Brighton & Hove has a clear vision for its seafront – to create a vibrant, accessible and sustainable seafront that enhances tourism, supports local businesses and celebrates the city’s rich heritage.
Stretching for 13 kilometres, the seafront is one of the UK’s most recognisable waterfronts and is central to the city’s identity. It supports everything from tourism and culture to small businesses and everyday leisure.
However, like many historic waterfronts across the country, it faces growing pressures from an ageing infrastructure, the impacts of climate change, and balancing conservation with the needs of a modern coastal city.
The city’s new seafront investment prospectus responds to this challenge. It treats the seafront as one connected place and sets a shared direction for how public and private investment should be guided over time.
It brings together existing projects, identifies new opportunities and sets out a clear, long-term, coordinated approach to regeneration. It’s not a fixed masterplan, but a framework that sets priorities to help ensure development reflects the character and values of the city.
The prospectus invites investors, communities and partners to help shape the future seafront, while ensuring development supports wider goals such as sustainability, wellbeing and economic resilience.
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