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The minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 5 February 2018 recommend revenue estimates and the district and parish elements of Council tax levels for 2018/19.

 

Full Council is required to consider the Revenue Estimates and the district and parish elements of Council tax levels for 2018/19 and then to set out the full Council tax.

 

Details relating to the precept for Bucks County Council, the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioner and Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire Authority are awaited. The full report containing these details together with the full Council tax details across the district is therefore to follow.

 

Members are reminded that they must have regard to the Chief Financial Officer`s report when setting the Council tax.

 

In accordance with Standing Order 16.5 a recorded vote shall take place on decisions relating to the setting of the budget and Council tax.

 

The meeting then specifically turned to the recommendation outlined in minute number 63 of the Cabinet Minutes of 5 February 2018 (Revenue Budget & Council Tax Setting 2018/19) along with the supplement issued to the item in advance of the meeting. 

 

The Chairman explained the process that would be followed.

 

The Leader of the Council in introducing the Cabinet Member for Finance to make the Budget presentation, explained that the budget this year was forward thinking and aimed to serve the interests of all residents by ensuring we continue to provide excellent value for money services and improve the district year on year.  The Leader stated that she wanted the Council to continue to champion local communities whilst regenerating our District for all to live in, work and enjoy. She also wanted to provide housing for those who need it from first time buyers through to those wanting to downsize.  Members were informed that the Leader also wanted to be able to include and listen to the Youth of our District as well as to work with neighbouring Local Authorities.  The Leader explained that there were challenging times ahead and that team work was needed. 

 

The Leader expressed her thanks to the Chief Finance Officer and Chief Executive along with the Senior Management Team and the many other officers involved in the budget preparation.  The Leader went onto thank all staff for making Wycombe District Council function and the Council’s Improvement and Review Commission’s cross party Budget Task and Finish Group for their thorough examination of the budget.  The Leader asked everyone to remember that the majority of other Councils were increasing Council Tax by the maximum amount and that Wycombe District still has the lowest Council Tax in Buckinghamshire. 

 

The Cabinet Member for Finance rose to give his budget speech beginning with some background to this year’s budget.  He explained that as local council tax payers everyone had an interest in the continued provision of high standard services across our District at the lowest long term cost.  It was noted that this budget sought to address the key challenges and risks facing the Council and how it was planned to fund both the Revenue and Major Projects expenditure during the year ahead.

 

Members were informed that there were a number of financial challenges facing the Council namely the reduction in the Revenue Support Grant (a £518K decrease in 2018/19 alone) , uncertainty about the future of business rates , to what extent the Council will see negative revenue support grant in the coming years and the impact of inflation.  Councillor Watson explained that the Council also set the challenge to become ‘’self – financing’’ within the medium term – that is to say that the revenue budget would become independent of central government funding, New Homes Bonus and Business Rates.  Members were informed that there were also a number of financial risks which faced the Council which included a possible increase in homelessness arising from new responsibilities coming into effect on April 1st, the planned October roll out of Universal Credit and also the potential volatility in retail rentals and the possible need for interim staff – there were also other risks which at this time remained unknown.                                 

Councillor Watson explained that an innovation since last year had been the introduction of the draft budget which was first reported at the 18 December Cabinet meeting – a detailed initial look at the budget enabled Members to reflect upon the year ahead and in particular allowed the Improvement and Review Commission Budget Task and Finish Group the opportunity to scrutinise the numbers, and also discuss them with myself and the S151 officer.  It was noted that a series of one on one meetings between Cabinet members, the relevant Head of Service, the S151 officer and Councillor Watson also took place during January and, as a consequence, the December draft had been amended – mainly within Major Projects.

Councillor Watson explained that as the financial future of the Council was considered he would first remind Members of what had gone before  - notably during the period since the Tenant Lead Transfer of the Housing stock to Red Kite the Council had not had to borrow and we have become accustomed to being in a financially advantageous situation and this had meant that neither interest costs nor any Minimum Revenue Provision have had to be charged to Revenue  – the benefit of not having any borrowing costs had served to keep the Council Tax flat for most of the last few years.  It was noted that looking ahead the Council had ambitious plans for the future and the budget included a £152.5M Major Projects programme over the period including this year and the subsequent five years.  Members were informed that the prevailing situation of not having to borrow was now forecast to change from 2021/22.

