Dozens of beach huts are to be put on sale as part of a seafront refurbishment programme.

Campaigners are angry at plans to demolish 60 concrete Fifties beach huts at Seaford and replace them with modern huts made of wood and plastic.

Now Seaford Town Council plans to sell the new huts for £7,000 each, which would bring in £420,000 if all 60 were sold.

People would own the huts forever but would have to pay ground rent, set at £260.

A road leading to the huts would be resurfaced and extra lighting would be installed, along with CCTV anti-crime cameras.

Protesters from the 200-strong Seaford Bay Protection Group are up in arms about the proposal and accuse the council of "selling off the family silver".

But the council says the scheme would make the seafront more attractive and save money, cutting spiralling maintenance costs that make the concrete huts a drain on resources.

Jill Eakins, from the group, said: "It seems Blackpool is about to come to Seaford.

"The council says its aim is to enhance the appearance of the seafront but these design proposals seem to us to be in the worst possible taste, reminiscent of Disneyland."

Seaford Town Council leader Jon Freeman said: "The benefit of selling them instead of continuing to lease them out is that we would get the money straight back. It would not cost any council money to carry out the seafront improvements.

"The big problem for the council in terms of paying more money to maintain the concrete huts than we got back was that only a limited number of people benefited from the beach huts being there.

"We don't feel council tax payers should have to finance something that only benefits a handful of people."

The council will decide whether to sell the beach huts at a meeting on Thursday, August 18. People angry at the plans can call campaigners on 01323 894870.