Read our Notice of Intention to Commence preparation of the new City Plan.
We're required to publish a Notice of Intention to Commence local plan preparation under the new planning system.
This is to provide communities and other stakeholders with advance notice of plan‑making so they understand when and how they can get involved in preparing the new local plan.
In accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026, Brighton & Hove City Council gives notice that it is preparing a new local plan that will cover the area within its administrative boundary with the exception of land that falls within the South Downs National Park, as shown in the map below.
We’ll refer to the plan as the Brighton & Hove City Plan.
You can view our City Plan timetable:
Our Notice of Intention to Commence is also available to view at Hove Town Hall and Jubilee and Hove libraries.
We expect to pass through Gateway 1 and start the 30-month plan preparation process on 28 October 2026.
If you would like a shapefile of the area covered by the City Plan, send an email to the Planning Policy Team.
The Brighton & Hove City Plan area includes all land inside the Brighton & Hove city council boundary except those parts that are within the South Downs National Park (SDNP).
This area encompasses the main built-up city and its urban fringe (parks, open spaces, and edges of the downland) from North Portslade Village and Mile Oak in the west to Rottingdean, Ovingdean, Woodingdean and Saltdean in the east, generally south of the A27.
It covers wards such as:
Land within the SDNP is managed separately by the South Downs National Park Authority.
The boundary starts on the western seafront near Shoreham Harbour (Basin Road South), follows the council edge with Adur inland and east, close to the A27 past Mile Oak (South Portslade), towards Carden Avenue between Patcham and Hollingbury (both in Patcham & Hollingbury).
The boundary turns south around the built-up edge by Hollingbury and Moulsecoomb (Moulsecoomb and Bevendean), skirts developed areas around Falmer (including the University of Sussex and Falmer Stadium, on the edge of Coldean and Stanmer) and continues down the eastern side of Bevendean and Woodingdean (Woodingdean), with SDNP countryside such as Hollingbury Hillfort excluded.
From Woodingdean the boundary heads towards the coast past Whitehawk, Roedean and Brighton Marina (Whitehawk and Marina); as the SDNP reaches the coast here, the boundary resumes east of the Marina near Rottingdean High Street (Rottingdean and West Saltdean.
Tuesday 23 June 2026.
Find out more about our preparations for a new City Plan that will help shape future development in the city until 2044.