Decision - Response to the Short Term Lets Task & Finish Group Recommendations

Brighton and Hove Cabinet Decided 26 Jun 2025 approved GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Cabinet

Report author

Nicola Hurley

Published

27 Jun 2025

Reference

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As published

the council's own words, unedited

This report summaries the feedback from the Place Scrutiny Task & Finish Group with recommendations for Cabinet.

1) Cabinet agrees the recommendations as set out in section 3 of the report.

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The report considers how Brighton & Hove should manage the growth of short-term lets while supporting tourism and protecting housing supply. It presents 12 recommendations covering lobbying for national regulation, registration and licensing, planning controls, parking permits, public information and nuisance reporting.

Recommendation

Cabinet was asked to agree the recommendations of the Short Term Lets Task & Finish Group as set out in section 3. Recommendations 1 to 3 were agreed; recommendation 4 was agreed subject to sufficient resources; recommendation 5 was put on hold pending a licensing scheme and budget-setting; recommendations 7 to 10 require further investigation or amendment; and recommendations 6, 11 and 12 were supported subject to the stated conditions.

Financial impact

Additional planning-enforcement resources would depend on the introduction of a licensing scheme and future budget-setting; other officer work would be contained within existing Development Planning budgets.

Ward affected

city-wide

Decision maker

Cabinet

Date in document

26 Jun 2025

Stakeholders named

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Residents affected by short-term-let nuisance and housing pressuresShort-term-let operators and providersVisitors and the tourism economyLocal hotels and guesthousesEnvironmental ServicesThe Fire ServiceSussex PolicePlanning and licensing teams

Next steps

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Lobby the relevant Secretaries of State for a planning use class, licensing scheme and data-sharing arrangements.
Support and register for a government short-term-let registration or licensing scheme when available, subject to sufficient council resources.
Investigate planning policies, short-term-let zones, hotel and guesthouse reclassification, and parking permits.
Update council website information and planning guidance and explore a single route for residents to report short-term-let issues.
Consider an out-of-hours nuisance contact requirement for short-term-let operators if a licensing scheme is introduced.

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