Heritage experts working to restore a Victorian town to its glory have three months to decide how to spend more than half a million pounds.

A grant of £800,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund was given to the Dovercourt Townscape Heritage Initiative in 2005.

About £150,000 has already been spent on helping to reinstate the Victorian character of buildings in the town.

Although a number of properties in Orwell Terrace and its surrounding area have been improved under the initiative, a large proportion of the money is still to be used and project bosses have until March to allocate the money.

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