John Hewitt - Councillor for Brighton and Hove (Hangleton & Knoll)

Councillor John Hewitt

Labour Party Hangleton & Knoll

Email: John.Hewitt@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Council: Brighton and Hove

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Licensing Panel (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) (Committee Member) Housing Management Panel: West Hove & Portslade Area (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Overview & Scrutiny (Place) Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee (Committee Member) Licensing Committee (Non Licensing Act 2003 Functions) (Committee Member) Licensing Committee (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) (Committee Member) Culture, Heritage, Sport, Tourism & Economic Development Committee Cabinet

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Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

65 meetings · Page 1 of 13

Council Committee Member

Council - Thursday, 29th January, 2026 4.30pm

January 29, 2026, 4:30 pm
Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee Committee Member

Audit, Standards & General Purposes Committee - Tuesday, 27th January, 2026 4.00pm

January 27, 2026, 4:00 pm
Licensing Panel (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) Committee Member

Express Pizza & Chicken, Licensing Panel (Licensing Act 2003 Functions) - Monday, 26th January, 2026 10.00am

January 26, 2026, 10:00 am
Council Committee Member

Council - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 4.30pm

December 18, 2025
Council Committee Member

Special, Council - Thursday, 18th December, 2025 3.30pm

December 18, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

76 decisions · Page 3 of 16

Enforcing Covenant on land in West Saltdean

From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025

...to request a report from officers to be presented to the relevant Cabinet Member regarding the feasibility, processes, timescale, and costs of invoking Clause 4 of the 1938 Covenant for plots 2 and 3 of The Mount Estate in West Saltdean, with the aim of designating the land as public open space.

Recommendations Approved

King Alfred Leisure Centre

From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025

...to address concerns about the financial viability, scale, and speculative nature of the King Alfred Leisure Centre redevelopment, the Council resolved to request that the Cabinet reconsider approving £2.3m in resources and pause approval until housing plans are set and the entire site is provisionally costed.

Recommendations Approved

Protect Independent Scrutiny, Save Healthwatch England

From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Inequality and Life Outcomes in Brighton & Hove

From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Devolution for Sussex & Brighton

From: Rescheduled from 23 October 2025, Council - Monday, 13th October, 2025 4.30pm - October 13, 2025

...to approve in principle consenting to devolution and delegate authority to the Chief Executive to take necessary steps to provide consent on behalf of the Council to the Statutory Instrument creating a new Mayoral Combined County Authority in the Sussex and Brighton region, as well as approve the procurement of mayoral booklet services.

Recommendations approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 65

Average per Month: 2.7

Decisions Recorded: 76