Between a rock and hard place: house-building in Brighton and Hove

In June 2013, Brighton and Hove City Council submitted Part One of their City Plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination. More than fifteen months on, elected councillors have not come to an agreement about the officers’ proposed modifications in response to the Inspector’s report and the council risks being forced to withdraw the plan. Suddenly, the city finds itself torn between the need to build new homes and the desire not to build them. How did it come to this