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MASTER PUBLIC REGISTER · RECONCILED 17 SEPTEMBER 2026

INVESTIGATIONS REGISTER

All recorded WATCH Sussex investigations and monitoring items, including live, awaiting-records, hold, completed, merged and closed work. A case being investigated is not an allegation.

Numbering control. Permanent WSN references are never renumbered or reused. The reconciled register keeps WSN-2026-002 as the NES enforcement trial, WSN-2026-005 as Old Barn Way / Southwick FC, WSN-2026-006 as Albion Street and WSN-2026-007 as Southwick empty homes. Internal CASE- references do not consume a WSN number. Gaps are intentional.
Status control. Completed and merged cases remain visible for transparency. MONITOR means a topic is retained but is not consuming active investigation capacity. HOLD means publication/action is paused pending the stated evidence or decision point.
WSN-2026-001 · AWAITING RECORDS

Southwick Beach transfer to Shoreham Port Authority

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

EIR sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-002 · AWAITING RECORDS

NES environmental-enforcement trial

Opened / recorded: 30 Aug 2026

FOI sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-003 · MONITOR

Cheesmur & Southwick flats

Opened / recorded: 26 Aug 2026

Historical portfolio item — monitor / awaiting evidence route
WSN-2026-004 · MONITOR

Shoreham flood wall / Sussex Yacht Club

Opened / recorded: 2026

Monitor — escalate only on material new decision, expenditure or evidence
WSN-2026-005 · AWAITING RECORDS

Old Barn Way / Southwick FC Community Sports Hub

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-006 · AWAITING RECORDS

Albion Street council housing failure

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-007 · AWAITING RECORDS

Southwick 44 empty council homes refurbishment

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

Information request sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-008 · COMPLETED

Connected Communities £115k

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Published work completed; reopen only on new expenditure/outcome evidence
WSN-2026-009 · COMPLETED

Eastbrook Manor Youth Hub

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Published work completed; no live investigation route
WSN-2026-010 · COMPLETED

Budget update

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Update completed; future budgets assessed as new accountability questions
WSN-2026-011 · MONITOR

Street environment

Opened / recorded: 2026

Broad monitor — promote only on a specific measurable accountability gap
WSN-2026-012 · MONITOR

HMOs & migrant accommodation

Opened / recorded: 2026

Research/monitor — requires a precise evidence-led regulatory, spending or transparency question
WSN-2026-013 · MONITOR

Worthing rough sleeping funding

Opened / recorded: 2026

Draft/monitor — promote only if funding/outcome records establish a defined VFM question
WSN-2026-014 · MONITOR

WSCC Highway Ranger

Opened / recorded: 2026

Draft/monitor — escalate on identifiable expenditure, performance or governance evidence
WSN-2026-015 · REFERENCE

Sussex Mayor governance timeline

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Completed reference material — retained as background to Mayor accountability
WSN-2026-016 · MONITOR

Gatwick / utilities

Opened / recorded: 2026

Monitor — requires a specific accountable decision, spend or governance issue
WSN-2026-017 · MONITOR

Southern Water CEO incentive

Opened / recorded: 2026

Monitor — no formal investigation without a defined Sussex accountability nexus and primary evidence
WSN-2026-018 · COMPLETED / MONITOR

Recycling & food waste

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Posts completed; reopen only for a specific cost, performance or decision gap
WSN-2026-019 · COMPLETED / MONITOR

PCC scrutiny

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Generic scrutiny moved to monitoring beat; focused case only on specific evidence
WSN-2026-020 · COMPLETED / MONITOR

Buses / rail

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Generic transport moved to monitoring beat; specific decisions may create new cases
WSN-2026-021 · COMPLETED

WSCC Chichester Library

Opened / recorded: Closed 10 Sep 2026

Published case completed; reopen only on material new evidence
WSN-2026-022 · LIVE PROGRAMME

Queen's Park Election Watch

Opened / recorded: Sep 2026

Election accountability pilot — questionnaire, 17 Sep hustings and 24 Sep polling workflowVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-023 · MERGED

Southwick FC tracker

Opened / recorded: Merged 10 Sep 2026

Merged into WSN-2026-005; history retained, evidence continues under WSN-2026-005VIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-024 · AWAITING RECORDS

West Sussex Growth Deals 2025–2030

Opened / recorded: 31 Aug 2026

FOI/EIR acknowledged — awaiting records; WSCC FOI/13648VIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-025 · AWAITING RECORDS