Councillor Watson explained that £87.5M of projects were planned to be funded from reserves, £20M from borrowing and £45M of projects to be funded from external Grant from Central Government and also from Community Infrastructure Levies and Section 106 Contributions.  Councillor Watson stated that he was pleased to say that the Council had already received £20M of the £45M external funding  - £19.5M of which was from the Housing Infrastructure Fund - £7.5 million to improve the junction at Kingsmead Road and Abbey Barn Lane in High Wycombe, following the release of Abbey Barn North and South reserve sites - and in addition, £12 million of funding had been awarded to help with new infrastructure that would be needed to support housing growth in Princes Risborough, subject to the local plan being approved.

Members were informed that some of the other areas identified for investment included:

• £4.7m investment in community facilities including car parks, cemeteries, community and sports premises – notably the Princes Risborough Springs Sports Centre.
• £43.2m investment in Economic Development including town centre investment and the regeneration in order to develop the public realm and develop an increased income stream to fund council services in the future - notably enabling  a second Aldi, land at Ashwells and a number of Strategic Acquisitions.
• £15.5M investment in Housing – included Temporary Accommodation, a development of park homes at the Bassetbury Triangle, the use of Disabled Facilities Grants and the delivery of Affordable Housing.
• £5.1m investment in IT improvements that would reduce the day-to-day costs of delivering our services and further improve the customer experience for all our residents in the future – the so called Digital First IT Transformation programme.

 

Councillor Watson explained that with regard to the forecasted return to borrowing the Council would do all that it could to mitigate the impact but did need to begin to plan for that situation now.  Members were informed that as a rule of thumb the purchase of an asset with an economic life of 20 years financed from borrowing would result in an 8% annual charge to the Revenue budget.  It was noted that the implication of a future return to borrowing was that the costs charged to Revenue would rise sharply during the coming years – the best way to prepare for this was to increase the council tax now – we need to recognise that the Council was not a business and could not increase its prices sharply when its costs sharply rise – the council was subject to the referendum limit and thus needed to set its council tax whilst considering the longer term and not just the immediate year ahead.

Councillor Watson stated that he was grateful to past and present councillors and officers who have run this council in a ‘’small c conservative’’ manner for many years and thus had inherited healthy financial reserves which could, if needed be, be called upon in time of economic uncertainty – the Council did not want to be in a similar position to Northamptonshire County Council.

Councillor Watson explained that the background to the Revenue budget was that over the past years the Council had worked hard to deliver the efficiencies required through fostering a culture of innovation and a focus on continuous improvement, engaged in shared services with other councils and obtained the optimum return from the cash held.  It was noted that meanwhile the number of council employees had been reduced from over approximately 650 to approximately 250 during the past decade. This had enabled the Council to deliver savings for its 176,000 residents through a range of initiatives including more efficient structures, improved commercialisation, the pro-active use of council assets and the delivery of economic regeneration projects. With regards to 2018/19 the Council had set aside revenue budget for a number of additional purposes including the following:-

1. £60K in the Youth Mentoring project
2. £103k for car park security
3. A £273K grant had been made available to tackle the cost of homelessness.

 

Members were assured by Councillor Watson that no increase in car parking charges was assumed within the budget.

It was noted that Wycombe was the third largest District Council in terms of tax base but 24^th out of 200 in terms of council tax collected.  Members were informed that in order to fund the budget for 2018/19, the Council was proposing to increase Council Tax by £5 for a band D tax payer – i.e. an increase of 3.8%.  It was noted that this would be only the second rise during the past seven years.

Councillor Watson then commented that one might ask what does the council tax increase bring to the local community? He outlined that:

1. It allows the council to maintain its services at a high standard – no reduction in front line services was planned.
2. Invest in the district to enable the locality to remain economically strong.
3. Improve on line access to council services.
4. Deliver a sustainable future for many years to come.

