Agenda item

Setting of Council Tax 2016/17

Minutes:

Having determined its Council Tax Requirement for 2016/17, the Council was now required formally to approve the Council Tax for the area taking into account precepts received from Surrey County Council, Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner and the Parishes.

 

In approving the Council Tax for 2016/17, the Council noted that the Executive, at its meeting on 12 January 2016, had approved the draft Council Tax base for 2016/17 but had delegated the final setting of the base to the Executive Head of Finance. The tax base had been set at 36,890.20  Band D equivalent properties.

 

Resolved

 

1.       to note that the Council Tax Base for 2016/17 calculated in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

a)   for the whole Council area as 36,890.20 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)); and

 

b)  for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in Table B below.

 

Bisley                                           1,513.05

Chobham                                     1,928.94

Frimley and Camberley            23,382.72

West End                                     2,013.81

Windlesham                                8,051.68

 

being 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 special items relate.

 

2.       that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding parish precepts and special expenses) is £7,425,997

 

3.       that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

a)

52,561,683

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31(A)2 of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

 

 

 

b)

44,422,249

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

 

 

c)

8,139,434

being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year. (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act). 

 

 

 

d)

£220.64

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), as divided by Item T (1(a) above) calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts)

 

 

 

e)

713,437

being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per para 1 above)

 

 

 

f)

£201.30

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by Item T (1(a) above), calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates.

 

4.       to note that the County Council and the Police Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the table below.

 

Surrey County Council Basic Precept

 

 

Valuation Bands

Precept

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Basic

829.26

967.47

1,105.68

1,243.89

1,520.31

1,796.73

2,073.15

2,487.78

Adult Social Care

16.26

18.97

21.68

24.39

29.81

35.23

40.65

48.78

Total

845.52

986.44

1,127.36

1,268.28

1,550.12

1,831.96

2,113.80

2,536.56

 

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

 

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

146.79

171.26

195.72

220.19

269.12

318.05

366.98

440.38

 

5.       that the Council, in accordance with sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2016/17 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

 

Parish precepts and special expenses

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

36.14

42.16

48.18

54.20

66.25

78.29

90.34

108.41

Chobham

26.96

31.45

35.94

40.44

49.42

58.41

67.39

80.87

Frimley and Camberley

5.02

5.85

6.69

7.53

9.20

10.87

12.54

15.05

West End

27.72

32.34

36.97

41.59

50.83

60.07

69.31

83.17

Windlesham

24.32

28.37

32.42

36.47

44.58

52.68

60.79

72.95

 

Surrey Heath Borough Council

 

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

134.20

156.57

178.93

201.30

246.03

290.77

335.50

402.60

 

Aggregate of Parish and Surrey Heath Borough Council

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

170.34

198.73

227.11

255.50

312.28

369.06

425.84

511.01

Chobham

161.16

188.02

214.87

241.74

295.45

349.18

402.89

483.47

Frimley and Camberley

139.22

162.42

185.62

208.83

255.23

301.64

348.04

417.65

West End

161.92

188.91

215.90

242.89

296.86

350.84

404.81

486.77

Windlesham

158.52

184.94

211.35

237.77

290.61

343.45

396.29

475.55

 

Total of all Precepts

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

1,162.65

1,356.43

1,550.19

1,743.97

2,131.52

2,519.07

2,906.62

3,487.95

Chobham

1,153.47

1,345.72

1,537.95

1,730.21

2,114.69

2,499.19

2,883.67

3,460.41

Frimley

& Camberley

1,131.53

1,320.12

1,508.70

1,697.30

2,074.47

2,451.65

2,828.82

3,394.59

West End

1,154.23

1,346.61

1,538.98

1,731.36

2,116.10

2,500.85

2,885.59

3,462.71

Windlesham

1,150.83

1,342.64

1,534.43

1,726.24

2,109.85

2,493.46

2,877.07

3,452.49

 

6.       to note that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2016/17 is NOT excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

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