Residents encouraged to engage with housing strategy consultation

Kemptown MP encourages constituents to take part in the city council housing strategy consultation.

Simon Kirby, the Member of Parliament for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is encouraging constituents to take part in the ongoing housing strategy consultation that is being run by Brighton and Hove City Council.

The City Council are currently developing their Housing Strategy for 2015-2019.

In June, the Council organised a conference about this, which was attended by various stakeholders and interested parties, including Letting Agents, Housing Associations and Student Unions. It was decided that further community engagement should take place and that a public consultation would be run prior to the report being produced later this year.

With housing such an important issue in Brighton and Hove, Mr Kirby is encouraging constituents to take part in the consultation and to have their say.

Simon said: “Whilst the decision for where to build houses is one for the City Council, I receive correspondence from constituents about housing matters in Brighton and Hove on a daily basis, and there is a need for new housing in the City. Therefore I have a keen interest in this issue.

“As the strategy will determine the City Council’s approach to housing for the next 4 years, it is very important that everybody has their say on how the strategy should look.

“My view is that the City Council should look at brownfield sites, city centre sites where the existing infrastructure is already in place to support development, and look again at projects like Shoreham harbour, before even considering precious greenfield, urban fringe, sites such as Meadow Vale and others.”