Comic legend Max Miller's statue will be unveiled for the second time after a row over where the bronze effigy should stand was settled.

Sunday, August 12 is the date provisionally set by the Max Miller Appreciation Society for the reintroduction of the cheeky chappy's likeness.

Jack Strutt, of the Max Miller Appreciation Society and editor of its magazine, said: "We've got the plans approved and that's the date we are aiming for.

"There is to be some celebration but not on the scale as last time as we have very little time.

"We knew when we first put the statue up there was a possibility that something might happen in New Road but there were no definite plans.

"We looked at several sites in New Road and had a little opposition but in the end we got there. This site became available at the last minute and we think it will be better than the original site."

The bronze model of the Brighton-born comic will be unveiled in a corner of the Pavilion Gardens in New Road, Brighton, after Brighton and Hove City Council gave approval for the statue's new home last month.

It will be placed opposite the access road leading to Brighton Dome and will be angled so it is looking at the old Empire Music Hall, where Max originally performed.

The £30,000 life-sized statue was originally unveiled in New Road in May 2005 but later removed for major work along the route.

It was to have been re-sited outside the main entrance to the Pavilion Theatre, part of the Brighton Dome, but these plans were objected to by the Dome because it would have obstructed the busy entrance to the box office and stage door.

It suggested the figure would be better placed on the seafront near Palace Pier, which caused some upset to members of the society, which had raised the funds for its erection.

Mr Strutt said that while celebrations for the second unveiling would not be on a similar scale to the first, the society would mark the occasion as best it could given the time scale.

Watched by a host of famous faces including Roy Hudd, June Whitfield and George Melly, comedian Sir Norman Wisdom originally unveiled the statue in May 2005.

Stars from the stage and TV were also among hundreds of people at the ceremony to mark the event as well as Max Miller lookalikes from across the country.

The comedian was born and raised in Brighton and would often return home to walk along the promenade. He died in his hometown in 1963.