It features a working harbour and residential housing alongside a variety of leisure, retail and commercial activities.

Brighton Corporation purchased the foreshore at the Black Rock site from the Crown Estate Commissioners for £50,000 on 1 March 1972.

It featured street performers, fireworks and aqua themed entertainment and coincided with the final days of the Brighton Festival.

Amongst previous owners, Brunswick Developments Group plc owned the head lease of Brighton Marina.

[15] On the east and south side of the marina there are a number of residential buildings made up of townhouses and apartments, some of which come with their own moorings.

Planning permission for a new district of the marina to contain 853 new apartments, cafés, bars and restaurants was approved by Brighton & Hove City Council in July 2006.

The centrepiece building is to be a skyscraper dubbed The Roaring Forties which would stand at 40 storeys tall and include a public viewing platform on the top floor.

[18] Until 2013 no significant building work has started and the whole project had been put on hold in view of the poor financial climate.

[22] The plans included several tall apartment blocks (the tallest would be Marina Point which would be 28 storeys high and Quayside which was to be 16 storeys), various new retail provisions including small shops, a new central square (where the current roundabout stands) and an "eco park", connected to the Undercliff Walk.