E-scooter Trial proposal for Brighton & Hove
October 16, 2025 Cabinet (Cabinet collective) Key decision Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to apply to the Department for Transport for permission to begin an e-scooter trial in 2026 as an add-on to the current bikeshare scheme and to conduct a consultation alongside the application, reporting the results back with a full financial analysis for approval.
Full council record
Purpose
This report seeks approval to trial a 300
e-scooter fleet on with docking infrastructure at 30 hire sites as
part of the existing Beryl BTN Bike hire scheme.
Content
1)
Cabinetagrees to the Council applying to
the Department for Transport for permission to begin a new
e-scooter trial in 2026 as an add-on to the current bikeshare
scheme.
2)
Cabinet
agrees for an e-scooter consultation to take place alongside the
application and for the results of the consultation to be reported
back with full financial analysis for approval on the way
forward.
Related Meeting
Cabinet - Thursday, 16th October, 2025 2.00pm on October 16, 2025
Supporting Documents
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 16 Oct 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |