URL: https://democracy.adur-worthing.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1321

Decision Maker: Assistant Director Place & Economy (CLT)

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose:

Content: To enter into a grant funding agreement with the Environment Agency for the £400,000.00 Council contribution towards the Capital Coast Protection Maintenance Project as approved by the Joint Strategic Committee on the 8th July 2025 The £400,000.00 funding is the Borough Councils match funding contribution to the Environment Agency led coastal defence capital maintenance project (circa £5,000,000.00) undertaking repairs to existing timber groynes to extend their life span for a further ten years as part of a long-term coastal defence plan. In consultation with the Environment Agency the proposed project was taken forward to ensure current coastal defence protection will remain until a long-term action plan is formulated. Alternative options would have been ‘no action’ which would have seen further erosion and likely breaching of the defence and flooding or ‘full replacement’ which is financially uneconomical at this time.

Date of Decision: January 7, 2026