A decision on whether the last home of television inventor John Logie Baird should be demolished has been deferred by councillors.

Developers want to knock down Baird Court in Sea Road, Bexhill, to make way for a five-storey block of 51 flats.

It is the second time developers have set their sights on the building after an application was first refused by Rother District Council in July.

But, following a failed bid by English Heritage to win the building listed status, plans for the site have been resubmitted.

The latest bid has been met with stiff opposition from historians.

They suggested that the building would not be under threat if it was sited in neighbouring Hastings, which has capitalised on its Baird links.

The district council met to discuss the application but have decided to defer their decision until another meeting.