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Updated 3 September 2026. Summaries are not the original request wording. An acknowledgement does not mean substantive records have arrived. Private email screenshots are not published here.

CASE-PROCUREMENT-BASELINE

Adur/Worthing procurement baseline 2025–26

Researching

No live sent request currently recorded. A draft is not a sent request.

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CASE-PORT-GOVERNANCE

Shoreham Port corporate structure and public-interest links

Researching

No live sent request currently recorded. A draft is not a sent request.

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WSN-2026-001

Southwick Beach transfer to Shoreham Port Authority

EIR sent — awaiting records

Southwick Beach transfer to Shoreham Port Authority

Valuation/disposal records, best-consideration analysis, approvals, completion/covenant and related due-diligence records.

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CASE-WORTHING-HEAT

Worthing Heat Network concession and enabling-works scrutiny

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting acknowledgement/records

Worthing Heat Network concession and enabling-works scrutiny

Concession agreement; £250m/£500m; public funding; enabling packages; AECOM; Teville Gate; land rights; performance/delivery.

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WSN-2026-006

Albion Street council housing failure

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting records

Albion Street council housing failure

Westridge award/payments/variations; professional team; Cheesmur appointment; budgets; defect reports; protections/recovery.

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WSN-2026-005

Old Barn Way / Southwick FC Community Sports Hub

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting records

Old Barn Way / Southwick FC Community Sports Hub

Lease, funding, costs, procurement/appointments, operator selection, planning/community-use obligations.

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WSN-2026-007

Southwick 44 empty council homes refurbishment

Information request sent — awaiting acknowledgement/records

Southwick 44 empty council homes refurbishment

Void periods, refurbishment costs, contractors, rent-loss impact, backlog reasons, timetable; later clarification adds 2023 intervention and 2026 selection questions.

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CASE-ASHCROFT-HOUSE

Ashcroft House delivery-model change

Public research exhausted — targeted disclosure required later

No live sent request currently recorded. A draft is not a sent request.

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WSN-2026-002

NES environmental-enforcement trial

FOI SENT — AWAITING RECORDS

NES environmental-enforcement trial

NES trial records; exact authority/regime details to be verified from sent email if needed.

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CASE-RUTLAND-STAFFING

Tom Rutland — staffing, committee work and constituency-first accountability

FINDINGS — ROR CLOSED · NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE BY DEADLINE

Sussex-wide staffing-cost comparison

Evidence stage closed 7 September after the stated response deadline passed with no substantive reply identified. Final findings cover staffing costs, verified CMS Committee attendance and constituency-first scrutiny of activity outside East Worthing & Shoreham. Current VFM remains 12/17, 55.88, MIXED+.

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CASE-SBSA-DIGITAL-TWIN

Integrated Transport Digital Twin

PME RECEIVED — AWAITING SESSION MATERIALS

Integrated Transport Digital Twin

PME document and materials supplied to prospective participants; excluded supplier responses and confidential submissions.

The Preliminary Market Engagement brief has been received and reviewed. WATCH requested the presentation slides and session summary on 2 September, for release after the 4 September supplier session.

SBSA001 2026006

Original request sent 30 August; access-help follow-up sent 1 September; brief reviewed and session-materials follow-up sent 2 September. Same request chain.

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WSN-2026-024

West Sussex Growth Deals 2025–2030

ACKNOWLEDGED — AWAITING RECORDS

West Sussex Growth Deals 2025–2030

Project costs; secured/unsecured funding; sources; spend; status; timetable; leads; programme tracker; risks; governance.

Acknowledgement only; no substantive disclosure

FOI/13648

Authority-stated response date: 28 September 2026.

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WSN-2026-026

Growing Sussex 5G — commercial partner sites

ACKNOWLEDGED — AWAITING RECORDS

Growing Sussex 5G — commercial partner sites

Partner financial/in-kind contributions; site expenditure; ownership/post-project use; agreements; selection.

Acknowledgement only; no substantive disclosure

FOI/13649

Authority-stated response date: 28 September 2026.

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WSN-2026-025

Southwick Estate regeneration

FOI/EIR SENT — AWAITING RECORDS

Southwick Estate regeneration

Spending since 2021; consultants; options; estimate; homes; leasehold acquisitions.

No disclosure available in reviewed material

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CASE-SUSSEX-BUS-REFORM

Sussex Bus Reform

FOI ACKNOWLEDGED — AWAITING RECORDS

Brighton & Hove City Council has formally acknowledged the bus-franchising reviews and feasibility-study request as case 26340525. It records receipt on 3 September 2026 and an expected response by 1 October 2026. No substantive records have yet been disclosed.

Request covers annual review records, the status and costs of the later feasibility study, and handover or reuse of existing studies. The two automatic receipts do not contain answers.

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WSN-2026-027

Rustington Bus Corridor / Environmental Impact

EIR/FOI SENT — AWAITING RECORDS

Following a resident’s concern, WATCH sent West Sussex County Council an EIR/FOI request on 3 September about bus movements, timing points, idling and environmental impacts in Rustington. Acknowledgement and records remain awaited.

Request covers movements/services; timing points/waiting; idling; complaints; environmental and health assessments; Enhanced Partnership/BSIP records; mitigation; and responsible services. No independent daily count or measured environmental impact is established.

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