One of the best projects achieved in the last decade in Brighton and Hove was renovating the seafront between the piers.

Millions of people enjoy the bars, restaurants, clubs, sports courts, fishing quarter and arts arches. They are part of the vibrant scene that makes Brighton and Hove a worthy contender for the Capital of Culture in 2008.

The where else campaign has highlighted many other unique features of the city.

But Brighton and Hove is being let down by the state of the seafront between the Palace Pier and Black Rock.

The Aquarium Terraces remain unfilled years after they should have been completed. The historic Madeira Lift has not been working properly. Black Rock has been derelict for more than 20 years.

But the worst eyesore of all is Peter Pan's Playground right in the middle of the Kemp Town seafront.

Ambitious plans to restore it have never been realised and a promise of a free children's playground has not been kept.

The city council should take swift action. Either it should extract promises of restoration from the operator or it should find someone else to take it over.

This playground is never going to win conservation awards but it could be a big leisure attraction. In its current state, it is letting down the city and blunting its ambition.