Plans for big Arundel tax raise likely to be discussed this year

The town council has not formally discussed the suggestion, but had been aware for two or three years of the issue affecting funding from the Environment Agency and the need for partnerships to be formed to make up the shortfall in money needed to protect Arundel from flooding.

“We will be discussing this in the coming year, with a view to, possibly, starting to increase our share of the council tax from 2015.