November 2025
As we enter November, the campaign looks forward to a formal response on the City Transport Plan and to meeting council leader Bella Sankey at her Autumn Preston Ward surgery.
The campaign also hopes to meet deputy council leaders Jacob Taylor and Tim Rowkin to discuss the potential economic and environmental gains from Renewing Preston Village.
Scroll down to see our progress to date!
October 2025
Renew Preston Village campaign meets with Cllr Liz Loughran and Cabinet Member for Public Realm, Cllr Jacob Allen who told us “The general vision is absolutely something we as an administration is on board with”.
September 2025
Richard James, founder of Studio for Place Creation comments:
“Preston Village has great untapped potential. With refined public realm design and careful attention to detail, it could become one of Brighton’s most beautiful and connected neighbourhoods – enhancing wellbeing, supporting local business, and strengthening community identity.”
Read Richards B&H Urban Design & Strategy document here.
Also in September 2025
More examples of surface water flooding highlighting the need for better drainage in Preston Village. Thanks to Ross and other local residents for coming out to clear the drains!
August 2025
Local resident, sculptor and architectural visualiser Steve Atkinson from Atkinson & Co publishes Before & After visuals of Preston Village based on the traffic engineers concepts.
The visuals demonstrate opportunities for improved public realm, flood mitigation and cycle lane improvements in Preston Village.
See the Before & After sliders on our homepage
“Brighton & Hove Museums support the principles of this initiative which we hope will help to make this special part of Brighton a destination in its own right.”
Email from B&H museums representative, July 2025.
July 2025
Renew Preston Village we delivered the petition of 1500 signatures to the council at Hove Town Hall. Read the transcript of our deputation here.
The petition was warmly received, with Cllr Trevor Muten commenting; “I very much hope that funding can be secured to develop and implement proposals for this area in the future.”
Volunteers also met with cabinet member for Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Cllr Birgit Miller, to look at the history and architectural heritage of Preston Village. Cllr Miller wrote: “ I couldn’t agree more about the need to revive Preston Village as a place”.
June 2025
Renew Preston Village campaign was invited by Charles Field interim Director of City Infrastructure to formally contribute as a stakeholder to the City Transport Plan 2035 consultation.
Read more about the City transport plan 2035 here
May 2025
Renew Preston Village volunteers met with Cabinet Member for Transport & Infrastructure, Cllr Trevor Muten to discuss the challenges of flooding and road safety in Preston Village. Cllr Muten proposed that we submit our petition, then at 1300 signatures, to the general council for delivery in July.
On his facebook page, Trevor wrote “Really positive meeting with campaign organisers from Renew Preston Village. To listen to their very positive vision for this area was inspiring and a great basis to co-develop a better look and feel, better public realm and space for people in a busy area of through flow”
April 2025
Gary Smith, a volunteer local resident who is also a Local Authority Traffic Engineer, generated a diagram estimating that an area equivalent of 3.3 tennis courts of space could be made available for public realm, active travel and flood prevention in front of the shops in Preston Village.
Gary described the opportunity for changes to Preston Village as a “no brainer”.
The same month, our petition signatures hit 1000 and Renew Preston Village campaign was contacted by local resident and Consultant Town Planner Michael Scanlon who commented:
“For very limited resources, we can restore the heart of Preston Village, support active travel, and create a more sustainable, people focused neighbourhood”.
