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About the Forum

  

Welcome to the Coldean Neighbourhood Planning Forum website 

Our purpose is to give local people the chance to shape their neighbourhood, by creating a reference guide that planners and developers need to pay attention to before they can make any changes to the area.  If you live or work in Coldean area, get involved in shaping your Neighbourhood Plan!

We are a forum of members who have official status to create a legal document setting out a ‘Coldean Neighbourhood Plan’ with the help of urban design specialists, planning consultants and Brighton & Hove City Council. 

The Coldean Neighbourhood Forum is about residents coming together to develop a Neighbourhood Plan in order to help protect the village from matters relating to planning. Over the years residents have often complained about many issues relating to planning in particular the loss of family homes being converted into HMO’s impacting school places, at Coldean Primary School and finally a large development on Coldean Lane that destroys green space available to residents of Coldean which is of great concern.  


Legal Status 

Our Neighbourhood Forum and Neighbourhood Area obtained final official designation on 24 December 2021.  Our constitution can be accessed below 


Membership 

We held our inaugural meeting at St Mary Magdalen Church Hall.  This was well attended and included our ward councillors.  After official business and elections, everyone spoke about their hopes for what the Forum would achieve and this is now expressed in our Vision for Coldean – see below.  Top of this list was preservation of green open spaces within the Neighbourhood Area, closely followed by the loss of family homes to Houses in Multiple Occupation. 

Since then, the activities of the Forum have grown to include an active Facebook page, this website and we have issued numerous forum updates.  We  hold regular Forum meetings, and monthly Forum committee meetings
 

Committee 

The Committee meet regularly to progress work on the neighbourhood plan.  The committee currently comprises the following people: 

  • Patrick Lowe*           (Chairperson)
  • Anant Suchak*         (Treasurer)
  • Deborah Annells    (Secretary)
  • Manish Suckak        (Business  Representative)
  • Jack Moxley*            (Publicity Representative)
  • Jean Thomas            (Residential Representative)

*Denotes CNPF Ltd Directors 


If you think you have something to contribute and time available please fill in the form below to join the committee. 


Vision of Coldean 

(a) To preserve from development the existing green spaces in, and surrounding, the Neighbourhood Area.

(b) To preserve and encourage a variety of wildlife habitats in those areas.

(c) To encourage families to live in Coldean by reducing the number of HMOs.

(d) To improve the appearance of Coldean and thereby increase community identity.

(e) To work with other agencies to reduce crime and other anti-social behaviour.

(f) To encourage retail diversity by improving the appearance of Coldean.

(g) To increase accessibility to Green Open Spaces by traffic management and improve access to green spaces.

  

Neighbourhood Plan

Our work will culminate in the development of a Neighbourhood Plan for Coldean. Everyone who lives or works in Coldean will soon get the chance to vote for this plan in due course - before it is formally adopted. 

Join the Forum

The Forum currently has a membership of over 60 local households who want to have an active say in how development comes forward in the area. 


If you live/work in the area, why not join the forum. It is FREE to join. Your views matter as we develop our draft Neighbourhood Plan.

If you would like further information please do contact our Chairperson, Patrick Lowe on 07714 459088 

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FORUM GOVERNANCE

Below you can access relevant documentation relating to the organisation and governance of the Coldean Neighbourhood Plan Forum, and minutes of Annual General Meetings:

Forum Constitution (July 2021) (pdf)

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Amendment to Constitution (September 2022) (pdf)

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8 December 2022 - CNPF AGM Meeting Minutes (pdf)

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19 December 2023 - CNPF AGM Minutes (pdf)

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10 December 2024 - CNPF AGM Minutes (pdf)

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Minutes of meetings held in 2024/2025:

10 April 2025 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
27 March 2025 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
30 January 2025 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
09 December 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
18 November 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
07 August 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
09 July 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
21 May 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
29 March 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
22 February 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
02 February 2024 - CNPF Ad hoc Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
09 January 2024 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download

Minutes of meetings held in 2023:

18 December 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
16 November 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (docx)Download
30 October 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
12 September 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
08 August 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
31 July 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
06 July 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
08 June 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
26 April 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
19 April 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
7 March 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
7 Febraury 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
16 January 2023 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download

Minutes of meetings held in 2022:

06 December 2022 CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
09 November 2022 CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
03 October 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
1 September 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
8 August 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
11 July 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
13 June 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
9 May 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
11 April 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
14 March 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
7 February 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
10 January 2022 - CNPF Committee Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download

Minutes of meetings held in 2021 are available to download below:

13 December 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
12 November 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
8 November 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
20 September 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
9 August 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
30 July 2021 - CNPF Committee Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download

OPEN FORUM MEETINGS

From time to time, we hold open meeting for members of the public and forum members to get involved. Minutes from those meetings are available below.

10 December 2024 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
19 November 2024 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
16 April 2024 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
23 January 2024 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
19 December 2023 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
21 November 2023 - CNPF Have Your Say Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
11 July 2023 - CNPF Forum Meeting - Minutes (pdf)Download
11 November 2022 - Vision Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
10 November 2022 - Vision Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
10 February 2022 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download
12 November 2021 - CNPF Open Forum Meeting Minutes (pdf)Download

Consultation Strategy

The Consultation Strategy below sets out the key principles that will be adhered to when the Forum run consultation exercises with the local community.

Consultation Strategy (October 2022) (pdf)

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