Authority Monitoring Report 2021 to 2022

City plan indicators - DA (Development Area Policies)

The following indicators are taken from Annex 1 Implementation & Monitoring of the Submission City Plan Part 1 (Proposed Modifications).

DA1 Brighton Centre and Churchill Square

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO3, SO5, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO23

LOI: Take forward the development of a replacement conference centre and a minimum of 20,000 sqm net comparison retail floorspace for Churchill Square

Target and timescale

By 2018 development has commenced that will secure:

a replacement conference centre
an extension to the Churchill Square shopping centre

(source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted by 2015
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

No planning application was submitted in 2021.

Action: the city has long sought a replacement for the Brighton Conference Centre. Since the signing of a Conditional Land Acquisition Agreement in April 2019 Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) (joint landowner of Churchill Square Shopping Centre and other surrounding landholdings), has been revisiting opportunities available on the central site for a redeveloped conference centre.

DA2 Brighton Marina, Gasworks and Black Rock Area

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO21, SO22

LOI: Delivery of development for DA2

Target and timescale

Development to include by 2030:

Inner Harbour

1,000 residential units
5,000 sqm retail (A1 to A5)
3,500 sqm leisure & recreation
Community Centre
health facility

(source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application for 500 residential units in Inner Harbour not submitted by the end of 2018
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

11 November 2021 - Secretary of State dismissed the appeal and upheld the council’s decision to refuse planning permission for planning application BH2019/00964
action: ongoing discussions with landowners

Target and timescale: Gas Works site

2,000 sqm employment floorspace (B1a, B1c)
85 residential units

To be provided during the 11 to 16-year supply period. (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted by end of 2023
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

Planning application BH2021/04167 was received on 24 November 2021 and amended in November 2022 for comprehensive mixed-use redevelopment including 2,742 sqm GIA use class E and 565 residential units. Under consideration.

Target and Timescale: Outer Harbour

853 residential units
400 units to be completed by 2019 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: works not commenced by end of 2014
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

application BH2006/01124 was approved for 853 units
under commencement 2014/15
phase 1 completed 2015/16 (195 units)
application for revised phases 2 and 3 including 1,000 units appeal against the non-determination refused 2021

Action:

funding is being sought to deliver the masterplan for City Plan Development Area DA2 including the Outer Harbour area in 2022-2023
work with Marina Company and developers to produce an acceptable development for the remaining phases

Target and Timescale

Black Rock

7,000 sqm recreation and leisure floorspace
To be implemented by 2030

(source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted by 2020
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

the council has been progressing on site with a package of enabling works (approved through BH2020/00442) as phase 1 of the Black Rock Project that will make the site development ready
funding has included Local Growth Fund (LGF) grant totalling £12.1m agreed upon through the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP)

Action:

the second phase of the Black Rock Project agreed upon at the 1 December 2022 Policy & Resources Committee is to use the site for meanwhile uses and entertainment space whilst preparation of a Development Brief to guide the future development at Black Rock
brief to be prepared by December 2023. Anticipated appointment of development partner stage by Summer 2025

LOI: Produce and implement an ecological masterplan for the Brighton Marina and Black Rock areas

Target and timescale

masterplan to be produced by 2019
implementation ongoing to 2030 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: draft Ecological Masterplan not produced by mid-2019 (linked to Inner Harbour development)
action: work with developers and landowners to assist in masterplan implementation
review funding sources for masterplan work

2021/2022 data and update

No masterplan 2021.

Action: following the unsuccessful council bid for government funding the council is discussing with landowners the potential for master planning/design codes.

The Eastern Seafront Masterplan SPD which includes Black Rock is under preparation and will provide landscaping/ public realm guidance to support and enhance ecology in the area. Early stakeholder consultation took place in late 2021/early 2022.

DA3 - Lewes Road Area

Strategic Objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO15, SO18, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23

LOI: Delivery of development for DA3

Target and timescale

Preston Barracks site:

New Business School
10,600 sqm B1 employment floorspace
750 student rooms
300 residential units
150 residential units completed by 2019 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted for 150 residential units by early 2017
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

application BH2017/00492 approved 2018
commenced 2017/2018
under commencement 2019/2020
largely complete 2021/22
proposals include;
- New Business School (6,400 sqm)
- 4,902 sqm B1 employment floorspace
- 1,338 student rooms
- 369 residential Units

Target and timescale

Woollards Field South

5,000 sqm B1 business space or alternative employment generating development for the city’s infrastructure needs
completion by 2020 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted by 2017
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

Ambulance Make Ready Centre (MRC) completed 2019/20 - an alternative employment-generating development that helps meet the city’s infrastructure needs (application BH2014/00310)

LOI: Improve levels of air quality in the Lewes Road area

Target and timescale

Ensure that the annual mean concentrations (µg/m³) of NO2 decrease towards the target of 36µg/m³ at Lewes Road continuous analyser.

Required to meet the 40 µg/m3 level annual legal limit under the English Air Quality Strategy and EU directive. Aiming for 90% of the legal limit to be beyond all reasonable doubt. (source: Interplan)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: no annual mean decrease in NO2 concentrations
action: review Air Quality Action Plan and Transport Strategy for improving air quality

2021/2022 data and update

18.9 μg/m³ (2020)
(26.9 µg/m³ 2019)
(37.8 µg/m³ 2018)
(51.1 µg/m³ 2017)
NO2 Annual Mean Concentration (µg/m3) site BH6

DA4 - New England Quarter and London Road Area

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7. SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO16, SO18, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23

LOI: Delivery of development for DA4

Target and timescale

1128 additional net dwellings:

161 - 2010 to 2014
453 - 2014 to 2019
391 - 2019 to 2024
123 - 2024 to 2030

Net gain 20,000 sqm B1 floorspace:

By 2014 to 2019:

block J Brighton Station Site 2,973 sqm Block K Brighton Station Site 3,428 sqm
GB Liners site, Blackman Street 3,327 sqm

By 2019 to 2024:

3,000 sqm - Trade Warehousing (Longley Industrial Estate) 4 to 6 New England Street
3,000 sqm - Richardson's Scrapyard and Brewers Paint Merchant Site, New England Street
2,000 sqm Blackman Street Site (land adjacent to Britannia House) (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: current office schemes with unimplemented planning permission not started by 2016

Actions:

negotiation on particular sites to overcome specific economic viability issues
explore alternative funding mechanisms and/or the potential for enabling the development
consider the scope to help accelerate the phasing of later schemes if 2014-2019 sites do not come forward as anticipated

Refer to CP1

2021/2022 data and update

block J; BH2010/03999
- 147 residential units - complete 2014/15
- 2,460 m² B1a office space and Hotel
- complete 2017/18
block K; BH2008/01148
- 3,554 m² B1a office space
- complete 2015/16
Longley Industrial Estate; BH2018/02598
- 3,270sqm of office/research/development floorspace 308sqm of flexible commercial/retail floorspace
- commenced 2019/2020
since the relocation of removal operations to Woodingdean Business Park, GB Liners are currently operating domestic storage operations at the Blackman Street site
additional residential units in DA4:
- 13 (2021/22)
- 31 (2020/21)
- 8 (2019/20)
- 67 (2018/19)
- 5 (2017/18)
- 45 (2016/17)
- 4 (2015/16)

LOI: Maintain and enhance the healthiness of the London Road Town Centre

Target and timescale

annual retail health checks to show an improvement from the 2011 baseline, across the plan period (source: planning)
net additional retail floorspace provided city-wide and in designated centres (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: annual retail check shows a decline from the 2011 baseline over 3 consecutive years
action: undertake health check assessment

2021/2022 data and update

Health check carried out 2021/2022 only within Primary Frontage through revised Article 4 Direction work.

Action: health check scheduled for 2023/24 as part of CPP1 Review.

LOI: Adoption and implementation of the London Road Central Masterplan SPD

Target and timescale

Implementation of public realm improvements throughout the plan period in accordance with the SPD Implementation Plan:

by 2016/17:
- Providence Place - Ann Street
- London Road
by 2018/19:
- Oxford Street and Baker Street (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: public realm improvements work not commenced by 2016 (Providence Place - Ann Street, London Road) and 2018 (Oxford Street and Baker Street)
action: review London Road SPD Implementation Plan

2021/2022 data and update

Providence Place to Ann Street – commenced; completed except for part of Ann Street which is awaiting funding to enable implementation
public realm improvements have been undertaken on London Road. De-cluttering and improvements to the Ann Street-London Road crossing were implemented
the timescale for Oxford Street and Baker Street is not known at this stage

LOI: Improvement levels of air quality in the London Road area (this indicator to be reviewed following the adoption of the revised Air Quality Action Plan in 2014).

Target and timescale

Ensure that the annual mean concentrations (µg/m³) of NO2 decrease at London Road monitoring sites (currently using C18 and C19, C20 and C23 Diffusion Tube Results).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: annual mean increase in NO2 concentrations
action: review Air Quality Action Plan and Transport Strategy for improving air quality

2021/2022 data and update

C18-started 2019 (new site whole numbers) London Road opposite Brunswick Row:
- 2021: 39 µg/m³
- 2020: 45 µg/m³
- 2019: 62 µg/m³
C18:
- 2021: 36.6 µg/m³
- 2020: 39.7 µg/m³
- 2019: 52.6 µg/m³
- 2018: 54.7 µg/m³
- 2017: 58.1 µg/m³
C19:
- 2020: 29.0 µg/m³
- 2019: 36.5 µg/m³
- 2018: 39.2 µg/m³
- 2017: 44.9 µg/m³
C20:
- 2020: 31.0 µg/m³
- 2019: 36.8 µg/m³
- 2018: 40.7 µg/m³
- 2017: 40.5 µg/m³
C23:
- 2020: 30.6 μg/m³
- 2019: 39.5 µg/m³
- 2018: 43.1 µg/m³
- 2017: 47.0 µg/m³

DA5 - Eastern Road and Edward Street Area

Strategic Objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23

LOI: Delivery of development for DA5

Target and timescale

Royal Sussex County Hospital

74,000 sqm hospital floorspace to be completed by 2019 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Planning permission was granted in January 2012 (see app BH2011/02886) with 5 years to implement.

trigger: work not commenced by 2017
action: work with developers and partners to review barriers to development

2021/2022 data and update

BH2011/02886
- commenced 2014/2015
- completed 2019/20
- application BH2021/03056 (part retrospective) submitted August 2021 proposed some design amendments to the approved redevelopment plans.

Target and timescale

Edward Street Quarter:

15,000 to 20,000 sqm employment floorspace
65 residential units
to be completed by 2024 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning application not submitted by mid-2018
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

BH2012/04086
- new part 5 and part 4 storey building comprising 450 sqm of office space 9 flats
  - approved 2013/14
  - complete 2017/18
BH2018/00340 approved October 2018:
- 168 dwellings (C3)
- 16,684sqm commercial floorspace (B1)
- 1,080 sqm flexible floorspace
- development complete 2021/22

Target and timescale

Circus Street:

400 student bed spaces
160 residential units
3,200 sqm office space
dance studio
3,800 sqm education

To be completed by 2019 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: work not commenced by 2016
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

Application BH2013/03461:

demolition commenced 2015/2016
development complete 2019/2020

Target and timescale

Freshfield Road Business Park and Gala Bingo Hall

Comprehensive site redevelopment, to include:

a minimum of 110 residential units
B1 office/light industrial floorspace
B8 warehousing

To be completed by 2024 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: bingo hall site not submitted by 2018
trigger: planning application for rest of site not submitted by 2020
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

No application 2021/22.

