Together with residents and partners, the Adult Social Care and Health (ASCH) department developed an adult social care strategy for the county – What Matters To You. The strategy, launched in June 2023, is specific to East Sussex, providing a person-centred framework that gives direction for staff and services. An action plan was developed to run from 1 April 2024. This action plan is being successfully met by the 17 teams working across 64 actions. The next iteration of this plan for 2025-26 will focus on 16 key actions. It is this plan that is being presented for approval.

Approval by the Lead Member for Resources and Climate Change was given on 19 November 2024 to formally declare the site to be surplus to the Council’s operational requirements and for it to be disposed of. Authority was delegated to the Chief Operating Officer to approve the final sale terms. The site has been marketed on the open market and the Chief Operating Officer will approve the sale terms.