Putting aside the development of the King Alfred, it is disgraceful how the existing leisure centre has been allowed to deteriorate.

The playground may not be cutting edge but there is a nice outdoor cafe and kitsch amusements redolent of a traditional resort. In an ultra-modern Brighton, this needs a preservation order.

A revamp, good branding and an artist-designed entrance feature would upgrade this facility.

More worrying is the state of the leisure centre itself.

I inspected the southern face of the King Alfred, in which there are 16 alcoves with overhead lights. The far left, number one, has a spherical lampshade, which is missing from all the others. Number two has no shade or bulb, just a bare socket. There are eight more like this. Three over-lamps have bulbs which are skewed out of line.

What concerned me most, however, was that three other lamps, numbers seven, ten and 11, had nothing but bare electrical wires hanging down.

These are unsightly, certainly, but are they live? Also, why do the lights not work in what is a dark and secluded area at night?

I have reported the matter to City Direct, as this is surely a breach of health and safety regulations.

I have spoken to the Health and Safety Executive in East Grinstead, who says this is a matter for Brighton and Hove City Council's environmental services department.

-Peter Poole, Brighton