LOI: Preparation of design guidance for the DA5 area and involvement of local communities in preparing guidance

Target and timescale

preparation of guidance by 2016
implementation of targets in guidance by 2030 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: work not commenced by the beginning of 2015
action: a review of resources and Planning Policy and Major Projects Teams

2021/2022 data and update

A final planning brief was approved in September 2013.

DA6 – Hove Station Area

Strategic Objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO6, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO16, SO19, SO20. SO22, SO23

LOI: Delivery of development for DA6

Target and timescale

Development to include by 2030:

Outside Conway Street Industrial Area
- 325 residential units
- 1,000 sqm additional employment floorspace
Conway Street Industrial Area
- 200 residential units
- retention/replacement of 12,000 sqm employment floorspace with a shift into high-quality flexible office/business (B1) floorspace
- 525 additional net dwellings:
  - 0 - 2010 to 2014
  - 117 - 2014 to 2019
  - 228 - 2019 to 2024
  - 179 - 2024 to 2030 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

triggers:
- redevelopment of Sackville Trading Estate (to deliver a minimum of 92 residential units and 5,080 sqm B uses) not commenced by 2017
- redevelopment of Conway Street Industrial area (to deliver a minimum of 200 residential units and retain a minimum of 12,00 sqm B uses) not commenced by 2022
- delivery of 50 residential units outside the above areas not commenced by 2022
- delivery of 150 residential units (in addition to the 50 by 2022) outside the above areas not commenced by 2026
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

0 residential units completed 2021/22
40 residential units permitted 2021/22

LOI: Preparation of design guidance for the DA6 area and involvement of the local community in preparing guidance

Target and timescale

produce guidance by 2016
ongoing implementation to 2030 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: draft guidance not produced by end of 2015 (in consultation with landowners and Hove Station Area Neighbourhood Forum/community)
action: review the approach to the preparation and delivery of guidance in view of the neighbourhood area and forum being formally designated and a neighbourhood plan in preparation which could now be the appropriate method

2021/2022 data and update

Hove Station Area Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document adopted September 2021.

DA7 – Toads Hole Valley

Strategic Objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO14, SO15, SO19, SO20. SO22, SO23

LOI: Adoption of Masterplan

Target and timescale

By the end of 2014 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: work not commenced by December 2013
action: review resources and priorities in Planning Strategy and Projects Team

2021/2022 data and update

Toads Hole Valley SPD adopted September 2017.

LOI: Delivery of development for DA7

Target and timescale

Development to include by 2020:

700 residential units
25,000 sqm employment
Secondary school
public open space (2ha)
community facility (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning permission submitted no later than the end of 2015
action: development management intervention; work closely with the developer to overcome problems

2021/2022 data and update

Outline application BH2018/03633 Land At King George VI Avenue (Toads Hole Valley) Hove – received December 2018 (and duplicate Outline application BH2022/00203 received January 2022)

up to 880 residential units
3.5 ha land for the provision of 25,000 sqm employment space
5ha Land for a Secondary school
public open space (5.8ha)
neighbourhood centre including 790sqm retail space, 750sqm doctor’s surgery & 555sqm community building

LOI: Percentage of development meeting BREEAM “Outstanding” Rating or Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 or with mitigation measures and/or achieving a One Planet Approach

Target and timescale

100% of new development on site (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning permission – with the requirement to meet code level 5 for sustainable homes or mitigation measures and with an action plan on achieving One Planet Principles (subject to recession measures) – granted no later than mid-2015
action: development management intervention; advice and support are given to the development management team

2021/2022 data and update

BH2018/03633 and BH2022/00203 are still under consideration.

DA8 - Shoreham Harbour Area

Spatial Objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO4, SO6, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23

LOI: Adoption of Joint Area Action Plan

Target and timescale

By 2016 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: pre-submission consultation not started by February 2015
action: a review of resources and priorities in the Planning Strategy and Projects Team

2021/2022 data and update

Shoreham Harbour JAAP was adopted in 2019.

LOI: Delivery of development for DA8

Target and timescale

Development to include by 2030 and after approximately:

300 residential units
7,500 sqm employment floorspace

Detail to be included within Joint Area Action Plan (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: sufficient applications for planning permission have not been submitted by mid-2019 to allow for the completion of 150 residential units by 2024
action: development management intervention; review JAAP

2021/2022 data and update

0 residential units completed 2021/22
6 residential units completed 2020/2021
8 residential units completed 2019/2020
20 residential units completed 2018/2019
4 residential units completed 2017/2018
5 residential units completed 2016/2017
0 residential units permitted 2021/22
106 residential units permitted 2020/2021
2 residential units permitted 2019/2020
6 residential units permitted 2018/2019
2 residential units permitted 2017/2018
18 residential units permitted 2016/2017

City plan indicators - SA (Special Area Polices)

SA1 The Seafront

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO3, SO5, SO8, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO22, SO23

LOI: Secure the redevelopment of the King Alfred/ RNR site to deliver sports facilities for the local community and the city

Target and timescale

By 2018 development has commenced that will secure:

new indoor wet/dry sports facilities delivered
minimum 400 residential units (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: application not submitted by 2016
action: regular reviews and risk management will be undertaken by King Alfred Project Board and the preferred developer, development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

The preferred development partner withdrew from the King Alfred development 2019.

Action: following the withdrawal of the council’s preferred developer in August 2019, the council has restated its commitment to delivering housing-led redevelopment on the site, but now considers that relocating the sports facilities elsewhere within the city will be necessary in order to bring forward a financially viable scheme.

The process of establishing a new project began in early 2020 and includes consideration of alternative sites in the west of the city on which to deliver the sports centre.

The delivery of housing will remain central to any future redevelopment proposals.

LOI: Net change in the area of natural habitat and Brighton & Hove Local Biodiversity Action Plan (Local BAP) habitats and species located on the seafront

Target and timescale

To see a net increase in natural habitat and Local BAP habitats and species located on the seafront over the plan period (source: Planning, Parks, and Green Spaces).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: failure to see a net increase over the first 5 years of the plan period
action: work with relevant stakeholders, for example Natural England, landowners, wildlife, and conservation groups to further promote and implement Local BAPs

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

LOI: Coastal erosion and risk management

Target and timescale

revision of Brighton Marina to River Adur Defence Strategy to be completed by 2014
Brighton Marina to Saltdean strategy to be revised and updated by 2015
ongoing Coastal Defence Maintenance (source: Coastal Defence team)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Updated trigger and target 2014/15:

trigger: implementation of an identified 10-year programme of works (Brighton Marina to River Adur Strategy 2014) not commenced at the start of 2016
target: Brighton Marina to River Adur Defence Strategy - implementation of identified 10-year programme of works

2021/2022 data and update

revised Brighton Marina to River Adur Defence Strategy adopted in 2014
Outline Business Case (OBC) submitted to the Environment Agency (EA)
the environment Transport & Sustainability Committee Agreement delegated authority to the Executive Director for Economy, Environment & Culture to procure and award a contract for the detailed design contracts in June 2020
Brighton Marina to Newhaven Coastal Management Implementation Plan published 2016

SA2 Central Brighton

Strategic Objectives: SO2, SO3, SO5, SO9, SO12, SO13, SO16, SO18, SO22, SO23

LOI: Reduction in anti-social behaviour and violent crime

Total crime in Regency Ward is used to monitor the impact of this policy, with further breakdowns into types of crime, where possible

Target and timescale

Annual reduction in anti-social behaviour and violent crime.

Baseline

Total crime in Regency Ward: 5,235 instances in 2011/12

Violence against the Person in Regency Ward: 930 instances in 2011/12 (source: Partnership Community Safety Team).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Triggers and actions are set out in the Community Safety, Crime Reduction and Drugs Strategy 2011 to 14, which is annually updated and sets out priorities, and describes how priorities will be achieved.

2021/2022 data and update

Regency Ward:

total crime:
- 2021/22: 4,776
- 2020/21: 2,838
- 2019/20: 5,168
- 2018/19: 4,575
- 2017/18: 4,729
- 2016/17: 4,769
- 2015/16: 4,258
- 2014/15: 4,282
- 2013/14: 4,349
violence against the person:
- 2021/22: 2,124
- 2020/21: 1,334
- 2019/20: 2,033
- 2018/19: 1,857
- 2017/18: 1,899
- 2016/17: 1,780
- 2015/16: 1,457
- 2014/15: 1,223
- 2013/14: 834 (Brighton & Hove City Council Community Safety Team)

LOI: Improvements to the urban realm

Target and timescale

Completion of an identified programme of urban realm improvement - Station Gateway Project - by 2016 and ongoing (source: Local Transport Plan 3).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Public realm improvements priorities and phasing and progress reviewed through LTP reviews.

2021/2022 data and update

The Station Gateway Project was completed in July 2015.

LOI: Retain a healthy, viable Regional Shopping Centre

Target and timescale

annual health checks to show no net increase in vacancies
annual completions of new retail floorspace in the Regional Centre (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: annual retail health check shows a decline from the 2011 baseline over 3 consecutive years
action: undertake health check assessment

2021/2022 data and update

Regional Centre health check
- 2021/22 – 59 Vacancies (only recorded within Primary Frontage through revised Article 4 Direction work)
- 2018/19 – 98 Vacancies
- 2017 – 69 Vacancies
- 2015/16 – 59 Vacancies
- 2014- 71 Vacancies

Action: health check scheduled for 2021/2022.

SA3 Valley Gardens

Strategic objectives: SO10, SO11, SO12, SO13, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO20, SO22, SO23

LOI: Implementation of comprehensive landscape/townscape scheme

Target and timescale

approval of the scheme by 2015; funding identified and in place by 2020
completion of the scheme by 2030 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger 1: a review of the scheme at end of 2014 finds approval is not on track
trigger 2: a review of the scheme in mid-2019 finds a projected funding shortfall

Action:

review priorities and resources in Planning Strategy & Projects Team and Sustainable Transport department
review the scope and aims of the scheme, and consider consulting on an alternative approach

2021/2022 data and update

Works on phases 1 and 2 completed in September 2020.

Public consultation on phase 3 took place in 2020 and the final detailed design scheme will be presented at Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee on 18 January 2022.

LOI: Implementation of a landscaping scheme for The Level

Target and timescale

Completion by 2013 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

the landscaping scheme is underway, and on schedule for completion by end of 2013
no trigger or action is necessary

2021/2022 data and update

The landscaping scheme has been completed.

LOI: Decrease in the number of Buildings at Risk over 5-year period

Target and timescale

Monitor across the plan period - baseline at 2009/2010: 6 buildings (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: the number of Buildings at Risk has not decreased by 2015
action: resource priorities in the Heritage team to be reviewed

2021/2022 data and update

2 Buildings at Risk in Valley Gardens area 2021 (Historic England - Heritage at Risk Register 2022).

SA4 Urban Fringe

Strategic objectives: SO9, SO10, SO13, SO14, SO15, SO17, SO23

LOI: Monitor the number of planning permissions granted contrary to Environment Agency advice

Target and timescale

0 planning consents unless appropriate mitigation is secured
monitor annually across the plan period (source: Planning and the Environment Agency)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: any consent without appropriate mitigation
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

0 (2020/21) with regard to flood risk/water quality within the SA4 area.

