I think we need to be realistic - most of Seaford town is at or below sea level. I am lucky enough to live by the seafront but be above sea level- however vast swathes of the town are not, going back as far as Brooklyn road which is below sea level and many roads go up to the beach eg ringer road, cricket field, west view etc. the beach is not as it was pre 87- there is a lot of beach still left- held in place by granite rocks up against the sea wall- the drop from sea wall to beach was considerably more than a couple of ft as it is now. If the beach was allowed to go back to pre 87 the town would flood... Regularly pretty much every time there is a stormy high tide. Dutch engineers originally advised a groyne arm should be built at Seaford to match the Newhaven lighthouse arm creating a bay - we could've paid for that ten times over in the last thirty years rather than the cheaper option that was taken to bank the beach up with imported pebbles. If the alternative arm can be built I am in favour but if it can't the beach must be banked up again or Seaford will return to being a flood hit town - don't forget the sea has flooded all the way up to st Leonard's before! How businesses would stay in a town that floods all the time??

#28: H - Beach

The drop from the promenade was 6 mtrs  or 20ft in old money ,The sea wall was failing and a solution was found by Southern Water  at a cost off 9million pounds it was designed with a 10yr life expectancy , it has lasted 26 years so well done to the guys who decided this was the correct sea defence , Who in Seaford has flooded since it was built in 1987 , Some of the older residents will tell you of sea water in the salts and outside the post office the wellington public house, and many low lying areas, unfortunatly no one wants to hear this and think that there is a easy fix ,What we have now is the most cost effective flood protection , Well done to the EA !