What is so far evident in Frank Gehry's proposed design for the King Alfred site is that it would take many lengths of practice in a swimming pool for anybody to be able to see his buildings properly.

All the computer graphics show it from the south at a distance which would be quite a swim out to sea.

What would it look like from the north - the less sunny side - with the "affordable housing" visible?

And why has Mr Gehry apparently replaced the pebbles of the beach with a form of decking? He is held in a certain regard but, with concern about climate change, even he would be being foolish to play fast and loose with nature.

Also, why has the cost of the sports centre - originally, the whole point of this development - suddenly jumped to £45 million?

The economics of all this, in a turbulent market, must give pause for thought.

As the rejected plans for the Caffyn site and for a larger Babylon Lounge show, the seafront is difficult to build upon.

Anybody who welcomes one of Mr Gehry's designs would feel far happier if he were provided with a site more suited to his natural bent, rather than see him constricted by the King Alfred.

If Hove is to have a Gehry - and why not? - let's have a good Gehry.

-Christopher Hawtree, Hove