LOI: Monitor the number of planning permissions granted contrary to an objection from the South Downs National Park Authority for development affecting the setting of the South Downs National Park

Target and timescale

monitor annually
0 planning consents unless appropriate mitigation is secured (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: any consent without appropriate mitigation
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

LOI: Net change in Local BAP habitats and number of Local BAP species

Target and timescale

To see a net increase in Local BAP habitats and species located within the urban fringe over the plan period (source: Planning, Parks and Green Spaces).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: Failure to see a net increase over the first 5 years of the plan period
action: work with relevant stakeholders, for example Natural England, landowners, wildlife, and conservation groups, to further promote and implement Local BAPs

2020/21 data and update

11.63% of habitat in Brighton & Hove infringed by planning Applications 2021/2022
percentage of planning applications with species records within 200m buffer 2021/22:
- European Protected species 78%
- Wildlife & Countryside Act species 97%
- Section 41 species 100%
- bats 68%
- notable birds 100%
- rare species 93%
- invasive non‐native species 83% (Brighton & Hove Biodiversity Annual monitoring report 2020/2021- Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre)

SA5 The Setting of the South Downs National Park

Strategic objectives: SO10, SO14, SO15, SO17, SO22, SO23

LOI: Number of planning permissions granted contrary to an objection from the South Downs National Park Authority for development affecting the setting of the South Downs National Park

Target and timescale

no applications granted contrary to an objection from SDNPA during the plan period
monitored annually (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: application granted contrary to an objection from SDNPA.

Action:

review development management procedure and practice
work in Partnership with SDNPA to agree on an appropriate approach to development/land uses within the setting to minimise the harmful impact upon the National Park
review requirement for SPD on development affecting South Downs National Park

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

SA6 Sustainable Neighbourhoods

Strategic objectives: SO2, SO3, SO4, SO7, SO8, SO9, SO10. SO11, SO12, SO13, SO15, SO16, SO17, SO18, SO19, SO20, SO21, SO22, SO23

LOI: Proportion of children in poverty

Target and timescale

baseline 2007/2008 20% (data from child poverty)
yearly decrease targets 2008/2009 (19%), 2009/2010 (18%) 2010/2011 (17%) (source: Department for Work and Pensions – children in low-income families: local area statistics 2014 to 2021)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: no decline by 2017

Action:

review sustainable community strategy
review employment skills plan

2021/2022 data and update

Number and percentage of children living in low-income families:

2021/22: 14%
2020/21: 14%
2019/20: 14%
2018/19: 14%
2017/18: 14%
2016/17: 13% (ONS 2020)

Percentage of children living in poverty:

2012: 17.4%
2013: 16.8%
2014: 18.1%

LOI: Percentage of Local Authority Collected Waste sent for reuse, recycling, and composting

Target and timescale

Targets to be:

45% by 2015/2016
50% by 2020/2021
55% by 2025/2026 (source: single data list)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Targets for waste recycling and recovery are transposed from the adopted East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Plan (WMP). Should they not be met, actions will be taken through the monitoring and implementation framework of the WMP.

2021/2022 data and update

2021/2022: 28%
2020/2021: 27%
2019/2020: 28%
2018/2019: 28%
2017/2018: 27%
2016/2017: 26%
2015/2016: 26%
2014/2015: 27%
2013/2014: 25%

2020/2021: rest - energy recovery 71%, landfill 2% (ESCC)

Action: the targets in the WMP relate to the Plan Area of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove. No specific triggers and actions are identified in the WMP.

CP1 to CP7 A strong and prosperous city

CP1 Housing Delivery

Strategic objectives: SO4, SO9, SO12, SO19, SO20

LOI: Monitor net additional homes provided per annum

Target and timescale

Average annual housing completions over a 3-year period to comply with the delivery rates outlined in HIS delivery framework (source: single data list).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: annual completions over a 3-year period fall below anticipated delivery rates outlined in HIS by more than 15%.

Action:

review housing trajectory and review HIS delivery rates in HS delivery framework
promote sites and residential development by working with delivery partners

2021/2022 data and update

2019-2022 – 2,095 net dwellings completed (average 698 net dwellings per year) compared to HIS trajectory target of 2,568 (856 dwellings per year)
this is over 15% below anticipated delivery rates
housing trajectory reviewed annually through SHLAA and Housing Delivery Action Plan identifies council actions to accelerate housing delivery, including having appointed a Housing Delivery Project Manager

LOI: Supply of ready-to-develop housing sites

Target and timescale

to have a rolling 5-year supply of deliverable housing plus an NPPF buffer of 5%
to be reported annually in SHLAA Update and the Authority Monitoring Report (source: single data list)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: lack of a 5-Year Supply for 2 consecutive years.

Action:

review actions listed in HIS to promote sites and residential development through working with delivery partners
undertake new SHLAA with a call for sites

2021/2022 data and update

4.4 years supply measured against CPP1 Policy CP1 target (including 5% buffer) (BHCC SHLAA Update 2021)
2.1 years supply measured against local housing need to be calculated using the Government standard method (including 5% buffer)

Note: CPP1 reached 5 years since adoption on 24 March 2021. National planning policy requires that local housing need is now calculated using the Government’s standard method in place of the CPP1 housing requirement.

The local housing needs using the standard method is 1,712 homes per year which increases to 2,311 homes per year when a 35% uplift is applied as one of the top 20 cities in the urban centre's list.

Action: housing trajectory reviewed annually through SHLAA. The housing Delivery Action Plan identifies council actions to accelerate housing delivery.

Shortfalls against identified local housing needs will need to be addressed through a review of CPP1 commencing in 2022.

CP2 Sustainable Economic Development

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO6, SO7, SO9, SO13, SO20, SO21

LOI: Growth in the number of digital media businesses

Target and timescale

Review annually (source: corporate plan).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

For monitoring only (no trigger or action necessary).

2021/2022 data and update

Growth in the number of CDIT (Creative, Digital media, IT) business employees:

2016 – ICT & Digital 6,800, Creative 4,400 (Brighton & Hove Economic Strategy Socio-Economic Evidence Base 2018)
2014 - 7,909
2013 - 8,024
2012 – 7,335

LOI: Growth of the environmental industries sector

Target and timescale

Review annually (source: corporate plan).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

For monitoring only (no trigger or action necessary).

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

LOI: Increase the number of businesses relocating to the city

Target and timescale

Review annually (source: corporate plan).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

For monitoring only (no trigger or action necessary).

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

LOI: SME take-up of high-speed broadband connection voucher scheme

Target and timescale

Uptake of voucher scheme by 1,000 SMEs by 2015 (source: city regeneration).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: voucher scheme not taken up by at least 500 SMEs by end of 2014

Action:

prioritise the promotion of the voucher scheme to SMEs in the Central Brighton area
review resources for the voucher scheme project

2021/2022 data and update

The extended Voucher Connection scheme opened in April 2015.

Extended voucher scheme - 601 vouchers (against a total target of 300) and 482 connections made (October 2015).

LOI: Providing local employment and apprenticeships on development sites

Target and timescale

Achieve a minimum 20% target for local employment and apprenticeship training on development sites across the plan period (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: target not achieved for 2 consecutive years
action: review Brighton & Hove Local Employment Scheme

2021/2022 data and update

9 S106 Agreements secured requiring a minimum of 20% local labour on development sites (2021/22) (Brighton & Hove City Council Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement 2021/2022)
a minimum 20% local employment provision continues to be secured from all major development in 2021/2022

CP3 Employment Land

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO2, SO3, SO9, SO13, SO20, SO21

LOI: Total amount of office floorspace within central Brighton

Target and timescale

no net loss of existing office floorspace in central Brighton over the plan period unless the tests in policy SA2 are met
to be monitored annually (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: target not met for 2 consecutive years
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

999m² additional office space (SA2 area) 2020/21
2020/21 - 906m²

LOI: Total amount of employment floorspace by type (gross and net) within the eleven industrial estates and business parks

Target and timescale

no net loss of employment (B1, B2 and B8) floorspace within any area listed in part 3 of the policy
to be monitored annually (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: target not met for 2 consecutive years
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

1,724m² net loss of employment floorspace 2021/22.
2020/21 – 315m²

LOI: Total amount of additional employment floorspace - by type (gross and net)

Target and timescale

Average annual employment floorspace completions over a 3-year period to comply with the average annual delivery rates outlined in the Employment Land Supply Trajectory (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: average annual completions over a 3-year period falls below anticipated delivery rates outlined in Employment Land Supply Trajectory by more than 15%.

Action:

negotiation on particular sites to overcome specific economic viability issues
exploring alternative funding mechanisms and/or the potential for enabling development
consider scope to help accelerate the phasing of later schemes if 2014 to 2019 sites do not come forward
review Employment Land Supply Trajectory
seek further employment sites to allocate through Part 2 of the City Plan

2021/2022 data and update

Net:

offices: B1a/b or Egi/ii: -1472m²
industrial: B1c or Egiii/B2/B8: -1017m²
mixed B: -1,118 m²

Gross:

offices: 4860m²
industrial: 5070m²
mixed B: 34m²

(Brighton & Hove City Council 2020/2021)

CP4 Retail provision

Strategic objectives: SO3, SO5, SO18

LOI: Review/update of Retail Study (2011) for Brighton & Hove

Target and timescale

Review at least every 5 years across the plan period (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: council’s annual retail health checks show a decline from the 2011 baseline over 3 consecutive years in Regional Centre
action: undertake a review of the study earlier

2021/2022 data and update

Regional Centre health check:

2021/22 – 59 vacancies (only recorded within Primary Frontage through revised Article 4 Direction work)
2018/2019– 98 vacancies
2017 – 69 vacancies
2015/16 – 59 vacancies
2014- 71 vacancies

Action: health check scheduled for 2023/2024 as part of CPP1 review.

CP5 Culture and Tourism

Strategic objectives: SO6, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO15

LOI: Improving the visitor economy

Target and timescale

Annual improvement target:

2011/2012 - £732 million
2012/2013 - £746 million
baseline 2009 - £732 million (source: City Performance Plan)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

the City Performance Plan is regularly reviewed with strategic partners
no further triggers and actions are necessary.

2021/2022 data and update

total (direct) value of tourism 2020 in Brighton & Hove: £370 million
decrease of 62% in 2019 which was expected due to the Covid pandemic
updated data not available for 2021/22

CP6 Hotel and Guest House Accommodation

Strategic objectives: SO3, SO5, SO13

LOI: Creation of an apprenticeship scheme between Brighton & Hove City Council and hoteliers

Target and timescale

Commence operation of the scheme by 2016 (source: VisitBrighton).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: no significant interest from city hoteliers in joining the apprenticeship scheme by 2015.

Action:

liaise with VisitBrighton to review priorities and resources
work proactively with city hoteliers to publicise and scheme and review reasons for lack of uptake

2021/2022 data and update

2 hotels pledged apprenticeships under Greater Brighton Employer Skills Task Force 1,000 apprenticeships challenge.

LOI: Gains/ losses in hotel bedrooms (linked to demand forecasts set out in the Hotel Futures study), losses of hotel bedrooms outside Hotel Core Zone

Target and timescale

15% net increase by 2016 (source: planning and VisitBrighton)
baseline: 2006 160 hotels and guest accommodation establishments with 4,293 letting bedrooms (source Hotel Futures Study 2006)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: the indicative target for net additional serviced rooms in 2016 is significantly exceeded
action: undertake a review of Hotel Future Study to update the assessment of future demand and inform the application of CP5 Visitor Accommodation

2021/2022 data and update

A net overall increase in hotel provision of just over 350 bedrooms (11%) Since 2006 (Brighton & Hove City Council Visitor Accommodation Study Update 2018).

