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Appendix 2, Cabinet

Committee report · Cabinet · Tue 16 Dec 2025 · East Sussex County Council · agenda item 41

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Brighton and Hove City Council put forward a proposal to the Government for five new unitary councils covering the whole of East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove. p1

The council said modelling shows the changes could cost £404 million by 2032/33 and that some communities would be joined with areas they have no transport links or shared identity with. p14p19

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  • p1APPENDIX 2 East Sussex County Council’s responses to questions in Government’s consultation on proposals for Local Government Organisation (LGR) in the area of East Sussex and Brighton & Hove Representative Councils for a Devolved Sussex – A Five Unitary Proposal was submitted by Brighton and Hove City Council for five unitary councils across the whole of the area of East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove. This proposal includes a request to split existing district council areas between the proposed new councils. These would comprise the current areas of:
  • p14For East Sussex, this proposal does not meet its stated aim to keep communities whole and match travel to work and study areas. For example, people in Wadhurst near the county’s north east border with Kent would be moved into a unitary council extending as far west as Slaugham. There are no practical transport links between these places and no shared identity between those areas beyond a vaguely ‘rural’ character.
  • p19Strongly disagree . A five unitary model will inevitably increase the financial pressure on local government in East Sussex. Modelling shows that creating two new unitary authorities in East Sussex would cost £404m by 2032/33. There is no evidence about the impact of the small increase in population on the City’s efficiency and sustainability so it is not possible to assess whether it would be worth the costs of disaggregation.

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