Old Barn Way / Southwick FC Community Sports Hub
Does the approximately £3.8m Old Barn Way project have a transparent funding, lease, procurement and long-term operating structure that protects the council's land and public investment?
Related fact check: Old Barn Way: is there £2m from the Football Foundation? Reviewed 3 September 2026. This does not close the investigation.
CURRENT POSITION
The existing request covers the Old Barn Way lease, funding, procurement and community-access protections. Public funding information has been cross-checked; the underlying records remain awaited.
NEXT ACTION
Review the lease, funding conditions, appointments and community-use obligations together when disclosed.
RESPONSIBLE BODY
Adur District Council / Russell Martin Foundation / West Sussex County Council
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
- Old Barn Way project page – ownership, operator selection, £3.8m funding, £2m Football Foundation, £500k WSCC, public-access plans — Adur & Worthing Councils
- March 2026 project announcement — Adur & Worthing Councils
- 2021 £50k S106 funding and 25-year lease announcement — Russell Martin Foundation
- RMF 2023-24 accounts – £54,780 Old Barn deficit, £2m award, lease/funding release position, £300k Adur confirmation — Charity Commission
- AWDM/0448/26 planning variation – smaller clubhouse, pitch relocation, drainage redesign — West Sussex County Council
- Russell Martin Foundation company filings – latest accounts to 31 Aug 2025 filed May 2026 — Companies House