Loss of 9 hotel bedrooms (2021/22).

Action: review of Hotel Future Study published 2018 (Brighton & Hove City Council Visitor Accommodation Study Update 2018)

CP7 Infrastructure and Developer contributions

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO4, SO11, SO13, SO20, SO21

LOI: Preparation and adoption of CIL

Target and timescale

Progress and determine the adoption of CIL post-2014 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: no decision was made regarding adopting CIL prior to drafting City Plan Part 2.

Actions:

review priorities and resources in Planning Strategy & Projects Team.
developer contributions are to be provided through necessary s106 obligations only subject to meeting statutory tests if CIL not progressed

2021/2022 data and update

The charging schedule was adopted, and implementation of CIL commenced in September 2020.

LOI: Provision of the appropriate social, environmental and physical infrastructure to support new development

Target and timescale

100% compliance on all annual implemented development
ongoing monitoring throughout the plan period (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: developer contributions not forthcoming following implementation of development.

Actions:

review developer contributions/s106 monitoring and project management processes
annual review of developer contributions temporary recession relief measures
review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

100% compliance is achieved where appropriate contributions are secured.

LOI: Review and update Infrastructure Delivery Plan Annex 1

Target and timescale

Ongoing monitoring and annual review, and update throughout the plan period.

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: annual review 3 months overdue.
action: review developer contributions/s106 monitoring and project management processes

2021/2022 data and update

Infrastructure Delivery Plan update published June 2017
Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement published 2021/2022

CP8 to CP11 A sustainable city

CP8 Sustainable Buildings

Strategic objectives: SO4, SO7, SO10, SO22

LOI: Percentage of new developments that meet minimum building standard requirements for B&H: a) residential new build

Target and timescale

to be monitored annually throughout the plan period
targets as set out in policy CP8 (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: annual percentage of developments that meet targets fall below 70%.

Action:

review development management procedures
review Sustainable Buildings SPD

2021/2022 data and update

74% of new build applications and 50% of net units were approved to achieve code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 or above or a reduction in carbon emissions of 19% against 2013 Part L Building Regulations requirements 2021/22.

LOI: Percentage of applications approved for new dwellings that meet minimum standards for energy and water

Target and timescale

To be monitored annually throughout the plan period.

Targets for new dwellings (to be met by 2017):

energy standards (19% improvement on Part L 2013): 75% of new dwellings
water standards 110 litres/person/day: 75% of new dwellings (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: target is not met by 2015
action: review development management procedures; review Sustainable Buildings SPD

2021/2022 data and update

CP9 Sustainable Transport

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO3, SO11, SO14

LOI/LTP: Delivery of bus priority infrastructure improvements on the following corridors:

A259 Seafront
London Road

Target and timescale

Delivery of improvements by 2024, dependent on funding and democratic approval (A259 Seafront and London Road schemes) (source: Planning and Local Highway Authority).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Lewes Road

Works already commenced and are due for completion in 2013. No trigger or action is necessary.

Edward Street

trigger: traffic orders not started by end of July 2014 (due to go to committee mid-October 2013)
action: review work programme and funding sources (LTP3; regional and national sources)

Seafront, London Road

Long-term targets and progress to be reviewed in 2020 AMR. Appropriate trigger/action to be added.

2021/2022 data and update

Lewes Road Scheme was completed in September 2013
Vogue Gyratory was completed in December 2014
Edward Street was completed in 2015
arches under A259 Regency Square subway to the Metropole Hotel were completed in 2017
work to reconstruct the former West Street Shelter Hall was completed in 2020

LOI/LTP: Local bus journeys originating in the Local Authority Area

Target and timescale

Average increase of 800,000 passenger journeys per year (annual check based on 5-year average) (source: Brighton & Hove City Council).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: the average annual increase in journeys is below 500,000
action: review transport strategy; review targets in LTP4

2021/2022 data and update

2021/22: 30.5 million
2020/21: 15.3 million (2020/2021 data has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing restrictions during this time period)
2019/20: 45.9 million
2018/19: 47.0 million
2017/18: 45.7 million
2016/17: 47.2 million
2015/16: 45.6 million
2014/15: 46.1 million
2013/14: 46.4 million

(DfT Bus statistics data tables)

Action: the council is developing a fifth Local Transport Plan (LTP5) for Brighton & Hove which will set out the outcomes and priorities for transport and travel across the city to 2030.

LOI: Reduction in CO2 emissions from transport within Brighton & Hove

(This indicator is to be reviewed following the adoption of the revised Air Quality Action Plan in 2014).

Target and timescale

reduction of 4% per year in transport-related CO2 emissions throughout the plan period.
baseline 1.2 tonnes per capita – 2009 (source: Department of Business, energy & Industrial Strategy – formerly NI 186)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: no reduction by 2016
action: review measures in Air Quality Action Plan

2021/2022 data and update

2020: 267.6 kt CO2
2019: 287.8 kt CO2
2018: 292.9 kt CO2
2017: 303.9 kt CO2
2016: 304.3 kt CO2
2015: 299.9 kt CO2
2014: 299.3 kt CO2
2013: 295.8 kt CO2
2012: 300.3 kt CO2

(DBEIS: UK local authority and regional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions)

CP10 Biodiversity

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO10, SO14, SO15

LOI: Amount of open space within the NIA and/or classified “Natural and Semi Natural” lost to development annually

Target and timescale

Target: zero – unless appropriately mitigated (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: target not met for 3 consecutive years.

Action:

review development management procedures and practices
review the need for a report to document the cause and reason for the loss to inform future planning decisions

2021/2022 data and update

0m² net created 2021/22 (sustainability checklist).

LOI: Increased biodiversity and achieving Biodiversity Action Plan targets

Target and timescale

All development proposals to deliver a net increase in biodiversity in accordance with the requirements of the Nature Conservation and Development SPD and Biodiversity Action Plan by 2030 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: annual net decrease in biodiversity for 3 consecutive years.

Action:

review Development Management procedures and practices
review the need for a report to document the cause and reason for the decrease in biodiversity to inform future planning decisions
where appropriate review Nature Conservation and Development SPD and Biodiversity Action Plan

2021/2022 data and update

No data is available.

CP11 Flood risk

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO8, SO9, SO17

LOI: Review of the SFRA

Target and timescale

Update at least every 5 years across the plan period (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: work on the review of SFRA not commenced within a 5-year period
action: review priorities and resources in Planning Strategy & Projects team

2021/2022 data and update

Last update 2018.

LOI: Single Data List

The number of planning permissions granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency on flood defence grounds.

Target and timescale

No planning permissions granted; to be monitored annually across the plan period (source: single data list)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: any such planning permission granted
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

0 (EA Objections List 2021/2022).

LOI: Production of a Surface Water Management Action Plan for the city

Target and timescale

Adoption by 2015 and reviewed regularly throughout the plan period (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: work on Surface Water Management Action Plan not commenced by the start of 2015
action: review priorities and resources in Planning Strategy & Projects team

2021/2022 data and update

Surface Water Management Plan published April 2014.

CP12 to CP17 An attractive city

CP12 Urban Design

Strategic objectives: SO4, SO9, SO12, SO16, SO23

LOI: A city-wide urban design framework SPD to be adopted

Target and timescale

Adoption by 2017 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: formal public consultation not underway by August 2016
action: resources and priorities in the Heritage, Planning Strategy and Projects Teams are to be reviewed

2021/2022 data and update

SPD17 Urban Design Framework adopted in 2021.

LOI: Appeal success rate for schemes where design is a principal issue

Target and timescale

Annual target of 70% appeals dismissed where urban design and Policy CP2 are principal issues (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: target not achieved
action: review development management design practice; review design-related supplementary planning documents

2021/2022 data and update

34% of all appeals allowed in 2021/2022
data not available on urban design issues 2021/2022

CP13 Public Streets and Spaces

Strategic objectives: SO12, SO13, SO16, SO22, SO23

LOI: Number of developments permitted with planning obligations to provide mitigation in relation to the surrounding area towards public realm improvements

Target and timescale

target not applicable
indicator to be monitored annually across the Plan period (source: planning)

2021/2022 data and update

2021/22: £7,930.00
new contributions secured for Green Infrastructure / Public Realm (including SUDS) (Brighton & Hove City Council Annual Infrastructure Funding Statement (Ifs) 2020/2021)

CP14 Housing Density

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO4, SO9

LOI: Net density levels across the city and within defined Development Areas (DA’s)

Target and timescale

achieve a net density of at least 50 dph in 85% of all new developments across the city and 100dph in 100% of new developments within Development Areas excluding DA7 – Toads Hole Valley
to be monitored across the plan period

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: target not achieved annually.

Action:

review Development Management practices regarding the density of developments
review Annex 3 (Housing Implementation Strategy)

2021/2022 data and update

city-wide: the average calculated density of New Build Completions in 2021/22: Approximately 177 dph
DA Areas: the average calculated density of New Build Completions in 2021/22: Approximately 199 dph

CP15 Heritage

Strategic objectives: SO6, SO9, SO10, SO11, SO12, SO15

LOI: Preparation and reappraisal of conservation area appraisals/studies

Target and timescale

100% coverage of conservation area appraisals by 2020 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: 80% coverage not completed by 2018
action: review resources and priorities in Heritage, Planning Strategy and Projects Teams

2021/2022 data and update

100% coverage achieved.

LOI: Production of new Local List

Target and timescale

New Local List adopted by 2014 (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

local list consultation is complete, and assessment is underway, on schedule for adoption by end of 2014
no trigger or action is necessary

2021/2022 data and update

the local list was adopted in June 2015
the local list will be reviewed on a 5-year cycle
a review has recently been completed and the revised Local List is due to be approved in March 2023

CP16 Open space

Strategic objectives: SO10, SO13, SO15, SO23

LOI: Amount of open space lost to development annually

Target and timescale

Target: 0 – unless appropriately mitigated (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: target not met for 3 consecutive years

Action:

review development management procedures and practices
review the need for a report to document the cause and reason for the loss of open space to inform future planning decisions

2021/2022 data and update

47,880m² open space lost 2021/22 (sustainability checklist).

LOI: Amount of all developer contributions/CIL provided towards open space enhancement/ improvement

Target and timescale

target not applicable
monitored annually across the plan period (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

for monitoring only
no trigger and action is necessary

2021/2022 data and update

open space/leisure: £0 (secured) (BHCC IFS 2020/21)
2,644,115 (secured)
3,103,172 (secured) 2019/20
1,943.844 (secured) 2018/19
£831,517 received 2017/18 (£3,696,513 secured)
£861,037 received (S106) 2016/17
£1,067,396 received (S106) (2015/16)
£540,838 received (S106) (2014/15)
£401,611 received (S106) (2013/14)

LOI: Amount of new open space created within the city

Target and timescale

no target applicable
to be monitored annually across the plan period (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

for monitoring only
no trigger and action is necessary

2021/2022 data and update

35,419m² net open space created 2021/22 (sustainability checklist).

CP17 Sports provision

Strategic objectives: SO15, SO20, SO22

LOI: Amount of indoor and outdoor sports facilities and space lost to development annually

Target and timescale

Target: 0 – unless appropriately mitigated (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: target not met for 3 consecutive years.

