A controversial bid to replace the windows in an iconic 1960s high-rise has received more than 200 objections - including from Tracey Emin.

The world-famous artist, who owns a flat at Arlington House in Margate, says she is “totally opposed” to the “inappropriate” proposals.

Leaseholder Freshwater wants to swap the sliding design of the current windows - which some residents say are draughty - to a ‘tilt-and-turn’ style, which will result in “slightly thicker” frames.

Its application was recommended for approval by Thanet District Council (TDC) officers, with councillors set to vote on the plans at a meeting on Wednesday evening.

But it has now been pulled from the agenda so further consultation can take place and will be brought before the committee in due course.

But many residents fear the new windows will spoil the Brutalist aesthetic of the tower block.

Ms Emin wrote on TDC’s planning portal: “Arlington House is a historic building in Margate. At the time of its construction, Margate was booming, and it was an emblem of the future.

“In the last few decades, it's been left to go to rack and ruin without care or respect for its monumental brutalist architecture. Freshwater understood this responsibility when taking on this building.

“They cannot get away with replacing the originals with cheap, badly styled, inappropriate windows.

“As a flat owner in Arlington House, I'm totally opposed to their proposal. In short, these are wrong for this building.”

KentOnline previously spoke to residents of Arlington House, including Simon Pengelly, who claimed he would try to electrocute anyone who tries to replace his windows.

The 75-year-old said: “To replace them with tilt and turn would give a totally bizarre appearance from the outside, totally out of character with the design of the building.

“It would give it different reflections from all different angles.”

A tilt-and-turn window is built as one panel which leans in or out from the rest of the frame.

In planning documents, Freshwater says these will be safer than the current design.

But Mr Pengelly added: “My windows will not be replaced. I will connect live mains to them if they try.

“They will not change these windows. So at least one flat will look different to the rest anyway.”

However, some people living in the flats complain that the old windows “shake and rattle in the wind”.

Lyndon Brand, 60, said: “None of them fit properly and they're all draughty. The wind howls through them.

“They're just terrible. They rattle and shake.

“There are many windows in the block that have had seagull strikes and cracked.

“In the summer, the heat distorts the frames and cracks the glass.”

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In a report ahead of the planning committee hearing, a TDC officer wrote: “Overall, the proposed works would see the upgrading of the windows within the tower block to create a more thermally efficient building, with improved acoustic performance and safe openings that meet building regulations and fire safety requirements.”

She noted that “not all occupants of the building are agreeable to the proposed works”, and it is expected that not every one will be changed.

“The site is neither listed nor does it fall within the conservation area, but it does lie within close proximity of the historic environment,” she continued.

“Although there is a general dislike within the community for the new design of the windows that have been chosen, evidence has been submitted confirming that like-for-like replacement sliding windows would not meet current building regulations.

“The proposed tilt and turn design will generate modestly wider frames, but otherwise, the glazing bar arrangement will appear in keeping with that of the existing windows.

“The proposed works will ultimately have a less than substantial impact upon the significance of the setting of the conservation area and listed buildings, which is considered to be, on balance, outweighed by the public benefits of the proposal.”