Opponents of a huge new "urban village" in central Brighton say it will have a devastating impact on the neighbourhood.

The New England Consortium has submitted plans to the city council for a partly-derelict site near the railway station.

Plans include hundreds of homes, hotels, workspace, landscaping and a Sainsbury's store.

Brighton Urban Development and Design (Budd) said the application featured clusters of buildings, some of which were 30 metres high, built on a hillside rising 40 metres from London Road to the station.

Brighton Society secretary Selma Montford said: "This application, with its traffic generating supermarket and car park, is out of scale, out of keeping, and out of character with Brighton and the North Laine.

"The buildings will tower over the people who live and visit there, making the area intimidating and without a human scale.

"After seeing the plans I'm sad an opportunity to create a vibrant city quarter capturing the spirit and imagination of the North Laine has been missed by the developer.

"The character of neighbouring small shops and houses will be dwarfed by the tall buildings and divided by even busier roads."

The application is being evaluated by the council's planning team and is likely to be decided at a special meeting in March.

Local Green councillor Keith Taylor said: "There is not enough information being shared with the public about what impact this development will have on people's day-to-day lives.

"A full-scale model of the site has been produced. I have asked for it to be put on public display close to the application site."