Action:

review development management procedures and practices
review the need for a report to document the cause and reason for the loss of sports facilities and space to inform future planning decisions

2021/2022 data and update

0 m² net outdoor sport lost
0 m² net indoor sport created 2021/22 (sustainability checklist)

LOI: Number of developments providing sports facilities and/or space on-site or through developer contributions

Target and timescale

no target applicable
to be monitored annually across the plan period (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

for monitoring only
no trigger and action is necessary

2021/2022 data and update

£0 secured for recreation, including sports facilities (Brighton & Hove City Council IFS 2020/2021).

trigger: approval of planning permission for strategic development without HIA
action: review development management processes

2021/2022 data and update

No new developments approved on Strategic Sites 2021/22.

Action:

the council published HIA Guidance in September 2020
submission of HIA by relevant applications as a validation requirement to be taken forward through an amendment to the local validation list in 2021/2022

CP19 Housing mix

Strategic objectives: SO4, SO9, SO12, SO19, SO20

LOI: Adoption of City Plan Part 2 setting out key housing mix objectives

Target and timescale

Secure appropriate policies and site allocations for different housing types to meet the range of accommodation needs in Part 2 of the City Plan (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: City Plan Part 2 not adopted by 2017.

Action:

review programme for Part 2 of the City Plan
promote the need for a range of housing types and sizes through City Partnerships
review Housing Strategy for different accommodation needs

2020/21 data and update

Action: The City Plan Part 2 was adopted in October 2022.

LOI: Monitor the number of 1, 2 and 3+ beds completed annually, benchmark against the 2011 census

Target and timescale

To see an increase in the proportion of family-sized units over the first 5 years of the plan (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: target not met in year 4 of the monitoring period.

Action:

promote the need for a range of housing types and sizes through City Partnerships
review Housing Strategy for different accommodation needs

2021/2022 data and update

1 Bed: 42.1%
2 Bed: 44.2%
3+ beds: 13.7%

3+ beds in previous years:

2020/21: 27.0%
2019/20: 14.2%
2018/19: 22.4%
2017/18: 22.2%
2016/17: 26.0%
2015/16: 21.5%
2014/15: 23.7%
2013/14: 20.6%
2012/13: 29.9%

Action:

continuing liaison with developers through City Partnerships
assessment of the housing mix
provision of family-sized housing as a key consideration when determining planning applications involving housing development

CP20 Affordable housing

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO4, SO9, SO11, SO19, SO20

LOI: Single data list monitor net affordable housing completions secured across the city

Target and timescale

To achieve approximately 30% of all housing delivery as affordable housing (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: affordable housing delivery across a 3 to 5-year period falls below 30 percent.

Action:

work with registered providers to secure greater delivery
promote council-owned sites for affordable housing
review policy

2021/2022 data and update

2021/22: 479 affordable homes (45 percent of all housing delivery)
2020/21: 152
2019/20: 179
2018/19: 80
2017/18: 96
2016/17: 56
2015/16: 99
2014/15: 132
2013/14: 163

LOI: Monitor the annual percentage of affordable housing completed reflecting a unit size mix indicated in the policy

Target and timescale

To broadly achieve the unit size mix indicated in policy CP20 over a 5-year period.

Policy:

1 Bed: 30%
2 Bed: 45%
3+ Bed 25% (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: affordable housing unit size mix falls below citywide preferred unit size mix across a 5-year period.

Action:

work with registered providers to secure a better mix
promote council-owned sites for specific types of affordable housing
review Policy

2021/2022 data and update

2021/2022: 1 Bed; 35%, 2 Bed; 46% and 3+ bed; 17%
2020/2021: 1 Bed; 43%, 2 Bed; 38% and 3+ bed; 18%
2019/2020: 1 Bed; 41.8%, 2 Bed: 44.4% and 3+ bed: 13.8%
2018/2019: 1 Bed: 50%, 2 Bed: 44%, 3+ Bed 6%
2017/2018: 1 Bed: 19.8%, 2 Bed: 52.1%, 3+ Bed 28.1%
2016/2017: 1 Bed: 91%, 2 Bed: 9%
2015/2016: 1 Bed: 35%, 2 Bed: 44%, 3+ Bed: 20%

Action:

continuing council liaison with RPs regarding affordable housing needs in terms of unit types and sizes
council action to address identified shortfalls/gaps in affordable housing provision/mix through its affordable housing delivery programmes (new Homes for Neighbourhoods and Homes for Brighton & Hove Joint Venture partnership)

LOI: Financial contributions secured per annum

Target and timescale

no target applicable
annual monitoring of contributions secured for affordable housing (source: planning)

2021/2022 data and update

Affordable housing contributions secured by completion of agreement:

£135,750 (Brighton & Hove City Council IFS 2020/21)
2020/21: £2,342,523
2019/20: £828,250
2018/19: £893,150
2017/18: £1,637,958
2016/17: £3,821,508
2015/16: £0

CP21 Student Accommodation and Houses in Multiple Occupation

Strategic objectives: SO4, SO11, SO19, SO21

LOI: Number of new purpose-built student bedspaces developed

Target and timescale

Completion of commenced allocations by 2014:

Varley Halls
East Slope

By 2018 development has commenced that will secure the following sites:

Preston Barracks
Pelham Street
Circus Street (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

trigger: planning applications for Preston Barracks, Pelham Street and Circus Street not submitted by 2015
action: development management intervention

2021/2022 data and update

2021/22: 1,487
- Varley Halls - complete
- East Slope – complete
- Preston Barracks – complete
- Pelham Street – lapsed and superseded by non-student development
- Circus Street - complete
- Wall Farm Cottages - complete
- 1 Moulsecoomb way - complete
2020/2021: 723
2019/2020: 1,720
2018/2019: 444
2017/2018: 125
2016/2017: 100
2015/2016: 0
2014/2015: 390

Action: no action regarding the Pelham Street Site as the college’s aspirations for site and funding sources altered since the preparation of CPP1 and supply subsequently realised from alternative sites.

LOI: Number of developments for student accommodation allowed on an appeal within the Article 4 wards

Target and timescale

No appeals allowed (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: over 25% appeals allowed annually.

Action:

review development management procedures
review policy

2021/2022 data and update

2021/22: 0%
no appeals allowed

LOI: Number of developments for HMOs allowed on an appeal within the Article 4 wards

Target and timescale

No appeals allowed (source: planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: over 25% of appeals allowed annually

Action:

review development management procedures
review policy

2020/21 data and update

2021/22: 100% appeals allowed (6 allowed, 0 dismissed) all within original Article 4 wards
2020/21: 56%
2019/20: 60%
2018/19: 58%
2017/18: 15%
2016/17: 25%
2015/16: 50%

CP22 Traveller accommodation

Strategic objectives: SO1, SO4, SO19, SO20

LOI: Update of Traveller Accommodation Assessment

Target and timescale

Review traveller accommodation needs assessment to inform longer-term pitch requirements (post 2019) for the city (source: Housing & Social Inclusion and Planning).

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: needs assessment update not completed by October 2014.

Action:

work with partner authorities to complete an update of the assessment
review resources in Planning Policy & Projects Team

2020/21 data and update

GTAA published December 2014
detailed Traveller Site Assessment Published October 2017

LOI: Net additional pitches provided

Target and timescale

identify sufficient deliverable sites for the provision of 18 permanent residential pitches before 2019
provision of additional pitches to meet assessed requirements over the plan period (source: planning)

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

Trigger: sufficient pitches are not in the development pipeline by 2017.

Action:

undertake revised site search to identify further site opportunities
work with HCA and other providers to secure appropriate funding where necessary

2021/2022 data and update

a permanent Traveller site at St Michael's Way, Brighton, was completed in June 2016 adding 12 permanent pitches
detailed Traveller Site Assessment published October 2017

City plan sustainability appraisal indicators

Monitoring against the Sustainability Appraisal Framework as published in City Plan Part 1 Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement

1. To prevent harm to biodiversity and achieve a net gain in biodiversity under conservation management as a result of development and improve understanding of local, urban biodiversity by local people

Indicators: (CPP) Number and area of designated sites (SAC, SSSI, SNCI, LNR, NP and RIGS)

Data

SAC 71.45ha (1 site)
SSSI: 139.09ha (2 sites)
LNR: 594.04ha (8 sites)
NNR: 20.93ha (1 site)
LWS: 51 and 1 candidate site (this was confirmed through the LWS Review 2017 (updated 2020). LWSs are those within the City Plan boundary. SACs, SSSIs, LNRs, NNRs, LGSs all include sites located within the City Plan boundary as well as the South Downs National Park)
NP: 3745.69ha
LGS: 170.42ha (4 sites)

(Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre) (Brighton & Hove City Council)

Comparison and targets

England: 242 SACs
England: more than 4,100 SSSIs (more than 4,200sqm).
England: 1,280 LNRs (40,000 ha)
England: 225 NNRs (98,600ha)
(DEFRA/Natural England)

Trend

No change in 2021/22 from the previous monitoring year.

Indicators: Percentage of area of SSSI land in:

(a) a favourable condition or
(b) an unfavourable recovering condition
(c) an unfavourable no change condition
(d) an unfavourable declining condition
(e) area part destroyed or destroyed

Data

(a) 50%
(b) 50%
(c) 0%
(d) 0%
(e) 0%

(Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre 2022)

Comparison and targets

East Sussex

(a) 39.8 %
(b) 48.7 %
(c) 1.4%
(d) 9.9%
(e) 0.2%

Southeast

(a) 54%
(b) 32.7%
(c) 6.5%
(d) 6.3%
(e) 0.5%

Trend

The overall condition remains unchanged compared to the previous year.

Indicators: SQM of habitat or biodiversity features added or lost (citywide) as a result of development

Data

Area of habitat in Brighton & Hove infringed by planning applications: 0.

Area of habitat in Brighton and Hove (ha) as a percentage:

ancient woodland: 1.12
coastal vegetated shingle: 0.01
deciduous woodland: 5.25
intertidal chalk: 0.39
intertidal mudflat: 0.04
lowland calcareous grassland: 3.46
maritime cliff and slope: 0.05
saline lagoon: 0.04
traditional orchard: 0.11
wood-pasture & parkland: 1.16

(Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre)

Comparison and targets

No national targets as such.

Area of habitat in Brighton & Hove infringed by planning applications:

2018/19; Ancient woodland: 0.05ha, Deciduous woodland: 0.27ha, Lowland meadow: 2.57ha
2017/18 Deciduous woodland: 0.05ha

(Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre)

Trend

The overall condition remains unchanged compared to the previous year.

Indicators: Number and percentage of sites where positive conservation management is being or has been implemented

Data

38 percent of local sites were in positive conservation management (2021/22) (Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre).

Comparison and targets

England 47% (2018/19)
Brighton & Hove 45% (2018/2019)

No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 due to restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic (DEFRA 2022).

Trend

A reduction in the proportion of sites in positive management since 2018/19.

2. To improve air quality by continuing to work on the statutory review and assessment process and reducing pollution levels by means of transport and land use planning

Indicators: The area of the city in km² where the annual mean for nitrogen dioxide (calendar year) exceeds the national legal limit of more than 40 µg/m3 (monitored and modelled NO2)

Data

There are 6 AQMAs in the city declared in 2020 covering a smaller area than the AQMA declared in 2013 (Brighton & Hove City Council Environmental Health).

Trend

The AQMA 2013 was replaced by 6 AQMAs in 2020 which, overall are smaller than the 2013 AQMA.