 

Councillor Watson explained that as a low tax conservative he would prefer not to have to increase the level of the council tax but would point out that the Council Tax, even after this increase, would remain the lowest amongst the four Buckinghamshire district councils and would also remain amongst the lowest 25% in the country – (175/200).

Councillor Watson informed Members that Wycombe District Council was in a financially strong position, he then commended the Budget to Council and asked for the recommendations to be approved. Councillor Barnes seconded the proposal.

 

The Leader of the Labour Group, Councillor Raja, rose to respond to the Budget speech. He explained that before he responded to the budget statement by Councillor Watson, he would like to make it clear that any points he made, which might be deemed to be critical were not directed at any of the officers. Councillor Raja went on to thank, at the outset, a practically new finance team at WDC for having produced a budget with plenty of explanations.

 

Councillor Raja explained that the Improvement  & Review Commission had made 23 recommendations to the Cabinet, after a very lengthy and intense period of reviewing and scrutinizing the budgetary process, yet of the 23 recommendations 8 were merely noted, one was not agreed and two were not required, so roughly 50% of the I &R’s recommendations had been discarded. He went onto explain that the High Wycombe Town committee’s budgetary exercise had also been thrown in abeyance.

 

Councillor Raja informed Members that apart from the usual aspirations and numbers the main point of this budget was that it proposed to increase the Council tax by £5 for Band D properties or a 3.8% rise across all bands. It was noted that the £5 was only a small part of the overall increase (6%), which included the precept. Councillor Raja stated that what residents of WDC were entitled to know was what benefits would they get for this this £5 increase and why was WDC not arguing for the much delayed revaluation of properties and the establishment of higher bands above ‘H’? It was noted that the current council tax assessments were based on valuations from 1991.

 

Councillor Raja stated that the draft budget (as presented to Cabinet on 5 February) also hinted that based on the 5 year capital programme it was expected that the Council may need to borrow £20M to finance the programme in 2021/22 (page 17 (section 4.2), but there was no explanation as why this was needed.

 

Councillor Raja went onto explain that ironically, there was considerable amount of cash in the system: should the leadership not be afraid of keeping these reserves in case a single unitary authority in Bucks leads to these reserves being plundered by the County Council? He stated that Members may also have noticed that throughout the document, the background information explained that: Wycombe District Council had good reserves (section 5.6) and was ‘under-borrowed’.  Councillor Raja questioned what the extra £20M of borrowing from 2021/22 was for.

 

Councillor Raja also noted that Link Asset Services was the new name for Wycombe District Council’s ‘external treasury management advisors’. His concern was that Wycombe District Council might be being advised (by the consultants) to borrow more simply because it could. Councillor Raja explained that this might be ‘good financial management’ for an investor, but was questionable for a Council and raised questions about motivation: was the advisor making an extra fee on any borrowing?

 

Councillor Raja informed Members that the revenue implications of borrowing would be around £1.1M per annum from 201/22 onwards.  It was noted that the Council had sat tight on its reserves and did not borrow when the interest rates had been historically low; so much for prudent housekeeping!

 

It was noted that according to the blurb in the draft budget the Council had adopted the four key priorities, Place, People, Prosperity and Progress (the four Ps).  Councillor Raja asked Members to briefly examine what the budget said about the four Ps.  Members were informed that the Corporate Plan 2015-2020 stated that the Place priority focused on the environment, towns and rural areas buildings and landscape, it did not say anything about the state of the High Street or Frogmoor in High Wycombe, let alone places in Bowerdean, Micklefield or Castlefield, as it went on to say that the Council wanted people who lived and worked in the area to have an environment that met their needs and also so that the visitors could enjoy all Wycombe had to offer; that is if visitors can find a parking place.

 

Councillor Raja explained that for the People priority it stated that the Council wanted its children to have the best start in life.  Councillor Raja questioned how this was possible for many who would no longer have access to the Children’s Centers, thanks to a Tory administration at County Hall or the fact that a growing number of school children cannot get into their local schools or in some cases in any school?  Members were informed that according to the Centre for Policy studies a third of the children in Micklefield, Bowerdean, Castlefield and even in Disraeli Ward lived in poverty and many people, even those in work were known to have registered with food banks. What sort of prosperity is this budget offering them?

