Decision - City Plan - formal commencement of plan making

This report provides an update on the Brighton & Hove City Plan, and in particular the implications of the new national plan-making system that was introduced in March this year. it seeks authority to formally begin the plan-making process and undertake the early stages of work under the new system.

1) Cabinet agrees to authorise the issuing and publication of the 'Notice of intention to commence local plan preparation' under Regulation 19 of the 2026 Regulations. 2) Cabinet agrees the Local Plan Timetable as set out in Appendix 1 and delegates authority to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration to update and publish the Local Plan Timetable as required to ensure an up-to-date timetable is publicly available as the preparation of the City Plan progresses. 3) Cabinet approves the approach to the Scoping Consultation as described in paragraph 3.8 of the report in line with Regulation 20 of the 2026 Regulations and delegates authority to agree the consultation text and undertake the consultation to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration. 4) Cabinet delegates authority to approve, publish and submit the required information for Gateways 1 and 2 as required by the 2026 Regulations, to the Corporate Director, City Operations in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and City Regeneration.

The document sets out a proposed 30-month timetable for preparing and adopting the Brighton & Hove City Plan. It includes plan-making, evidence gathering, consultations, gateway reviews, examination submission and final adoption between June 2026 and March 2029.