"If the plan for the Anston House site goes ahead," writes Selma Montford of The Brighton Society, "the Rose Garden and the Rotunda Cafe will be severely affected by deep shadow for more than half the year. The roses will no longer flower and no one will want to sit outside the Rotunda..."

The plans can be viewed on Brighton and Hove's website; deadline for making comments and objections to Brighton and Hove Council is April 17. Local residents have created a petition to the council asking for them to reconsider the design, brightondeservesbetter.co.uk