 

Councillor Raja went onto explain that the Corporate Plan also said that the Council would work to support integration and promote cohesion. Perhaps Members ought to know of some examples of the Council’s work on this front, promoting integration and community cohesion.

 

It was noted that the Council had another aspiration to "allocate homes fairly to those in greatest need. Well what about people in their mid-30’s still living with their parents and does the Council not need to have houses before they could be given? Perhaps the clue was in the text as it referred to "those in greatest need". Perhaps Members could be told of the definition of greatest need?

 

It was noted that the Corporate Plan also wanted people to be healthy and active. Again a commendable sentiment but what evidence was there that Wycombe District Council would help to improve homes? Are grants going to be made available to residents to make their homes safe and environmentally friendly?

 

It was noted that the Corporate Plan also wanted to support the creation of new businesses; do cabinet members know that many smaller businesses are deterred by high business rates?

 

Councillor Raja explained that the budget did nothing for the vulnerable and poor in the community who had suffered cuts to their benefits.  The majority of the cuts had fallen on working people in Wycombe.   Councillor Raja questioned how could it be assumed that the governing councillors were not totally divorced from the realities of life of many of the people living in Wycombe?

 

Councillor Raja stated that he looked forward to seeing the governing group’s plans for meeting all of the promises made in the supporting documents. Members were informed that it was easy to make promises but the hard part was to deliver on promises and the people of Wycombe were looking for results and not platitudes.

 

Councillor Raja asked about the elephant in the room or the two elephants: Brexit & Single unitary authority for Bucks, the Budget was pretty silent about both of these mega issues, which would change the way everyone lived and worked for the future.

 

Councillor Raja stated that the proof of the pudding was in the eating; to him the aspirational clap trap was just wishful thinking or pious words.

 

It was noted that as the Leader of the Council said in her introduction things had changed and Councillor Raja was sure the people in the Council Chamber who have seen Wycombe evolve over the last half century would agree that things in Wycombe had changed as they had in the rest of the country.  Those in Wycombe, now lived in a knowledge based economy, with service and leisure industries in the forefront instead of the manufacturing sector of old. Councillor Raja stated that in his younger days people aspired to have a fridge, fitted carpets, central heating, double glazing, a car but now a days people expected these material comforts coupled with proper public services; thus the Council had to see things in relative terms and note deprivation where it existed.

 

Councillor Raja explained that the Council needed to see whether the residents were happy with the state of the roads and footpaths, with the lack of sufficient school places for their children and a hospital which lacked an A&E.  Our High Street and some of the other shopping centres felt as if all commercial life was draining out of them.  Councillor Raja stated that he felt the Budget required improvement.

 

The Leader of the East Wycombe Independent Group, Councillor Knight, also addressed the meeting and thanked the Head of Finance and his team, and his colleagues on the Budget Task and Finish Group, as well as the Cabinet Member and his Cabinet colleagues for all contributing to the preparation of the budget presented to Members this evening.  

 

Councillor Knight explained that since joining the council in 2011 there had been a massive reduction in government grant placing unprecedented pressure on local authority finances.  At the same time austerity savings had seen budgets slashed across all public services and increasingly we were beginning to see the consequences of those cost savings.

Councillor Knight went onto explain that the emergency services, health services and at a county level our social care and children’s services were struggling to meet the demands placed on them within the resources available. It was noted that for eight years a Conservative led government had presided over an economy where vital public services have had their resources cut and local authorities had been put under extreme pressure.

Councillor Knight explained that it was a very, very difficult time to be setting local authority budgets and as Conservative councillors leading the council he was not sure why they put up with it. Councillor Knight stated that he hoped that within the Conservative Party they were sending a clear message to those at the top – enough is enough.

Councillor Knight explained that continuing to reflect back over the last few years, in 2015 he used his budget response to highlight three points; the need to cut waste, the need to make the Councils extensive property portfolio deliver better financial returns and to pursue a Unitary Authority.  Councillor Knight stated that he was pleased to see that three years later there had been a considerable shift on all three things – the sudden enthusiasm about a Unitary Authority being perhaps the most remarkable turnaround. Of course, backed into a corner by an aggressively low tax, small government Conservative administration was perhaps a case of desperate times called for desperate measures.

