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Read the various Plans that make up the Brighton & Hove Development Plan and view the adopted policies map.
A review of the City Plan focussing on the strategic policies in City Plan Part One has commenced. The first stage of public consultation on Issues & Options is expected in Spring 2024.
Minerals and Waste matters are dealt with jointly by East Sussex County Council, South Downs National Park Authority and Brighton & Hove County Council. The authorities are reviewing some of the policies in the 2013 adopted Waste and Minerals Local Plan
A Public Examination of the East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Local Plan - Revised Policies, is underway. Find more information on our Examination page.
The City Plan Part Two was adopted 20 October 2022.
The role of the City Plan Part 2 is to support the implementation and delivery of City Plan Part 1 to:
The City Plan Part Two is accompanied by CPP2 Implementation and Monitoring Targets which sets out the monitoring indicators and targets and identifies how policies in the Plan will be implemented.
Go to our Adopted City Plan Part Two Page to find links to the following documents:
On adoption the policies in City Plan Part 2 replaces the remaining ‘saved’ policies from the 2005 Brighton & Hove Local Plan. These are listed in Appendix 5 of the City Plan Part Two.
Find more information about the City Plan Part Two examination and the supporting background evidence base which sits behind the City Plan Part Two.
Find more information on how we prepared the City Plan Part Two.
On adoption of the City Plan Part Two, the Adopted Policies Map has been updated:
For ease of use the following is a 1:5,000 scale map of the Brighton central area.
We have also produced an interactive Adopted Policies Map (October 2022). You can zoom in and around a map of the city to see what adopted plan policies affect where.
On the map viewer:
Annexes to the City Plan Part 1:
More information on the City Plan Part 1.
The Shoreham Harbour Joint Area Action Plan (JAAP) was formally adopted by Brighton & Hove City Council on 24 October 2019. It replaces the Shoreham Harbour Interim Planning Guidance, Western Harbour Arm Development Brief and South Portslade and Aldrington Basin Development Brief. The plan forms part of the development plan for Brighton & Hove alongside the City Plan Part 1 and Waste and Minerals Plans.
More information is available on the Shoreham Harbour Regeneration page.
The Waste and Minerals Local Plan (WMLP) is the name for the set of planning documents that together form the statutory plans for waste and minerals developments in Brighton & Hove and East Sussex.
East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Plan - adopted 2013 (PDF 5MB)
East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Sites Plan - adopted 2017 (PDF 11MB)
Adopted policies from the East Sussex, South Downs and Brighton & Hove Waste and Minerals Local Plan are shown on this map:
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