Southwick Estate regeneration

Opened / recorded: 31 Aug 2026

FOI/EIR sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-026 · AWAITING RECORDS

Growing Sussex 5G — commercial partner sites

Opened / recorded: 31 Aug 2026

FOI/EIR acknowledged — awaiting records; WSCC FOI/13649VIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-027 · AWAITING RECORDS

Rustington Bus Corridor / Environmental Impact

Opened / recorded: 3 Sep 2026

EIR/FOI sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-031 · FINDINGS PUBLISHED

Jess Brown-Fuller MP — money, record & accountability

Opened / recorded: 4 Sep 2026

Findings published — no misconduct finding; response window closedVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-032 · FINDINGS PUBLISHED

Helena Dollimore MP — money, record & accountability

Opened / recorded: 6 Sep 2026

Findings published — attribution questions; no substantive response by deadlineVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-033 · AWAITING RECORDS

West Sussex LGR — taxpayer costs, commitments and abortive-cost exposure

Opened / recorded: 7 Sep 2026

Cross-authority FOI programme — acknowledgements received/arriving; awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-034 · AWAITING RECORDS

Worthing — Montague Gardens £3.1m cost, design and value for money

Opened / recorded: 8 Sep 2026

Two information-request chains sent — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-035 · AWAITING RECORDS

Southwick / Shoreham Harbour — recurring gas-like odours

Opened / recorded: 9 Sep 2026

Requests to council, Environment Agency and SGN — acknowledgements recorded; awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-036 · AWAITING RECORDS

The Gardens, Southwick — EV chargepoint site selection, parking pressure and crossover policy

Opened / recorded: 16 Sep 2026

WSCC FOI/13801 acknowledged 17 Sep — awaiting recordsVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-037 · AWAITING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Adur & Worthing proposed Joint Local Plan — expenditure, evidence and governance

Opened / recorded: 17 Sep 2026

Targeted FOI/EIR sent 17 Sep — awaiting acknowledgement/referenceVIEW CASE →
WSN-2026-038 · HOLD / PRE-DECISION

Horsham affordable-housing S106 / seven garage sites / 22 proposed social-rent homes

Opened / recorded: 17 Sep 2026

Evidence baseline established; publication hold pending 23 Sep Cabinet papers/decisionVIEW CASE →
CASE-PROCUREMENT-BASELINE · RESEARCHING

Adur/Worthing procurement baseline 2025–26

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

Internal case key — no public WSN number assignedVIEW CASE →
CASE-PORT-GOVERNANCE · RESEARCHING

Shoreham Port corporate structure and public-interest links

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

Internal case key — no public WSN number assignedVIEW CASE →
CASE-WORTHING-HEAT · AWAITING RECORDS

Worthing Heat Network concession and enabling-works scrutiny

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

Internal case key — EIR/FOI sent; no public WSN number assignedVIEW CASE →
CASE-ASHCROFT-HOUSE · MONITOR / REVIEW

Ashcroft House delivery-model change

Opened / recorded: 27 Aug 2026

Internal case key — public research exhausted; targeted disclosure only if evidence gap warrants itVIEW CASE →
CASE-RUTLAND-STAFFING · FINDINGS PUBLISHED / CLOSED

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

Opened / recorded: Sep 2026

Findings published; response window closed; late substantive response will be added fairlyVIEW CASE →
CASE-SBSA-DIGITAL-TWIN · LIVE CLARIFICATION

Integrated Transport Digital Twin

Opened / recorded: 30 Aug 2026

PME received; session materials/decision-record clarification outstandingVIEW CASE →
CASE-SUSSEX-BUS-REFORM · AWAITING RECORDS

Sussex Bus Reform

Opened / recorded: 3 Sep 2026

BHCC case 26340525 — received 3 Sep; expected response 1 Oct 2026VIEW CASE →
CASE-CONNECTED-COMMUNITIES · MONITOR / AUDIT

Connected Communities Grant Fund — governance, allocation & delivery audit

Opened / recorded: 5 Sep 2026

Internal case key; distinct from completed historical WSN-2026-008 item
CASE-WSCC-AUDIT-CONTROLS · LIVE

WSCC internal audit — transport, school places and lane-rental controls

Opened / recorded: 13 Sep 2026

Official audit-control evidence stream; follow-up against committee records