Councillor Knight explained that in 2016 he had spoken about Wycombe District Council needing to create solutions to the impending and worsening housing crisis by using its own land and resources.  Members were informed that last year he had expressed frustration at the lack of progress and so he was now pleased to see this beginning to happen – with the proposed replacement of Saunderton Lodge and the release of Ashwells and the former Bassetsbury Allotments.  It was noted that the Council was moving slowly in the right direction but were still some way off the vision he cast of the Wycombe District becoming a nationally recognised innovator in the provision of truly affordable housing.  Councillor Knight explained that he still longed to see a budget which reflected a more ambitious and creative approach to resolving the chronic shortage of housing which was so damaging, particularly for young people starting out in life.

Councillor Knight explained that in 2017 he had expressed concern about the lack of readiness for the impending roll out of Universal Credit.  The impact of the transfer to Universal Credit on the most vulnerable across our nation had been severe and at times devastating.  It was noted that at least this year it got a brief mention but that was all.   Presently anticipated to be introduced in the District in September or October this year Members could only guess at what impact it might have on the Revenue and Benefits Team and the demand for discretionary support.  Members were informed that some authorities were setting aside millions of pounds in contingencies to ensure the most vulnerable in their communities were looked after. Yes – the Council has healthy reserves but Councillor Knight explained that he would be more reassured to see ring fenced contingencies and a specific commitment in the budget.

Councillor Knight explained that if the transfer to Universal Credit was not managed well, and there was plenty of evidence that it often wasn’t, the financial risks it presented to the wider budget was significant. In particular the pressure on the Councils Housing and Homelessness Prevention teams as people faced rent arrears and the consequences of this.

 

Members were informed that last year saw the council support a freeze in council tax which Councillor Knight had warned would leave the Council less able to support those in the District who needed the Councils help the most. This year the Council was now being asked to support a significant rise of just under 4%. It was noted that a modest rise last year might not have made a great difference but the compound effect over five years would have increased the Councils budgets significantly in the longer term.

Councillor Knight explained that the Conservative mantra of being the party of low taxes was all well and good but years of successive tax freezes and savings cuts eventually catch up with you. So this year the Council was asking its residents to shoulder a big hike in their Council Tax because of last year’s much feted freeze. No doubt with District elections coming up in May 2019 the Council can anticipate another zero rise next year.

Councillor Knight stated that he had some sympathy with the ruling group having to put together a balanced budget while being put under pressure to save, save, save by their national Conservative government.  It was noted that there wasn’t exactly a lot of room for manoeuvre when everything had been cut to the bone. But equally household budgets were tight – and it was not fair on residents to offer a tax freeze one year only to have it cranked up the next year. 

Councillor Knight explained that budgeting for hard pressed families, young people and pensioners was increasingly difficult and the Council should be planning ahead to avoid making rises that were higher the rate of inflation.

For that reason Councillor Knight stated he could not support the budget.

Other Members also made a number of remarks in respect of the Budget proposals.

The Cabinet Member for Finance made some closing remarks and asked Members to support his proposed recommendations.  The Budget was then put to the recorded vote.

 

In accordance with subsection (5) of the Council’s Standing Order 16 (Voting) the voting of the Members in respect of these Council Tax setting decision was recorded as follows:

 

In favour of the recommendations:-

 

Councillors Mrs J Adey, Shade Adoh, M Appleyard, D Barnes, S Broadbent, Miss S Brown, H Bull, D Carroll, R Farmer, R Gaffney, G C Hall, M Harris, A Hussain, M Hussain, Maz Hussain, D Johncock, D Knights, Mrs J Langley, T Lee, Mrs W Mallen, N Marshall, H McCarthy, I McEnnis, R Newman, Mrs C Oliver, B Pearce, G Peart, S Saddique, D Shakespeare, N  Teesdale, A Turner, D Watson, C Whitehead, R Wilson, Miss K Wood and L Wood.

