Plans to stage an exhibition of a controversial £220 million leisure and housing complex at a new library have been criticised.

A model and drawings of the proposed King Alfred development will be unveiled to Brighton and Hove city councillors at the Jubilee Library in Brighton on September 12, following a meeting which will make or break the seafront project.

But Councillor Averil Older said the decision to launch the exhibition at the Brighton library is a "slap in the face" to Hove residents.

She said: "People in Hove have been objecting to these plans ever since I have been a councillor. The fact they are having the exhibition at the Jubilee Library is disgraceful.

"They have done it because it's new and prestigious and has won awards but it's as if they are saying Hove library or town hall is not good enough."

If the proposals for the development are given the go-ahead at the council's policy and resources committee, the plans are likely to be submitted to the planning committee the next day.

The exhibition will move to Hove Town Hall on October 31 until the application is decided, which could take months.

Coun Older said: "I would have been furious if it hadn't come here at all but I think it should have been here first as a matter of courtesy to the residents directly affected."

The proposals will go on show to the public from September 13 after the private viewing on the 12th.

Councillor Brian Oxley said: "I certainly think there should be an exhibition closer to the people immediately affected.

"The organisers should be mindful of people's concerns and having this kind of launch seems rather presumptuous.

"It's as if they are assuming it will be passed at the meeting and this is some kind of celebration. But the people who have objected won't be celebrating."

Josh Arghiros, Karis managing director, said: "The Jubilee Library is in the centre of the city and we believe it is accessible to everyone.

"Hove residents who are unable to visit it will be able to consider the proposals when the exhibition moves to Hove Town Hall."

Valerie Paynter, leader of Save Hove, said: "Everyone here is incensed. The exhibition should be in Hove at the earliest opportunity. People here see this as a deliberate snub."