Well, £147 later and I have 2 new tyres, still drives in a straight line and no damage to the wheel (those german alloys are strong). Have my claim form from West Sussex Council (ownership of the road changes from West Sussex to East Sussex about half way along). Just waiting for photos of the hole from someone else that hit it and managed to get photos the following day, apparently it was about 20cm deep. Scarily, the hole still hasn't been patched, but due to the amount of traffic that uses the road it has been opened up into a much bigger hole without the sharp edges that caused the damage.
Just glad I wasn't in the Scoob, don't think the ST2s with 45 profile rubber would have stood up so well and can't imagine I'd have been that successful in sourcing replacements.
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