292222
Emails about applications: planning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk 
Emails about investigations: planning.investigations@brighton-hove.gov.uk

School admissions
Phone: (01273) 293653
Contact details for all schools in the city

Council switchboard

If you do not know which service you need to contact our switchboard will direct you to the correct department.  

Phone: (01273) 290000
Email: info@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Online form

Visiting us

We have three customer service centres across the city as well as many libraries where you can use the self help computers and get advice from staff.

Postal address

Brighton & Hove City Council
King's House
Grand Avenue
Hove
BN3 2LS


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