Social Value Ideas for Brighton & Hove City Council

Special stress area blocks off-sales

The council’s licensing policy places this premises in a special stress area and the matrix approach indicates that new off-sales are normally not supported. Both licensing officers and police said th…

“"the matrix provides a framework... and it indicates a no to applications for off sales in the special stress area"”

Decision to be issued in writing

The panel retired to make its decision and stated that the written decision, with appeal rights, would be sent within five working days. This is the formal next step arising from the hearing.

“So the panel will now retire to make its decision. We're gonna be accompanied by our legal adviser and the clerk to the panel, but they won't be taki…”

Premises licence hours to expand

Madame Jennifer Distillery is seeking a licensing policy change to extend alcohol sales hours and broaden the on-site/off-site offer. The application would allow longer trading on Sundays to Thursdays…

“"The variation seeks Sunday to Thursday 0900 to 2130 and Friday and Saturday 0900 to 2200 for alcohol sales on and off the premises."”

Update cabinet report with commissioning evidence

Officers agreed to revise the cabinet report before 2026-09-17 to include clearer evidence from the recommissioning process, including market capacity, new providers, and pricing, so cabinet has fulle…

“I think we can certainly take away an action today around amending the report and adding in some of the more commissioning data that's come along as a…”

Close Wellington House and reprovide externally

Cabinet is being asked to approve closure of Wellington House Day Centre and move current users to commissioned external day provision. The rationale given is that the building is no longer fit for pu…

“So the item at Scrutiny Committee today regarding the future of day options for adults with learning disabilities forms part of the budget proposals w…”

Procurement of new waste vehicles

The council confirmed a significant vehicle replacement programme for waste collection, including 10 new collection vehicles, two new twin packs on hire, and replacement of communal bin side-lift mech…

“we've actually got uh we're in the process of receiving 10 new vehicles between I think the first couple have arrived or are due to arrive next week b…”

Recycling service lifted by fleet renewal

The recycling and residual waste service is improving materially, but members heard that reliability issues remain tied to ageing and specialist vehicles. The council has started receiving new collect…

“the headline from this slide really is that the recycling rate, the the latest period for which we have data, which is for the first the first quarter…”