A council is considering “very interesting” proposals to transform a seafront car park.

Last year, Worthing Borough Council decided to sell Grafton car park for it to be demolished to make way for at least 150 new homes, as well as enhanced leisure facilities, commercial units and green spaces.

Since then, the council has been looking for a developer to execute the project and has been receiving responses from businesses interested in taking the scheme on.

Land on offer includes the car park, the bowling alley, the Level 1 food and drink area, a small number of shops in Montague Street and access roads to neighbouring buildings, covering roughly an area the size of a football pitch.

“We’ve told you previously how we’re looking for a developer who would be interested in working with us to transform the site - someone that shares our vision of high-quality, highly-sustainable homes, attractive green areas and leisure attractions that will bring benefits for all of our residents,” a council spokesman said.

“We’ve received a large number of responses from both national and locally-based companies, who’ve registered their interest in being involved and spelled out in broad terms what they think could be achieved on the land.

“Some of those ideas have been very interesting, so we’re taking our time to go through them all carefully and evaluating thoroughly which of them have the most potential. This is a key step towards the redevelopment of the site so we’re not going to rush it.”