Local News

July 6th, 2023

New beach wheelchairs available for hire in Worthing

Worthing’s pebble beaches will be more accessible for disabled residents and visitors thanks to the arrival of three pieces of specialist equipment.

Following a fundraising campaign led by the local community, two beach wheelchairs and a single all-terrain rollator are now available from Worthing Borough Council’s Coastal Office.

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July 3rd, 2023

Calling small local charities! Annonymous donor sponsors space in Inside Publications

An anonymous advertising order has been sent in to Inside, to give advertising space to local charities. After visiting a close relative in the Inside Cissbury area, the anonymous donor made contact to say that they had picked up the magloid and enjoyed reading it so much that they would like a copy sent to their home which is out of area. After deciding to read future copies online, Liana was then asked if some space could be booked to cover the cost of an advert for local charities.
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July 2nd, 2023

High Court backs Council’s protection of Chatsmore Farm from development

Worthing Borough Council has won its court battle to prevent a developer building hundreds of homes on Chatsmore Farm.

Persimmon Homes went to the Court of Appeal to challenge the Council’s refusal to allow it to build 475 properties on the green gap between Worthing and Ferring.

But a panel of three top judges has rejected the developer’s case, meaning the Council’s rejection of the planning application stands.

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June 23rd, 2023

Worthing committed to protecting its foreshore

New applications are being prepared to help protect two sections of foreshore in Worthing, in a move to improve the quality of the town’s coastal waters.

Worthing Borough Council and its team of citizen scientists are hard at work gathering data for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in a bid to supplement the town’s single designated area of bathing water with two more.

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