March 23rd, 2023
An historic water feature is to return to life at Highdown Gardens with the help of 21st Century sustainable solar-powered technology.
The water feature at Highdown was built in the 1930s and has long been a visitor favourite, providing a calming space and delicate backing track for people to enjoy on their walk around the pond and gardens.
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March 22nd, 2023
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
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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March 9th, 2023
The community will get more say on where thousands of pounds collected from developers will be spent, thanks to changes in how the Worthing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Neighbourhood Fund is distributed.
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Historic water feature returns to Highdown Gardens
An historic water feature is to return to life at Highdown Gardens with the help of 21st Century sustainable solar-powered technology.The water feature at Highdown was built in the 1930s and has long been a visitor favourite, providing a calming space and delicate backing track for people to enjoy on their walk around the pond and gardens.
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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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March 9th, 2023
Community to suggest where Worthing development cash should be spent
The community will get more say on where thousands of pounds collected from developers will be spent, thanks to changes in how the Worthing Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Neighbourhood Fund is distributed.Read More
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