now we just need the council to step up their game to restore or rebuild this iconic facade

Sadly. Nothing seems to be progressing much. Just more fencing to block off more of the steps down due to disrepair.

There's a bit further in town, where they started renovating another part of the prom, and the road collapsed. A hole appeared and they closed one side of the road. That was about years ago and it's still not repaired. At lease they are actively working on that one.

It's the main seafront road so causes havoc with the traffic as you can imagine.