Find out how we work in partnership to create a city to be proud of.
Brighton & Hove is surrounded by the South Downs National Park to the north and the sea to the south.
While only 28% of the city’s 83 square kilometres is classified as developed, the National Park accounts for 40% of the land area of Brighton & Hove.
Developable land is therefore limited, and we are committed to making the most of our brownfield sites and development opportunities, with high quality regeneration schemes that benefit the city and our communities.
Brighton & Hove has long been recognised as one of the UK’s most distinctive cities, and as a fantastic place to live, work and visit.
The city is known for the spirit and diversity of its people, for it's unique retail, leisure and cultural offer and for it's world-famous seafront and heritage assets.
More recently, it has become recognised for the strength of it's small business economy and as a genuine hub of creativity, innovation and enterprise.
The Centre for Cities “Cities Outlook 2023” report shows that Brighton & Hove is:
But, with the growth of our city we have a housing crisis. Brighton & Hove ranks second worse amongst all UK cities for housing affordability. 7,500 households are currently on the Housing Register, including 1,800 people currently living in temporary or emergency accommodation.
Our City Plans set out our commitment to regeneration and guide our investment in our public spaces and transport infrastructure. We work in partnership with our communities and with a range of public and private sector partners to deliver an ambitious programme of new housing and student accommodation, transport infrastructure, parks and leisure facilities.
If you have a regeneration opportunity in Brighton & Hove, we have the support services and commitment to help you turn that vision into reality.
Our major development pre-application advice services, Planning Performance Agreements and Design Panel, are available to assist all pre-application submissions of major schemes in the city.
The success of our partnership approach is shown at the multi-award-winning Circus Street development. A public-private partnership between Brighton & Hove City Council, the University of Brighton and developers U+I, working with architects Shedkm and TP Bennett. Sussex Heritage Trust Award judges described the regeneration as “A tremendously successful project with commercial and public sector working together.”
Our Brighton & Hove City Regeneration map shows current and recently completed regeneration and housing projects across the city. It also shows the location of community projects which have benefited from developer Section 106 payments.
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