Parish councillor Harold Williams has caused a row in the historic village of Rottingdean by moving to sell a seafront site.

There may now be an application for a futuristic, eight-storey block of flats on land behind the sea end of the High Street.

Many local people are upset about the proposed flats which, they say, will be out of keeping with the image of the village.

But the sea end of the High Street, unlike the main section, is hardly a place of beauty.

Much depends on the design of the flats. If they are bold and imaginative, they might greatly improve this part of the village.

If not, they should be rejected as they would be in other parts of Brighton and Hove.