An organisation is to review its plans for a high rise tower block in a city centre after the Government threw out the proposals.

Hugh Frost, chairman of the Beetham Organisation, which was hoping to build the 42-storey tower next to Brighton train station, said they intended to work in close collaboration with Brighton and Hove City Council on the development for the New England Quarter.

The proposals for the building, which would have been 400ft high, contained 146 flats, a public rooftop garden, hotel and pedestrianised square, faced fierce opposition from residents and councillors.

On Wednesday, Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for communities and local government, agreed with Brighton and Hove City Council's planners to reject the tower following a public inquiry last November.

Mr Frost said: "We are reviewing the incisive comments made in the inspector's report to the Secretary of State as a result of the public inquiry.

"We remain committed to delivering an exciting building to house a first-class hotel and apartments, incorporating a public square, landscaping and the provision of a link to the station, which will be a tremendous enhancement to New England Square.

"The site is concealed behind a nondescript 1980s building and the Victorian railway station and therefore it is important that the hotel design delivers a building with a sense of presence. We are confident that we can produce a new plan for the site that will satisfy both Brighton and Hove City Council and the local community."