May I ask the name of the Philistine who sanctioned the stone and red brick infill to the Church Street face of the Royal Pavilion estate in Brighton? The main building is of yellow bricks.

Where are the voices of the conservationists who surely ought to object to the desecration of the Corn Exchange roof? Who accepted as complete the erection of the lamp standards in the Queens Road scheme? After all this time, some are still without their finials.

I suppose these things are unimportant in a city where it is now normal for the streets to be strewn with uncollected rubbish and pavements covered in chewing gum and sticky tape. Brighton and Hove has a fine architectural heritage but parts of the city are a disgrace.

What has Brighton and Hove City Council let it become? While many other places can support a large and comprehensive department store, the closure of Hanningtons says everything about our downward spiral.

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