 

Against:- Councillors K Ahmed, A Baughan, M Knight and Ms J Wassell.

 

Abstentions:- Councillors M Asif, M Clarke, S Graham, A R Green, M Hanif and R Raja

 

In Favour:- 36

Against:- 4

Abstention:- 6

 

(Councillors Mrs L Clarke, A Hill, S K Raja, J Savage, Mrs J Teesdale and P Turner were not present when the above vote was taken.)

 

RESOLVED that the Council:

                       i.   That the recommendations contained in Minute 63 of the Cabinet Meeting held on 5 February 2018 be approved and adopted; and

 

                      ii.   Approved the formal Council Tax Resolution as set out in Appendix A (and set out below);

 

                    iii.   Noted the Head of Finance and Commercial’s report;

 

                    iv.   Noted the statement by the Chief Finance Officer regarding the robustness of the budget estimates and level of reserves as set out in Appendix B; and

 

                      v.   Noted the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for the Council attached at Appendix C.  The rules of the 2018/19 scheme remains unchanged and is the same as what was originally approved in 2013/14.

 

1)

(A)         68,083.50 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) England) Regulations 2012, as its Council Tax Base for the year.

 

(B)          

 

The amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amount of its Council Tax Base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which one or more special items (i.e. Parish precepts) relate, are shown above.

 

2)  That the Council calculates the following amounts for 2018/19 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011):

 

a)     £85,978,373 being the aggregate expenditure which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2) (a) to (f) of the Act (including the General Fund and Parish Precepts).

b)     £73,577,685 being the aggregate income which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) (a) to (d) of the Act.

c)     £12,400,688 as its council tax requirement for the year including Parish Precepts being the amount by which the aggregate expenditure at 2(a) above exceeds the aggregate income at 2(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act.

d)     £182.14 as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year, being the council tax requirement at 2(c), divided by the Council Tax Base for the year  68,083.50 at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B(1) of the Act.

e)     £3,073,929 being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

f)      £136.99 as the basic amount of its Council Tax for dwellings in its area, excluding Parish Precepts, being the amount at 2(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 2(e) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act.

g)     The amounts given by adding to the amount at 2(f) above the amounts of the Parish Precepts for the relevant Parish divided in each case by the Council Tax Base for the Parish at 1(b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in each Parish is:

 

 

This is the sum of the District Council’s band D tax and the individual Parish/Town/Special Expenses band D taxes for each parish area. Hedsor and Fawley issue nil precepts.

 

The amounts given by multiplying the basic amounts for each Parish 2(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands.

 

 

3) That it be noted that for the year 2018/19 the main precepting authorities have stated the following amounts in precepts issued to the Council, in accordance with s40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

	Bucks County Council £	Police & Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley £	Bucks & Milton Keynes Fire Authority £	Total Preceptors £
Band A	860.69	121.52	41.80	1,024.01
Band B	1,004.14	141.77	48.77	1,194.68
Band C	1,147.59	162.03	55.73	1,365.35
Band D	1,291.04	182.28	62.70	1,536.02
Band E	1,577.94	222.79	76.63	1,877.36
Band F	1,864.84	263.29	90.57	2,218.70
Band G	2,151.73	303.80	104.50	2,560.03
Band H	2,582.08	364.56	125.40	3,072.04

 

4) That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts of the District’s and preceptors requirements, in accordance with s30(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets amounts of the council tax for the year 2018/19 for each category of dwelling as follows.

 

2018/19 Council Tax £
	WDC & Parishes	Total Preceptors	Total Council Tax
Band A	121.43	1,024.01	1,145.44
Band B	141.67	1,194.68	1,336.35
Band C	161.90	1,365.35	1,527.25
Band D	182.14	1,536.02	1,718.16
Band E	222.61	1,877.36	2,099.97
Band F	263.09	2,218.70	2,481.79
Band G	303.57	2,560.03	2,863.60
Band H	364.28	3,072.04	3,436.32

 

The council tax for each category of dwelling by parish is as follows.

 

 

5)  That in accordance with section 52ZB of the Act it is determined that the Council’s relevant basic amount of Council Tax for 2018/2019 is not excessive.