Civic Life · 3 min read
Learning Disabilities and Neurodiversity: Needs, Rights and Support
Use local needs evidence to explain service access, health inequalities, independent living and reasonable adjustments.
Read the storyIndependent city recordBrighton · Hove · PortsladeEdition 001 / 2026
THE ARCHIVE
The complete city collection
History, neighbourhoods, civic explainers and environmental stories — independently researched and organised for unhurried reading.
Civic Life · 3 min read
Cabinet, Full Council and Committees: Where Decisions Are Made
Trace how an issue moves through the council’s executive, committee and full-council processes.
Read the storyNeighbourhoods · 3 min read
Lewes Road: Turnpike, Tramway and Urban Corridor
Follow the route from country road to transport spine and densely developed city district.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Portslade, the Adur and the Harbour Boundary
Show how the shifting river mouth, canal plans and harbour development influenced Portslade’s western edge.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Rebuilding Brighton After 1945
Assess clearance, municipal housing, road proposals and contested visions for a modern post-war town.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The Medieval Field Systems Beneath the Suburbs
Use maps, archaeology and surviving boundaries to recover the strips, closes and common land absorbed by later development.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Disability, General Health and Unpaid Care in Census 2021
Explain what the census measures and how disability, health and caring responsibilities intersect with service planning.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
What Bathing-Water Ratings Do—and Do Not—Tell Swimmers
Explain sampling, annual classifications, short-term pollution warnings and the limits of point-in-time testing.
Read the storyTransport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
The 2022–2032 Cycling Network Plan
Map the planned strategic network and explain how individual schemes move from aspiration to delivery.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
How Children’s Safeguarding and Family Help Work
Explain thresholds, referrals, early help and multi-agency safeguarding while protecting children’s privacy.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
How Council Scrutiny Works
Explain how councillors examine decisions, performance and policy proposals on the public’s behalf.
Read the storyNeighbourhoods · 3 min read
Black Rock and East Brighton’s Changing Edge
Chart cliff, beach, transport and redevelopment schemes at the point where the built city meets the Downs.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The Railway Comes to Portslade
Connect the station and rail corridor with population growth, employment and east-west mobility.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
From Two Boroughs to One City
Explain the political path from separate Brighton and Hove councils to unification and city status.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
The City’s Medieval Parish Churches
Compare the churches of Brighton, Hove, Portslade, Patcham, Preston, Ovingdean and Rottingdean as anchors of village life.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
The Student Population: Residents, Campuses and Data Gaps
Clarify how official datasets count students and why term-time residence complicates neighbourhood comparisons.
Read the storyCoast & Environment · 3 min read
The Chalk Aquifer Beneath Brighton & Hove
Explain how groundwater supplies the city and why pollution prevention and recharge conditions matter.
Read the storyTransport & Infrastructure · 3 min read
Bike Share and Regulated Micromobility: The Public-Policy Questions
Assess accessibility, parking, safety, data and public-space trade-offs without promoting an operator.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
Brighton & Hove’s June 2026 SEND Reform Plan Explained
Set out the agreed direction for special educational needs and disabilities, including intended changes and unresolved delivery questions.
Read the storyCivic Life · 3 min read
How Residents Can Ask a Question, Present a Petition or Make a Deputation
Provide a practical guide to the formal ways residents can contribute to public council meetings.
Read the storyArchitecture & Conservation · 3 min read
Why Regency Brighton Is Covered in Stucco
Explain the material, visual ambitions, maintenance problems and conservation significance of the city’s pale façades.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Portslade’s Industrial Landscape Without the Company Mythology
Study land use, infrastructure, labour and environmental change across the industrial waterfront rather than profiling individual firms.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Hove Before It Was “Actually” Hove
Recover the small medieval and early-modern settlement hidden beneath the later Victorian town.
Read the storyHistory & Heritage · 3 min read
Brighthelmstone Before the Resort
Reconstruct the working fishing settlement, its street pattern, beach economy and relationship with the Downs.
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