THERE have been no feasible plans to build an ice rink in Brighton and Hove, a council has said.

Campaigners have been demanding a new attraction in the city for years since Brighton’s last permanent ice rink closed 17 years ago.

Now a Brighton and Hove City Council spokesman has told The Argus it had not identified any “feasible” proposals for a rink in the area.

Councillors are set to debate the topic in a tourism committee meeting on Thursday.

“We have previously undertaken an exercise inviting potential designers, builders and operators to work with the council to identify whether the provision of a new permanent ice rink is feasible in Brighton and Hove,” the council spokesman said.

“This exercise was not successful in identifying any feasible proposal for an ice rink in the city at this time.

“We will continue to listen to any proposals presented to us.”

Councillor Robert Nemeth said he was concerned the city council was going back on its promises.

Later this week he will ask the city council what progress it has made to making the idea a reality.

“The Labour administration made numerous promises to the public, including when one particularly young ice rink campaigner came to a council meeting and was told that an ice rink for the city was a real possibility,” Cllr Nemeth said.

“I would be concerned if it turned out that these promises were quietly being dropped.

“Following numerous promises that were made to members of the public campaigning for an ice rink in the city, what progress has been made in finding a site and making the idea a reality?”

The Royal Pavilion runs a temporary ice rink each winter.

But the city has not had a permanent rink since 2003.

Numerous plans for an permanent ice rink in the city have been proposed and scrapped over the years.

Proposals to build an Olympic-sized rink on the derelict Black Rock site trundled along for five years before they were spiked in 2012.

Most recently businessman Simon James drew up plans to build a rink at Victoria Recreation Ground in Portslade.

But his “dream” never materialised after he revealed the proposal two years ago.

Mr James had previously touted the King Alfred site on Hove seafront as a potential area for an ice rink.