Beachside toilets are set to be renovated as part of wider plans to restore the seafront arches to their former glory.

Brighton and Hove City Council yesterday submitted a planning application for refurbishment of the toilets near Madeira Terrace.

The project will see repairs to help solve water ingress and installation of urinals which are closer to the period style.

In the planning application, a spokesman for the council said staff on site were currently using hoppers and buckets to catch rainwater pouring from above the pedestrianised terrace.

To solve the problem, the council plans to carry out external repairs as well as installing rainwater hoppers decorated to match the style of the terraces.

The council added: “The current sanitary facilities are unlikely, given their appearance, to be original.

“This refurbishment does, therefore, generate an opportunity to reintroduce an architectural style that would be likely to be more in line with what may have existed when the public toilets were first built.

New urinals are proposed to be inspired by period-style toilets, such as the example aboveNew urinals are proposed to be inspired by period-style toilets, such as the example above (Image: Brighton and Hove City Council)

“The refurbishment proposals are therefore to install urinals which take their cues from comparable public convenience from a similar age.”

The proposals will “greatly improve accessibility” and will provide “modern, compliant and easily accessible facilities”.

Brighton and Hove City Council submitted the application for the designs to itself and the plans will be consulted upon until the beginning of November.

The plans come as part of the wider project to restore the Madeira Terrace arches which have been ongoing for a number of years.

Earlier this month the council confirmed that it had found a contractor for the Grade I* Listed terrace. JT Mackley and Co will take on the first phase of work having previously worked on other heritage site restorations.

In the first phase, 28 of the 151 arches and bays will be restored and will include a new lift.

A new staircase from the deck near the Concorde 2 building will also be created.