The public-record trail behind WATCH Sussex investigations. Requests, responses and source documents are tied to a case number so readers can see what is established, what is still being sought and what has not yet been published.
6LIVE CASE FILES
3REQUESTS SENT 27 AUG
1RIGHT OF REPLY STAGE
0FINAL FINDINGS PUBLISHED
DOCUMENT RULE: WATCH publishes or links to primary records where possible. A request being sent is not evidence of wrongdoing, and an unanswered question is not treated as a finding.
WSN-2026-001 · NETWORK / ADUR
Southwick Beach / Shoreham Port
AWAITING RESPONSE · EIR SENT
Environmental Information Regulations requestSent 27 August 2026. WATCH is seeking records covering the transfer, decision-making, valuation/public-interest case, access protections and the financial assumptions behind the transaction.
Published source trailCouncil and Shoreham Port material is being retained as the baseline public record. The full EIR response will be added when received.
Response statusAwaiting substantive records. No adverse conclusion is being drawn while the requested material is outstanding.
Publication statusRequest logged. Response documents not yet published on the site.
Information requestSent 27 August 2026 seeking the records needed to establish the chronology, remediation issues, contractor change and full cost position.
Existing public recordsPublished material already identifies the 49-home scheme, contractor disruption, additional Housing Revenue Account approval and Homes England grant. These are being separated from actual final expenditure.
Response statusAwaiting the underlying records and any substantive council response.
Publication statusRequest logged. Supporting source documents will be added as the evidence bundle is prepared.
Information requestSent 27 August 2026. The requested trail covers project budget development, procurement, contractor/operator arrangements and long-term community-benefit commitments.
Funding recordsPublished material describes a project of roughly £3.8m, including Football Foundation and West Sussex County Council funding. WATCH is checking how those headline figures map to actual commitments and final delivery.
Response statusAwaiting records before reaching findings on procurement, delivery or final cost.
Records being soughtContract terms, payment arrangements, performance reports, challenge/cancellation data and environmental outcome measures.
Published baselineThe investigation records 676 penalty notices in the period examined. WATCH is treating enforcement volume separately from evidence of environmental improvement.
Response statusEvidence gathering in progress. No value-for-money finding has been reached.
Publication statusNo response bundle published yet.
Documents under reviewWATCH is tracing the commissioning route, recipient organisations, contract or grant terms, milestones and published outputs connected with the reported £500,000 work.
Value-for-money testThe evidence trail will record what was commissioned, what was delivered and how performance is intended to be measured.
Response statusInvestigation in progress as primary documents and responses are logged.
Publication statusDocument review active; no final findings published.
Published expenditure comparisonWATCH has logged the published 2024/25 staffing figures used in the case comparison. The difference in figures is evidence for a question, not by itself evidence of wrongdoing.
Questions / right of replyContext has been sought on staffing structure, start dates, turnover and current recruitment so legitimate differences can be properly reflected.
Response statusAt request-response stage. A substantive explanation will be published or fairly summarised alongside the evidence.
Publication statusComparison logged; response awaited before any substantive finding.