rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/gds?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-gds' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Brighton & Hove Citizens https://actionnetwork.org/groups/brighton-and-hove-citizens https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/477/799/original/open-uri20240509-3668286-blb5mv At a recent Assembly we organised, Cllr Gill Williams (Cabinet member for Housing and New Homes at Brighton and Hove Council) welcomed our campaign calling for clearer standards to be included in planning policies to ensure that housing developers better take into account the needs of our communities. We are specifically focusing on three main areas: 1) Affordability: genuine affordability which would include Community Land Trust Homes and Living Rent homes (where the rental cost is based on the actual cost of living, and not the market rate). 2) Availability for key workers: a key focus on supporting those professions which make our city run. 3) The need to make sure that new developments create spaces for people to build a sense of community. Too many new development feel soulless, with very few places for people to meet. As an Alliance, Brighton & Hove Citizens, we therefore aim to work with Cllr Gill Williams (as Cabinet Member at Brighton and Hove City Council for Housing) and Cllr Liz Loughran (as Chairwoman of the Planning Committee) to create a set of Good Development Standards and a supplementary planning process which will make it clearer - and more accountable - to developers when it comes to affordability, the need to support key workers, and the need to support and enhance community cohesion. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/gds