Ashcroft House delivery-model change
What did Adur spend and commit on its original council-led Ashcroft redevelopment before changing to a long-lease/development agreement with Worthing Homes, and does the new arrangement protect the value of the council's land and guarantee housing for Adur residents?
CURRENT POSITION
Public research identifies a competitively tendered £129,200 demolition contract and evidence of a 250-year lease for a reported £500,000 premium. No live information request is recorded.
NEXT ACTION
Retain the targeted-disclosure hold. Signed terms, valuation, nomination rights and earlier sunk costs remain the key evidence gaps.
RESPONSIBLE BODY
Adur District Council / Worthing Homes
REFERENCE / TIMING
No authority reference recorded
No newly verified response date in this release; existing provisional dates are not presented as confirmed deadlines.
Status checked: 3 September 2026. An acknowledgement is not a substantive response. Research questions are not findings of wrongdoing.
Public sources
- Current Ashcroft project page – Worthing Homes, 57 flats, all allocated from Adur register — Adur & Worthing Councils
- 2023 £10m Ashcroft council-led construction procurement — Find a Tender
- Feb 2024 M&M Demolition decision and explanation that Homes England funding was unavailable during regulatory breach — Open Council Network / council record
- Brownfield Land Release Fund award – £407,000 — GOV.UK
- 12 Nov 2024 disposal to Worthing Homes and development agreement approved — Open Council Network / council record
- Cross-authority case study records Ashcroft approval as 250-year lease subject to planning and Homes England funding — Charnwood Borough Council supporting report
- Current 57-home Worthing Homes scheme – planning permission granted — KKM Architects
- 2022 original council design – estimated £11m total development cost — PRP
- M&M demolition award – £129,200; five tenders; 60/40 price-quality; highest score — Open Council Network / council record
- Nov 2024 committee report – Worthing Homes £500,000 lease premium and Adur allocation rights — Sussex Local
- Official case study – Ashcroft approval as 250-year lease subject to planning/Homes England funding — Charnwood Borough Council