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April 3rd, 2023Worthing’s blueprint for the future gets green light
A blueprint for planning over the next 15 years in Worthing has been given the green light.The Worthing Local Plan sets out the spatial strategy for the borough and seeks to accommodate new housing and commercial development, balanced against the need to protect and enhance the natural and local environment.
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March 22nd, 2023
Worthing’s financial reserves to be topped up after legal victory
The rainy day reserves of Worthing Borough Council are to be topped up after the success of a long-running legal battle against HMRC.In 2011, the Council joined other local authorities from across the UK to challenge HMRC’s ruling that it must pay VAT on income from leisure services.
For more than a decade the local authorities, supported by the accountancy firm KPMG, have argued that not only should they not pay VAT on the income, but that they should be allowed to reclaim the amount they had previously paid to HMRC so they could invest it in services instead.
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March 9th, 2023
Councils criticise A27 plans
Plans to improve the A27 and provide an environmental and economic boost to the region do not go far enough due to a lack of investment and lack of ambition to improve alternatives to car journeys, councillors have warned.The road, which is a mixture of dual and single carriageway, is the only east-to-west trunk road south of the M25 and is hugely important for both businesses and residents.
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February 2nd, 2023
40 local authorities meet to demand action on Southern Water’s failings
Councillors from Adur and Worthing have teamed up with their counterparts from across the region to demand Southern Water clean up its act.Representatives from more than 40 councils across the South East met to discuss how they could work together to better hold the water company to account over pollution and infrastructure failures.
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