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Worthing: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Worthing Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of WSX. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within West Sussex County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Worthing for 2026–27: £283.86 of a £2,456.13 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£1.2 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £7.0 million |
| Cultural and related services | £4.7 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £3.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £957,000 |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.7 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £20.1 million |
Life in Worthing: the official facts
- People living here
- 113,844 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £26,736
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £615
- Children growing up in poverty
- 22.5%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.1%
- Average price of a home
- £299,075
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 9.6 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 2.3 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 97.6%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 254.7 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 4,280 businesses
Who runs the council
37 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Labour Party 15, Green Party (E&W) 8, Conservative and Unionist 6, Reform UK 5, Independent / Other 2, Liberal Democrats 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 37 councillors, by ward
- Cathy Glynn-Davies (Labour Party) — Broadwater
- Dawn Smith (Labour Party) — Broadwater
- Jimi Taylor (Green Party (E&W)) — Broadwater
- Lionel Harman (Reform UK) — Castle
- Samuel Theodoridi (Labour Party) — Castle
- Sophie Cox (Labour Party) — Castle
- Caroline Baxter (Labour Party) — Central
- Natasha Davie (Green Party (E&W)) — Central
- Rosey Whorlow (Labour Party) — Central
- Charles James (Reform UK) — Durrington
- Josh Harris (Conservative and Unionist) — Durrington
- Claire Hatfield (Green Party (E&W)) — Gaisford
- Ferdousi Chowdhury (Labour Party) — Gaisford
- John Turley (Labour Party) — Gaisford
- Claire Hunt (Green Party (E&W)) — Goring
- Ian Davey (Green Party (E&W)) — Goring
- Jasmine Watkins (Green Party (E&W)) — Goring
- Debbie Woudman (Green Party (E&W)) — Heene
- Helen Abrahams (Labour Party) — Heene
- Tom Ellum (Labour Party) — Heene
- Martin McCabe (Labour Party) — Marine
- Thomas Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Marine
- Vicki Wells (Labour Party) — Marine
- Dom Ford (Labour Party) — Northbrook
- Rob Venn (Reform UK) — Northbrook
- Daniel Humphreys (Conservative and Unionist) — Offington
- Elizabeth Sparkes (Conservative and Unionist) — Offington
- Jeremy Carter (Reform UK) — Offington
- Karen Harman (Reform UK) — Salvington
- Noel Atkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Salvington
- Richard Nowak (Conservative and Unionist) — Salvington
- Carl Walker (Independent / Other) — Selden
- Jon Roser (Labour Party) — Selden
- Katie Thornton (Green Party (E&W)) — Selden
- Hazel Thorpe (Liberal Democrats) — Tarring
- Hilary Schan (Independent / Other) — Tarring
- Lysanne Skinner (Labour Party) — Tarring