Homes for Brighton & Hove proposals for 300 new affordable homes in Hove

A proposal for Homes for Brighton & Hove to take on the development of around 300 affordable homes will be discussed at the first meeting of Brighton & Hove City Council’s new cabinet on Thursday 27 June.

Homes for Brighton & Hove is a partnership between Brighton & Hove City Council and affordable housing provider, the Hyde Group.

If agreed by both partners, a site will be acquired within the Sackville Trading Estate in Hove to deliver a mix of council-rented and shared ownership homes.

The intention would be to let the council-rented homes at social housing rent levels to people in housing need on the city’s housing register.

With more than 7,500 households currently on the housing register and nearly 1,800 in emergency and temporary accommodation, increasing the number of affordable homes in the city is crucial.

The current planning permission on the site covers the development of supported housing. This means another planning application will have to be submitted and granted if affordable housing is to be built on the site.

The site purchase will only proceed if this new planning permission is granted. 

The full cabinet report will be published on Wednesday 19 June.

Homes for Brighton & Hove

Homes for Brighton & Hove was set up to provide much needed low-cost homes for people in the city and is an important part of the council’s ambitious programmes to build new council homes.

To date, the partnership has successfully developed 2 projects at Denman Place in Coldean and Clarendon Place in Portslade. In total delivering a total of 346 affordable homes, 176 of which are council rented homes let at social rents.