Indicators: Improvement in levels of air quality in London Road, Lewes Road and Rottingdean areas

Data

Lewes Road (Automatic Analyser BH6): 18.3 μg/m³ (2021)
London Road (Diffusion Tube C23): 28.3 μg/m³ (2021)
Rottingdean (Diffusion Tube E22): 26.6 μg/m³ (2021)

(Brighton & Hove City Council Environmental Health)

Comparison and targets

target of 40μg/m3 annual mean of NO2 to meet the air quality objective
all exceeded the legal limit

Lewes Road:

2020:18.9 μg/m³
2019 26.9 μg/m³
2018 37.8 μg/m³
2017 51.1 μg/m³
2016 46.2 μg/m³
2015 39 μg/m³

London Road:

2020:30.6 μg/m³
2019 39.5 μg/m³
2018: 43.1
2017: 47.0 μg/m³
2016: 46.0 μg/m³

Rottingdean:

2020:28.4 μg/m³
2019 32.7 μg/m³
2018 36.2 μg/m³
2017 41.4 μg/m³
2016 39.1 μg/m³
2015 31.6 μg/m³

Trend

All selected sites are below 30 μg/m³ in 2021. Other sites are more than 40 μg/m³ as reported in the air quality Annual Status Report on air quality.

3. To maintain local distinctiveness and preserve, enhance, restore, and manage the City’s historic landscapes, townscapes, parks, buildings and their settings and archaeological sites effectively

Indicators: Number and percentage of Listed Buildings (Grade I and II*):

a) on the At-Risk register
b) subject to demolition

Data

480 buildings are graded 1 and 2

(a) there are 11 grade I and grade II* listed buildings on the at-risk register (Historic England 2022) (2.3%)
(b) No Grade I or Grade II* have been demolished in the 2021/22 period

(Historic England – Heritage at Risk Register 2022) (BHCC)

Comparison and targets

The percentage of Listed Buildings is more than double the national average (6%).

Target: to improve performance over time.

Trend

no change
number of buildings at risk has increased from 7 in 2013/2014

Indicators: Amount of open space created or lost (citywide) as a result of development (Sustainability Checklist)

Data

-12,525m² net loss open space 2021/22 (sustainability checklist).

Comparison and targets

No national targets as such.

Comparison to previous years:

2020/21: 2,616m²
2019/20 1,008 m²
2018/19 1,900m²
2017/18 2,886m²
2016/17 2,085m²
2015/16 5,741m²
2014/15 1,945m²

Trend

A significant decrease compared to previous monitoring years.

4. To protect, conserve and enhance the South Downs and promote sustainable forms of economic and social development and provide better sustainable access

Indicators: Number of bus services that operate to the South Downs from Brighton & Hove

Data

There are 33 bus routes that run from Brighton & Hove covering access to various points and towns in the Downs (Brighton & Hove City Council Transport Team).

Comparison and targets

Not applicable.

Trend

No measurable trend as such.

Indicators: The amount of land under:

1. Entry-level; and

2. High-level environmental stewardship schemes

Data

2022 - 2214.99 hectares (120 hectares outside SDNP area)
all Environmental Stewardship Agreements (Sussex Biodiversity 2022)

Comparison and targets

No national targets as such.

Environmental Stewardship (ES) is now closed to new applicants and has been replaced by Countryside Stewardship. Existing agreements will still be managed until they reach their agreed end date.

5. To meet the essential need for decent housing, particularly affordable housing

Indicators: Net additional housing completions

Data

1073 (2021/22) (Brighton & Hove City Council).

Comparison and targets

2020/2021 - 479
2019/2020 - 543
2018/2019 - 380
2017/2018 - 444
2016/2017 - 339
2015/2016 - 687
2014/2015 - 581
2013/2014 - 436
2012/2013 - 374
2011/2012 - 309
2010/2011 - 283

Target: remaining implied annual delivery rate required to meet the plan target is 909 dwellings per year for the period 2022-2030.

Trend

Increase on 2020/21 and the highest recorded net additional housing completions.

Indicators: Gross affordable housing

Data

479 affordable units (45% affordable out of a total of 1,073 units delivered in 2021/22).
333 shared ownership, 85 affordable housing for rent, 61 social rent (Brighton & Hove City Council)

Comparison and targets

2020/2021: 152 affordable units, 86 shared ownership, 35 affordable housing for rent, 31 social rent
2019/2020: 179 affordable units 117 shared ownership, 54 affordable housing for rent, 8 social rent
2018/2019: 80 affordable units 60 shared ownership, 20 affordable housing for rent
2017/2018: 96 affordable units 96 affordable rented housing
2016/2017: 56 affordable units 56 affordable rented housing
2015/2016: 99 affordable units 34 affordable rented 65 Intermediate
2014/2015: 132 affordable units of which 44 social rented and 88 intermediate housing
2013/2014: 163 affordable units
2012/2013: 103 affordable units

CPP Target: 30% of all housing delivery as affordable housing.

Trend

The amount delivered has increased since the last monitoring years and exceeds the affordable housing target.

Indicators: House price to income ratio

Data

ratio (average price 2021-22/median total annual resident earnings 2022)
2022: 13.26 (£449,536 / £33,889) (UK House Price Index (HPI)/ONS NOMIS 2021)

Comparison and targets

2021: 11.45 (£375,727 / £32,816)
2020: 14.07 (£392,199/£27,865)
2019: 14.05 (£361,602/£25,740)
2018: 14.58 (£356,755/£24,469)
2017: 14.65 (£355,047/£24,231)
2016: 14.10 (£337,827/£23,957)
2015: 13.49 (£310,259/£23,001)
2014: 12.22 (£282,726/£22,174)
Southeast 2020: 12.50 (£348,461/£27,888)

Trend

No significant long-term trend, although the situation improved in 2021.

Indicators: Percentage of households considered to be suffering from over-crowding (having 1 less bedroom than required)

Data

6.7% of households are considered to be suffering from overcrowding (8,168 households).

Comparison and targets

Not comparable with the 2011 Census, however, this figure is higher than the Southeast average of 3.8%.

Trend

Data is not available for 2021/2022.

6. To reduce the volume of private car journeys and encourage more sustainable modes of transport via land use and urban development strategies that promote compact, mixed-use, car-free and higher-density development

Indicators: Car ownership per household

Data

0.86 (Census 2011).

Comparison and targets

Brighton & Hove 2001: 0.87
National: 2011: 1.1

Trend

Decreased slightly.

Indicators: Annual average daily traffic flow

Data

2021

Outer Cordon:

5: 25,832
22: 17,690
608: 19,585
620: not available (awaiting repair)

City Centre Cordon:

74: 13,720
800: 22,642
809: 9,968
813: 18,306

(Brighton & Hove City Council Transport)

Comparison and targets

2019

Outer Cordon:

5: 23,597
22: 16,606
608: 16,174
620: 9,402

City Centre Cordon:

74: 13,272
800: 20,474
809: 8,142
813: 15,034

(Brighton & Hove City Council Transport)

Trend

An increase in average daily traffic flow at all selected sites (excluding site 620 where no data is available).

Indicators: Annual average daily cycle flow

Data

2021

National Cycle Route 2
951: 1,670 (20.54% decrease)
967: 1,143 (0.35% increase)
National Cycle Route 90
960: No Data (site awaiting repair)
961: 1,444

(Brighton & Hove City Council Transport)

Comparison and targets

2020

National Cycle Route 2
951: 2,127
967: 1,139
National Cycle Route 90
960: 900
961: no Data (un-operational following works in the area on the Valley Gardens project)

(Brighton & Hove City Council Transport)

Trend

a decrease on the seafront route (NCR 2)
a lack of information on NCR 90 to determine the trend

Indicators: Percentage of development where cycle parking provided

Data

44% of new build residential and PDSA development, approved through a full planning application and completed 2021/22 provided cycle parking creating 1,420 spaces.

Comparison and targets

88% new build residential and PDSA development approved through a full planning application and completed in 2020/21: providing a total of 1,507 spaces.

Indicators: Percentage of residential units delivered that are car-free

Data

12% of new build residential development, approved through a full planning application, and completed 2021/22 included car-free units, totalling 255 car-free units.

Comparison and targets

32% new build residential development approved through a full planning application and completed 2020/21 included car-free units: a total of 97 car-free units.

Indicators: CO2 emissions per capita from road transport (kt)

Data

2020: 0.91 t greenhouse gas emission/capita
figures based on 267,600 t greenhouse gas emissions and 291,700 population (DBEI 2021)

Comparison and targets

Southeast 2020: 1.63 t greenhouse gas emissions/capita
England 2020: 1.52 t greenhouse gas emissions/capita

Brighton & Hove:

2019: 0.99
2018: 1.00
2017: 1.05
2016: 2.08
2015: 1.07
2014: 1.08
2013: 1.08
2012: 1.12
2011: 1.14
2010: 1.17
2009: 1.21

Trend

Greenhouse gas emissions from transport, per capita, steadily reducing.

7. Minimise the risk of pollution to water resources in all development

Indicators: Status of the groundwater resource as measured by the requirements of the Water Framework Directive

Data

2019 Brighton Chalk Block:

overall status = poor
chemical status = poor
quantitative status = poor

(Environment Agency)

Comparison and targets

Aiming to reach ‘good’ chemical status by 2027 (extended deadline).

Trend

Chemical status reduced to poor since 2013 (was good from 2009 to 2012).

Indicators: Quality of bathing water

Data

Hove: excellent (2019)
Brighton Central: excellent (2019)
Brighton Kemptown: excellent (2019)
Saltdean: excellent (2019)

(Environment Agency)

Comparison and targets

all remained in excellent condition
classifications were not made for the 2020 season due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sampling programme

Trend

Stable in recent years. All monitoring locations have an excellent standard.

Indicators: Percentage of new development incorporating SUDS within the development or beyond the development area

Data

23% new build residential development approved through a full planning application and completed in 2020/2021. All within development.

Comparison and targets

Since April 2014, the planning application process has been responsible for the implementation of SUDS.

8. Minimise water use in all development and promote the sustainable use of water for the benefit of people, wildlife, and the environment

Indicators: Domestic consumption of water (litre of water per day per household)

Data

2015/2016 -142 litres/person/day (metered)
155 litres/person/day (average) (Southern Water)

Comparison and targets

2012/2013 – 132 litres (metered)
2012/2013 – 161 litres (unmetered)
2009/2010 – 150 litres per household per day
2005/2006 – 157 litres per household per day
2009/2010 (Southeast): 156 litres
2012/2013 (UK): 147 litres

Southern Water has a target to reduce average water consumption to 133l/day/person by 2020.

Trend

Generally decreasing over time, therefore situation improving.

No new data available since 2015/2016.

Indicators: Percentage of new residential development achieving the water efficiency standard of 110 litres/person/day

Data

74% new build residential approvals 2021/22 achieving water standards 110 litres/person/day (sustainability checklist).

Comparison and targets

2020/21 97%
2019/20 96% (approved new build residential achieved water standards 110 litres/person/day)

Trend

A decrease since the previous monitoring year.

9. To promote the sustainable development of land affected by contamination

Indicators: Number of sites of previously developed land that have been identified as having potential for contamination under Part 2A of the Environment Protection Act

Data

2021/2022: there are at least 2805 prioritised sites under Part 2 A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Trend

No change.

10. Manage coastal defences to protect the coastline and minimise coastal erosion and coastal flooding

Indicators: Number of developments in flood risk areas granted contrary to the advice of the Environment Agency

Data

2021/22: 0 (Environment Agency).

Comparison and targets

There were no objections on flood risk grounds in 2020/21.

