Archive: 2025 / 09

Brighton pub flats plan follows boycott over owner’s trafficking conviction

Brighton pub flats plan follows boycott over owner’s trafficking conviction

A Brighton pub shunned after its former owner’s sex trafficking conviction is set to be turned into flats. Developers are drawing up plans that will go to Brighton & Hove City Council for approval. The proposal taps into a wider trend of pub-to-housing conversions amid financial pressure on the industry and high local housing demand.