The Arun district could face increased housebuilding pressure if neighbouring Worthing is allowed to fall significantly short on its new homes target, council officials have warned.
A planning loophole which prevents councils rejecting plans for small homes akin to ‘rabbit hutches’ is the subject of a Littlehampton councillor’s petition to the Government.
A relocation allowance on top of West Sussex County Council chief executive Nathan Elvery’s £190,000 salary was fully in line with policy, the authority has made clear this week, despite calls from opposition councillors for the sum to be repaid.
Tradition – and a step back in time to the medieval period – will be the flavour of the day on Saturday (December 8) as part of the annual Wickmas celebrations.
Residents in the Arun district who signed up to have a garden waste wheelie bin have been charged among the highest rates in the UK, research has revealed.
News Adur and Worthing councils will move to alternate-weekly collections of refuse and recycling will leave Arun residents as the only ones in the Herald & Gazette area with a ‘weekly refuse service’.
A plan crafted by residents to identify suitable areas for housebuilding is in the process of being updated – and now a town council is inviting residents to comment on changes.