Trend

No change.

11. To balance the need for employment creation in the tourism sector and improvement of the quality of the leisure and business visitor experience with those of local residents, businesses, and their shared interest in the environment

Indicators: Amount (£) of developer contributions secured for training for local residents, through the Local Employment Scheme

Data

2021/2022 - £166,760 secured for the Local Employment Scheme.

Comparison and targets

2020/2021 - £618,930
2019/2020 - £432,598
2018/2019 - £408,399
2017/2018 - £781,844
2016/2017: £341,830
2015/2016: £99,500
2014/2015: £159,980
2013/2014: £79,605

Trend

This has decreased since the last monitoring period.

Indicators: Number and percentage of in-commuters compared to out-commuters

Data

31,915 daily in-commuters
37,310 daily out-commuters (Census 2011)

Trend

Net out-commuting increased since the last Census.

12. To support initiatives that combine economic development with environment protection, particularly those involving targeted assistance to the creative and digital industries, financial services, tourism, retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors

Indicators: Level of GVA per head

Data

2020: £30,163 (Office for National Statistics; Gross Value Added (balanced) per head of population at current basic prices).

Comparison and targets

2019: £30,320
2018: £29,220
2017: £27,835
Southeast 2020: £31,176
UK 2020: £29,063

Trend

Lower than the regional average, but higher than the national average.

Indicators: Proportion of VAT registered businesses /10,000 adults in Brighton & Hove

Data

2021: 583
17,010 VAT and/or PAYE businesses (ONS 2021)
no updated data available for 2022

Comparison and targets

2020: 547 (15,920 businesses)
2019: 522 (15,185 businesses)
2018: 481 (13,951 businesses)
2017: 475 (13,665 businesses)

Indicators: Percentage of the population that is in employment

Data

2021/2022: employment rate - aged 16 to 64: 77.2% (NOMIS 2022).

Comparison and targets

Southeast 2021/22: 78.1%
Great Britain 2021/22: 75.2%

Previous years Brighton & Hove:

2020/21 76.3%
2019/20 75.7%
2018/19 73.4%
2017/18: 72.4%
2016/17: 74.1%
2015/16: 71.6%
2014/15: 74.5%,
2013/14: 72.6%

Trend

An increase since the last monitoring year.

13. To improve the health of all communities in Brighton & Hove particularly focusing on reducing the gap between those with the poorest health and the rest of the city

Indicators: Life expectancy at birth (years):

(a) males
(b) females

Data

2018 to 2020

(a) males: 79.3
(b) females: 83.2

Public Health England LA Health Profile

New reports are not available from April 2021.

Comparison and targets

England 2018 to 2020
- (a) males: 79.4
- (b) females: 83.1
Southeast 2018 to 2020
- (a) males: 80.6
- (b) females: 84.1
Brighton & Hove 2017 to 2019
- (a) males: 79.1
- (b) females: 83.2

(a) males:

2016 to 2018 78.9
2014 to 2016 79.5
2013 to 2015 79.3
2012 to 2014 78.9

(b) females:

2016 to 2018 82.9
2014 to 2016 83.3
2013 to 2015: 83.5
2012 to 2014: 83.4

Trend

No new data is available for 2021/22.

Indicators: (CPP Headline Indicator) NI055 obesity among primary school children in year 6

Data

Year 6 children: 14.8% (2019/20) (Public Health England LA Health Profile).

New reports are not available from April 2021.

Comparison and targets

Targets in line with previous NHS vital signs strategy: 11/12 – Year 6: 20.0%

Southeast: Year 6 17.8%
England: Year 6 21.0%
Brighton & Hove: Year 6
- 15.5% (2018/2019)
- 14.3% (2017/2018)
- 12.9% (2016/2017)
- 13.7% (2015/2016)
- 13.3% (2013/2014)
- 15.2% (2010/2011)

Trend

No new data is available for 2021/22.

Indicators: Adults achieving more than 150 minutes of physical activity a week

Data

Percentage of physically active adults 2019/2020: 71.9% (Public Health England LA Health Profile)

New reports are not available from April 2021.

Comparison and targets

England 2019/2020: 66.4%.
Southeast 2019/2020: 69.5%
Brighton & Hove:
- 2018/2019: 75.9%
- 2017/18: 76.7%

Trend

No new data is available for 2021/2022.

Indicators: Percentage of the population living in 20% of most deprived Super Output Areas (health domain)

Data

21% in 2019 (percentage of the super output areas in the 20% most deprived super output areas in the country (health domain) (35 of 165 LSOAs) (IMD2019)

Comparison and targets

22% in 2015 (percentage of the super output areas in the 20% most deprived super output areas in the country (health domain))

14. To integrate health and community safety considerations into city urban planning and design processes, programmes, and projects

Indicators: (CPP) Number of total police recorded crimes

Data

2021/22 - 27,531 (Brighton & Hove City Council Community Safety & Public Health).

Comparison and targets

2020/2021 - 24,604
2019/2020 – 29,393
2018/2019 – 26,940
2017/2018 – 26,142
2016/2017 – 25,902
2015/2016 – 23,622

Trend

Police-recorded crime increased between 2013/14 and 2020/21 (partly linked to improved recording towards the beginning of this period.

There was a sharp drop in 2020/21 linked to COVID-19 restrictions, but in the latest year recorded crimes rebounded, although not back to the 2019/20 level.

Indicators: People killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents (per 100,000 resident population)

Data

2018 to 2020 54.5 (Public Health England Health Profiles, Department for Transport).

New reports are not available from April 2021.

Comparison and targets

2018 to 2020: England: 39.5, Southeast: 46.2

Brighton & Hove:

2017 to 2019: 55.2
2016 to 2018: 56.9
2015 to 2017: 55.6
2014 to 2016: 56.0
2012 to 2014: 55.5
2010 to 2012: 57.2

Trend

No new data is available for 2021/22.

15. To narrow the gap between the most deprived areas and the rest of the city so that no one should be seriously disadvantaged by where they live

Indicators: Percentage of the population living in the 20% most deprived super output areas in the country (overall deprivation)

Data

17.6% (2019) (IMD2015: the percentage of the population living in neighbourhoods classified as the 20% most deprived areas in England divided by the total population)

Comparison and targets

England: 20.4% (2010)
Southeast: 7.3% (2010)
Brighton & Hove: 21% (2015)

Indicators: Percentage of the population over 60 who live in households that are income deprived

Data

12.3% (2019) (IMD 2019: the proportion of the population living in income-deprived households derived from the published ‘average score’ statistics for the Income Deprivation Domain)

Comparison and targets

England: 18.1%
Southeast: 12.9%

Indicators: Percentage of people living in fuel poverty

Data

2020 – 12.3%
the government released a new national fuel poverty strategy which included a new definition of fuel poverty measurement (LILEE) (DBEIS)

Comparison and targets

England 2020 – 13.2%
Southeast 2019 – 8.6%

Brighton & Hove in previous years:

2019 – 13.4%
2018 – 11.2%
2017 – 11.4%
2016 – 11.4%
2015 – 12.7%
2014 – 12.3%
2013 – 11.9%

Indicators: Percentage of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET)

Data

2022: 3.8% (including not known) (source: Department for Education - NEET and participation LA scorecard).

Comparison and targets

England: 4.7%
Southeast: 5.4%

Brighton & Hove:

2021 4.4%
2020 4.9%
2019 4.6%,
2018 4.5%
2015: 4.7%
2014: 5.6%
2013: 6.9%,
2012: 6.7%,

Trend

A reduction since the previous monitoring year.

Indicators: Percentage of non-decent council homes

Data

2020/2021: 8.2% (MHCLG).

Comparison and targets

2019/2020: 0.0 percent.

16. To engage local communities in the planning process

Indicators: Number of adopted DPDs or SPDs that have incorporated periods of public consultation

Data

all adopted SPDs and DPDs incorporated periods of public consultation
no SPDs were adopted 2020/2021 (Brighton & Hove City Council)

17. To make the best use of previously developed land

Indicators: Percentage of new and converted dwellings on Previously Developed Land

Data

2021/22: 93.6% gross (Brighton & Hove City Council 2022).

Comparison and targets

2020/2021: 81.6% gross
2019/2020: 98.3% gross
2018/2019: 99.2% gross
2017/2018: 96.1% gross
2016/2017: 98.6% gross
2015/2016: 98.5% gross
2014/2015: 91% gross

Indicators: Percentage of new employment land on Previously Developed Land

Data

2021/2022: 100% (Brighton & Hove City Council 2022).

Comparison and targets

2014/2015 to 2020/2021: 100%
2013/2014: 99.6%

Indicators: Percentage of development situated on Greenfield land

Data

2021/2022; 8% residential (gross); 0% employment; 0% remaining non-residential net (Brighton & Hove City Council 2022).

Comparison and targets

2020/2021: 13.6% residential (gross); 0% employment; 0% remaining non-residential net
2019/2020: 1.4% residential; 0% employment; 0% remaining non-residential net
2018/2019: 0.8% residential; 0% employment; 0% remaining non-residential
2017/2018: 2.9% residential; 0% employment; 0% remaining non-residential

18. To maximise sustainable energy use and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change through low/zero carbon development and maximise the use of renewable energy technologies in both new development and existing buildings

Indicators: Kt of CO2 per capita emitted from domestic sources for energy provision

Data

Per capita domestic CO2 emissions:

2020: 1.17 ktCO2 per capita (DBEIS: UK local authority and regional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions)

Comparison and targets

Southeast 2018: 1.5 tCO2 per capita
England 2018: 1.4 tCO2 per person

Brighton:

2019: 1.19
2018: 1.23
2017: 1.27
2016: 1.3
2015: 1.4
2014: 1.5
2013: 1.8,
2012: 2.0,
2011: 1.8
2010: 2.1

Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) target reductions in city CO2 ‘direct’ emissions from the 2005 baseline:

12% by 2012/2013
42% by 2020
80% by 2050

Trend

Overall, emissions are decreasing over time per capita emitted from domestic sources of energy.

Indicators: Average annual domestic consumption of gas and electricity

Data

gas:
- 2021 – 11,664 kwh per meter
electricity:
- 2021 – 3,190 kwh per household

(BEIS 2021)

Comparison and targets

Gas:

Great Britain 2021 - 12,960
Southeast 2021- 13,183
Brighton:
- 2020 – 12,336
- 2019 – 12,109
- 2017 – 11,967
- 2016 – 11,721
- 2015 – 11,881

Electricity:

Great Britain 2021- 3,509
Southeast 2021- 3,864
Brighton:
- 2020 – 3,445
- 2019 – 3,339
- 2018 – 3,304
- 2017 – 3,418
- 2016 – 3,473
- 2015 – 3,570

Trend

overall domestic electricity and gas consumption is decreasing.
decrease in 2021 after the COVID pandemic

Indicators: Average annual commercial and industrial consumption of gas and electricity

Data

gas:
- 2021 – 310,768 (non-domestic)
electricity
- 2021 – 29,322 (non-domestic)

(BEIS 2021)

Comparison and targets

Gas:

Great Britain 2021- 668,361
Southeast 2021- 458,923
Brighton:
- 2020 – 317,440
- 2019 – 316,359
- 2018 – 344,543
- 2017 – 360,451
- 2016 – 346,062
- 2015 - 357,257

Electricity:

Great Britain 2021- 61, 539
Southeast 2021- 57,560
Brighton:
- 2020 – 26,625
- 2019 – 34,940
- 2018 – 35,921
- 2017 – 36,947
- 2016 – 36,273
- 2015 - 39,217

Trend

Reduction in commercial gas consumption and a slight increase in electricity consumption from the previous year - likely due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Indicators: Percentage of new residential development achieving the 19% carbon reduction improvement over Part L as required by CP8

Data

74% new build residential approvals 2021/22 achieving a 19% reduction in carbon emissions (sustainability checklist).

