We're pleased to reveal the final proposals for a new leisure centre to replace the King Alfred 📷
Plans include a larger fitness suite, leisure water, café, family zone, improved accessibility and an underground car park.
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/83EB50YraA1
Victoria on a bike delivering bags of costumes to City Academy Whitehawk.
Pupils at St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School and City Academy Whitehawk have been dressing up for World Book Day today using a costume library provided by local organisation Gladrags.
Climate for Communities helped deliver costumes rails to the schools by bike.
photo of apple cores and banana skins
The food waste collections truck with 2 crew members carrying caddies
Starter pack for food waste collections consisting of an outdoor caddy with orange lid, an indoor kitchen caddy with grey lid, 2 packs of compostable liners and an instruction leaflet.
As the biggest and final rollout of food waste collections starts from next week, discover how to make the most of the new service in a free webinar.
Pick up tips on reducing food waste from residents involved with the Food Use Project.
Sign up for the webinar: https://ow.ly/yIXJ50YoHSJ
Food waste communal bin on Hove seafront
The take up for food waste recycling in the city so far has been amazing ♻️
We’re now gearing up to start free food waste collections in central and communal bin areas of the city from 9 March.
Read more: https://ow.ly/cOcS50YmPsb
You may notice activity around the King Alfred site.
Planting to replace habitats that will be lost is starting now so vegetation is cleared before nesting season 🌱🐦⬛
Read more: https://ow.ly/Vqbm50YgK50
Learn how to create nutrient-rich compost and find out about our city's food waste at the Love Your Living Soil event today .
https://ow.ly/XZaM50YcF9l
Hi Mark, our Christmas tree recycling sites are open until Friday 6 February. Learn more: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/rubbish-recy... Best wishes, Annie
Teachers from the pilot seated in an open wooden pavilion in one of the city's edible gardens.
More children will be able to discover the pleasure of growing and eating their own food thanks to a pilot project to grow food in school grounds.
Find out more: https://ow.ly/JAGq50Y4WQ6
Decisions for this Cabinet meeting will be published on the council’s website within 24 hours: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
📹 You can watch back any part of the meeting: youtube.com/live/8s3qSbA...
Cabinet have agreed to turn St Michael’s Field, an area of land on the South Downs near Patcham, into a nature reserve to increase biodiversity and restore habitats for plants and wildlife.
Read more: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2026/ha...
Cabinet has agreed in principle to grant a 125year lease to a Registered Provider for the new Brickfields Supported Living Service, helping deliver specialist supported living in the city.
Read the report: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s2...
Cabinet has approved the city’s new Circular Economy Routemap and Action Plan for 2025 to 2035 and agreed that Brighton & Hove will sign the Circular Cities Declaration to support more sustainable economic growth.
Read the report: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s2...
Cabinet has agreed to continue with plans for the new Sussex & Brighton Combined County Authority, noting the delay to mayoral elections, and has given the Chief Executive the go ahead to take the next steps.
Read the report: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s2...
Cabinet has noted progress on delivering the Council Plan and approved the updated Risk Management Framework.
Read the report: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s2...
Cabinet has agreed to gather evidence and explore options around fortnightly kerbside waste collections. Any future changes will follow service modelling and redesign and further Cabinet approval in spring/summer 2026.
Read more: www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/mo...
Cabinet has approved proposals for the Youth Council to move to a Cabinet-style operating model, alongside plans for a Youth Takeover Day in 2026.
Read the report: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s2...
Today’s Cabinet meeting has just started.
📹 You’re welcome to watch online: youtube.com/live/8s3qSbA...
ℹ️ Read the agenda and reports for the meeting: democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/g1...
It's #CleanAirNight
The perfect time to launch a 6 week consultation to gather feedback from on replacing the city’s current 5 Smoke Control Areas with one that would cover the whole of Brighton & Hove. www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2026/ta...
St Michael's Field, an area of land near Patcham, could soon be turned into a nature reserve under a proposal to register it as a habitat bank.
https://ow.ly/AImy50XXTmE
People living and working in Brighton & Hove are being asked for their views on our plans to improve the safety and accessibility of our roads.
We’re launching consultations on 4 new schemes planned for construction later this year. https://ow.ly/MLp950XVhNl
Open until Sunday 22 February.
We’re proud to be on the 2025 CDP Cities A List for 2025.
A big thank you to everyone involved with helping to deliver environmental improvements across council services, from housing, transport and waste reduction, to nature recovery.
https://ow.ly/fYfV50XU09V
Image of shingle overtopping and blown over bins on Brighton & Hove seafront with text reading 'Please take care on the seafront...'
If you're visiting the seafront today, please take care of the shingle on the promenade and damage caused by this week's storms.
We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. We'll be working to clear it up as soon as possible.
Green communal food waste bins pallets lined up in a compound, with one in the foreground, ready for distribution.
We’re delivering food waste bins in stages to central and communal on-street areas ready for weekly food waste collections which start in March.
Please do not start using them. The tape sealing the bins will be removed just before collections start.
More information: https://ow.ly/om7L50XRUxs
When the temperature drops, our gritters are ready 🥶
Gritting teams and three hybrid gritters are on standby 24 hours a day from 1 November until the end of March.
Find out more about how we maintain roads and pavements in winter 👉 https://ow.ly/8gpo50XRbxK
Recycle any colour glass bottles and jars separately in your kerbside black box or in the bins with burgundy lids at recycling points.
Give them a rinse and pop metal lids back on.
More about recycling: ow.ly/Kxao50XMY1i
Brighton Pier covered in snow with a cloudy sky and a lone person walking along the snowy shore.
Happy New Year to everyone in the city! We wish you all a fantastic 2026 ✨
Bright winter day with snow covering the ground in front of the ornate domes and arches of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
Most council services are closed on bank holidays.
Some services are available for emergencies, such as housing repairs and social care.
Visit our website for more information about changes to council services over the Christmas break: https://ow.ly/3b4550XJMBS
Clock tower illuminated at night with strings of warm white lights.
Christmas and the festive season is a time to come together to celebrate hope and kindness while caring for one another.
We wish everyone in our vibrant Brighton & Hove community a joyful, peaceful and happy Christmas! 🎄
Recycle small electricals in the pink bins at recycling points across the city.
Take out batteries first. They can cause serious fires in trucks and at waste facilities.
Recycle batteries separately at retailers.
Find your nearest electricals recycling point: ow.ly/cQBJ50XIA3w
A pilot project to install rainwater harvesting stations at Falmer, Tenantry Down and Lower Roedale allotments has just been completed.
ow.ly/Xp8K50XMxcr
