It seems to me that Hunstanton, its buildings and environment, have never been of interest to our parent council.

If one takes a walk starting at the Oasis and passes the large pile of bricks called Harlequin House, crosses the green to view the array of ghastly flat-roofed flats which form a backcloth to the town hall and then turns round to look at what is universally considered the ugliest building in Norfolk (the Pier, or what might be the end of one), then it should be obvious that the town has been cared for by a government of philistines.

In November 2006 Hunstanton town council staged a symposium to look at the needs of Hunstanton and its future.

One of a number of very sensible conclusions was that the town needed a facelift.

It needed to tidy up its shabby and neglected sites, such as the Kit Kat, the grotty fences round the recreation ground andchildren's play area.

Consultants engaged by the borough council to advise on regeneration also identified these sites as needing attention.

Most of the funding which will be needed here for regeneration will have to come from private enterprise.

Isn't it likely that until Hunstanton presents a better image developers will take their money elsewhere?

The Hunstanton town council symposium ended with this statement from the then leader of the borough council: "We have invested in Lynn and Downham and it is now your turn."

Eighteen months have passed and that promise has not been kept.

Alan King, Cliff Barn,

Old Hunstanton