Comparison and targets

2020/2021: 97%
2019/2020: 97%
2018/2019: 100%
2017/2018: 100%

Indicators: Percentage of development with low/zero carbon energy proposed

21. To promote and improve integrated transport links and accessibility

Indicators: Percentage of development that is within 500 m of the following:

Doctors
accessible open space
bus stop/rail station
infant junior or primary school
retail provision

Data

percentage of new build residential completions 2021/22:
- 25% Doctors
- 32% accessible open space
- 30% bus stops/rail station
- 18% infant, junior or primary school
- 25% retail provision (sustainability checklist)

22. To reduce waste generation, and increase material efficiency and reuse of discarded material by supporting and encouraging development, businesses and initiatives that promote these

Indicators: Residual household waste per household

Data

567kg (2020/21) (DEFRA 2020/21).

No updated data is available for 2021/22.

Comparison and targets

Southeast: 529kg
552kg (2019/2020)
561kg (2018/2019)
575kg (2017/2018)
602kg (2016/2017)
621kg (2015/2016)
614kg (2014/2015)
597kg (2013/2014)

Indicators: Percentage of household waste

(a) recycled

(b) composted

(c) used to recover heat, power, and other energy sources

Data

2021/2022:

a) 20%
b) 5%
c) 71%

(ESCC 2022)

Comparison and targets

2020/2021 a) 21% b) 4% c) 71%
2019/2020 a) 20% b) 5% c) 70%
2018/2019 a) 19% b) 5% c) 69%
2017/2018 a) 22% b) 3% c) 67%
2016/2017 a) 21% b) 4% c) 68%
2015/2016 a) 20% b) 3% c) 70%
2014/2015 a) 201% b) 3% c) 69%
2013/2014 a) 22% b) 3% c) 65%
2012/2013 a) 23% b) 4% c) 66%

Trend

Recycling and composting rates appear static with a slight increase in composting and energy recovery rates remaining the same.

Indicators: Percentage of development providing facilities for recycling

Data

74% of residential applications approved in 2021/22 with space for storage of recyclable materials proposed (sustainability checklist).

SPD indicators

The following indicators are taken from Sustainability Appraisals of Supplementary Planning Documents.

SPD02 - Shop Front Design

Indicator a: how many traditional shop fronts exist in Brighton & Hove?

Latest data: 518.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator b: what are features of importance?

Latest data: the pilasters, the fascia, the stall riser, the shop window and the entrance.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator c: what percentage of shop front applications, per year, are granted permission out of the total number received?

2021/2022

	Approvals	Refused	Total of all applications submitted
Alterations to shop fronts	14	7	21
New shop fronts	13	1	14
Replacement shop fronts	9	0	9
Loss of shop front	2	2	4
Total	38	10	48
Percentage of total shop front applications	80	20	100

SPD03 - Construction and Demolition Waste

Indicator: number of SWMP submitted as part of the planning application with Sustainability Checklist

2% of residential applications approved 2021/22 showing intention to submit SWMP.

Data date: 2021/22.

SPD05 - Circus Street Municipal Market Site

Application stage: see appendices 2014/2015 AMR.

Completion stage: see appendices 2019/2020 AMR.

SPD06 - Trees and Development Sites

Indicator: number of Tree Preservation Orders (TPO's) issued

Latest data: 6.

Data date: 2016/2017.

Indicator: number of applications to fell trees

preserved: 58
conservation area: 96
total: 154

Data date: 2016/2017.

SPD07 - Advertisements

Indicator: how many planning applications have been received annually for advertisements?

Latest data: 92.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: how many applications for advertisements are approved annually?

Latest data: 87 approved, 12 refused, 1 split decision.

Data date: 2021/2022.

No change unless stated.

Latest data:

A1: 0
A3: 0
A1/B1: -86
D1: 0
D2: 0

Data date: 2020/2021.

Indicator: total amount of employment floorspace on previously developed land (m²)

Latest data: 0.

Data date: 2020/2021.

Indicator: number of vacant retail units

Latest data: 9 (only recorded within primary frontage).

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: number of long-term privately owned empty properties brought back into residential use

Latest data: 0.

Data date: 2020/2021.

Indicator: annual mean concentrations of NO2 at monitoring sites C17, C18, C19, C21 and C23 (µg/m³) * readings are from diffusion tubes

Latest data:

C17 - -
C18 - 39.0
C19 - 31.2
C20 - 29.9
C21 - -
C23 - 28.3

Trend: all reduced from 2020 to 2021 (apart from an increase at C19).

Data date: 2021.

Indicator: average monthly traffic flow at counter sites: 74, 809 and 810, and average monthly cycle flow at counter site 959 (figures given in: Yearly Average Daily Traffic Flow)

Latest data:

74 - 14,651
809 - 9,265
810 - 11,369
959 - -

Latest data: no new major developments.

Data date: 2021/2022.

SPD11 - Nature Conservation and Development

Indicator: percentage area of SSSI land in a favourable condition, an unfavourable no change condition, an unfavourable declining condition or area part destroyed/ destroyed

Latest data: 50% in a favourable condition, 50% unfavourable - recovering.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: amount and type of open space as classified in the Open Space, Sports and Recreation Study 2009 and amount of semi-natural green space per 1000 population

Amount and type of open space classified in the Open Space, Sports and Recreation Study published in 2009/10 AMR:

-12,525m² net loss open space 2021/2022 (sustainability checklist)

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: amount of land under Entry level and High-Level environmental stewardship schemes

Environmental Stewardship Agreement
2021/2022 – 2214.99 hectares (120 hectares outside SDNP area) (Sussex Biodiversity 2021)

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: percentage of new developments increasing important or sensitive habitats identified in local Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)

Area of habitat in Brighton and Hove (ha) as a percentage:

ancient woodland: 1.12
coastal vegetated shingle: 0.01
deciduous woodland: 5.25
intertidal chalk: 0.39
intertidal mudflat: 0.04
lowland calcareous grassland: 3.46
maritime cliff and slope: 0.05
saline lagoon: 0.04
traditional orchard: 0.11
wood-pasture & parkland: 1.16 (Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre 2022)

Data date: 2021/22.

Indicator: achievement of specified BAP targets

Data not available.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: number and area of designated sites (SAC, SSSI, AONB, SNCI, LNR, RIGS) presented as a percentage of the total administrative area of Brighton & Hove (includes the area in SDNP)

Designated site	Number	Percentage of area
National park	1	44
LNRs	8	7
LWSs	51	12
SSSIs	2	2
SAC	1	1
RIGS	4	-

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: percentage of new developments with a green roof

12% of new build residential completions 2021/22 indicating green roof to be included (sustainability checklist).

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: what parts of the coast are protected in Brighton & Hove

Areas protected are listed in 2010/11 AMR.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Indicator: what percentage of new development has provided on-site public green space?

Latest data: 2% of completed new build residential applications in 2021/22 provided a net increase in on-site public green space (sustainability checklist).

Latest data: not applicable.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Reductions in CO2 emissions from transport within Brighton & Hove

Latest data:

2020: 267.6 kt CO2
2019: 287.8 kt CO2
2018: 290.4 kt CO2
2017: 300.4 kt CO2
2016: 301.3 kt CO2

(DBEIS: UK local authority and regional estimates of greenhouse gas emissions).

Data date: 2021/2022.

SQM habitat features added/lost (on-site)

Latest data: not applicable.

Data date: 2021/2022.

Local Plan indicators

The Local Plan indicators are Local Output indicators which relate to policies in the Local Plan and were derived from the council’s Sustainability Strategy (2002).

These retained policies from the Local Plan are included in this monitoring year. However, upon adoption of City Plan Part 2 in October 2022, these policies have since been replaced and will therefore not be included in future Authority Monitoring Reports.

HO1

Indicator: 100% delivery of the proportion of affordable housing provision identified for sites in Policy HO1.

Data: no HO1 completions.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? not applicable.

HO1

Indicator: as part of the submission of planning applications, ensure that proposals include a sustainability statement.

Data: no approvals on Allocated Sites.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? not applicable.

HO13

Indicator: 100% of all new dwellings are designed to lifetime homes standard.

Data: all applications are required to be completed in compliance with Building Regulations Optional Requirement M4(2) (accessible and adaptable dwellings).

Year: 2020/2021.

HO13

Indicator: A proportion of all new dwellings on larger sites (or more than 10 new dwellings) should be designed to a wheelchair-accessible standard.

Data: 2021/22 – 33% full planning applications approved in the monitoring year, on sites of 10 units and over will be completed in compliance with Building Regulations Optional Requirement M4(3)(2b) to build 1 wheelchair user dwellings.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? no.

NC2, NC3, NC4

Indicator: draft ‘Protection and Integration of Nature Conservation Features in New Development’ Supplementary Planning Guidance by September 2004.

Data: The Biodiversity and Nature Conservation SPD was adopted in June 2022. Previous Nature Conservation and Development SPD was adopted on 25 March 2010.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? yes.

HE1, HE2, HE4

Indicator: bring identified vacant buildings/ sites back into use within 3 years (75%), and 5 years (90%). Restore the outward appearance of open land/ neglected buildings in historic areas, within 2 years (75%), and within 4 years (90%).

Data: 11 buildings on the current English Heritage 'At Risk' register.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? yes.

HE1, HE2, HE4

Indicator: The Conservation Strategy is to be reviewed every 3 years and 2 conservation area appraisals or re-appraisals are to be produced each year.

Data: there were no conservation areas de-designated, or parts of conservation areas de-designated in 2021/22.

Year: 2021/2022.

Have targets met/improved since last year? yes.

Forms maintenance

Parking permits

Authority Monitoring Report 2021 to 2022 - Appendices

City plan indicators - DA (Development Area Policies)

DA1 Brighton Centre and Churchill Square

LOI: Take forward the development of a replacement conference centre and a minimum of 20,000 sqm net comparison retail floorspace for Churchill Square

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

DA2 Brighton Marina, Gasworks and Black Rock Area

LOI: Delivery of development for DA2

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and timescale: Gas Works site

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and Timescale: Outer Harbour

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and Timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Produce and implement an ecological masterplan for the Brighton Marina and Black Rock areas

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

DA3 - Lewes Road Area

LOI: Delivery of development for DA3

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Improve levels of air quality in the Lewes Road area

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

DA4 - New England Quarter and London Road Area

LOI: Delivery of development for DA4

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Maintain and enhance the healthiness of the London Road Town Centre

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Adoption and implementation of the London Road Central Masterplan SPD

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Improvement levels of air quality in the London Road area (this indicator to be reviewed following the adoption of the revised Air Quality Action Plan in 2014).

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

DA5 - Eastern Road and Edward Street Area

LOI: Delivery of development for DA5

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Preparation of design guidance for the DA5 area and involvement of local communities in preparing guidance

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

DA6 – Hove Station Area

LOI: Delivery of development for DA6

Target and timescale

Trigger and actions to be taken if target not being achieved

2021/2022 data and update

LOI: Preparation of design guidance for the DA6 area and involvement of the local community in preparing guidance