Worthing Heat Network concession and enabling-works scrutiny
Do the £250m concession, council/grant contributions and separately procured enabling works reconcile transparently, with clear governance over pricing, land leases, variations and supplier selection?
CURRENT POSITION
One consolidated request was sent on 31 August covering the concession, public funding, enabling works and council land. Acknowledgement and records remain awaited.
NEXT ACTION
Reconcile funding, contract terms, pricing safeguards and delivery commitments when the response arrives.
RESPONSIBLE BODY
Worthing Borough Council / Hemiko
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
- Worthing Heat Network Project — Find a Tender
- Worthing Heat Network — Adur & Worthing Councils
- Next phase of Worthing Heat Network to cause fewer disruptions — Adur & Worthing Councils
- Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Worthing Borough Council
- Package 9 award notice – five tenders; limited competition; £674,159.68 — Find a Tender
- Autumn construction towards Pavilion Theatre
- Steyne Gardens programme update