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Notice of Intention to Commence local plan preparation
Read our Notice of Intention to Commence preparation of the new City Plan.
About the Notice of Intention to Commence
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.
Where you can view our City Plan timetable
You can view our City Plan timetable:
- on our new City Plan webpage on our website
- at our main council offices, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ during office hours (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
- Jubilee and Hove libraries during normal opening hours
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.
Area covered by the new City Plan
If you would like a shapefile of the area covered by the City Plan, send an email to the Planning Policy Team.
Description of area covered by the City Plan
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:
- South Portslade
- Westbourne and Poets’ Corner
- Westdene and Hove Park
- Patcham and Hollingbury
- Moulsecoomb and Bevendean
- Coldean and Stanmer
- Woodingdean
- Whitehawk and Marina
- Rottingdean and West Saltdean.
Land within the SDNP is managed separately by the South Downs National Park Authority.
- Relationship to the council boundary: The City Plan boundary sits within the council boundary, which is broader because it includes National Park land.
- South Downs National Park: Where the council area crosses into the SDNP, those areas are excluded from the City Plan and form its outer edge.
Boundary description (west to east)
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.
Date notice published
Tuesday 23 June 2026.
More information about the new City Plan.
Find out more about our preparations for a new City Plan that will help shape future development in the city until 2044.