Agenda item

Setting of Council Tax 2020/21

Minutes:

Having determined its Council Tax Requirement for 2020/21, The Council was now required to formally 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 2020/21, the Council noted that the Executive, at its meeting on 17th December 2019, had approved the draft Council Tax base for 2020/21 but had delegated the final setting of the base to the Executive Head of Finance. The tax base had been set at 38,525.86 Band D equivalent properties.

 

It was moved by Councillor Lewis, seconded by Councillor McClafferty and

 

RESOLVED

 

(i)        to note that the Council Tax Base for 2020/21 calculated in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

a)        for the whole Council area as 38,525.86 (Item T in the formula in Section 31B of the Local Government finance Act 1992, as amended (the “Act”)); and

 

b)         fordwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as in Table B below:

 

Bisley                                                       1,676.50

Chobham                                                 2,058.83

Frimley and Camberley                        24,283.22

West End                                                 2,313.69

Windlesham                                            8,193.62

 

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;

 

(ii)      that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2020/21 (excluding parish precepts and special expenses) is £8,616,693;

 

(iii)     that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2020/21 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

a)

            57,360,836

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)

48,956,312

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

 

 

 

c)

9,404,524

being the amount by which the aggregate at 7(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 7(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)

£244.11

being the amount at 7(c) above (Item R), as divided by Item T (4(i) 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)

787,831

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

 

 

 

f)

£223.66

being the amount at 7(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 7(e) above by Item T (4(i) 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.

 

(iv)     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

920.00

1,073.33

1,226.67

1,380.00

1,686.67

1,993.33

2,300.00

2,760.00

Adult Social Care

87.64

102.25

116.85

131.46

160.67

189.89

219.10

262.92

Total

1,007.64

1,175.58

1,343.52

1,511.46

1,847.34

2,183.22

2,519.10

3,022.92

 

The Adult Social Care precept levied by Surrey County Council can only be used to fund that service.

 

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

 

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

180.38

210.44

240.51

270.57

330.70

390.82

450.95

541.14

 

(v)          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 2020/21 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

41.31

48.20

55.08

61.97

75.74

89.51

103.28

123.94

Chobham

26.48

30.89

35.30

39.71

48.54

57.37

66.19

79.43

Frimley and Camberley

5.08

5.93

6.77

7.62

9.31

11.00

12.70

15.24

West End

31.06

36.24

41.42

46.59

56.95

67.30

77.66

93.19

Windlesham

25.17

29.37

33.56

37.76

46.15

54.54

62.93

75.51

 

Surrey Heath Borough Council

 

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

149.11

173.86

198.81

223.66

273.36

323.06

372.77

447.32

 

Aggregate of Parish and Surrey Heath Borough Council

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

190.42

222.16

253.89

285.63

349.10

412.57

476.05

571.26

Chobham

175.59

204.85

234.11

263.37

321.90

380.43

438.96

526.75

Frimley and Camberley

154.19

179.89

205.58

231.28

282.67

334.06

385.47

462.56

West End

180.17

210.20

240.23

270.25

330.31

390.36

450.43

540.51

Windlesham

174.28

203.33

232.37

261.42

319.51

377.60

435.70

522.83

 

Total of all Precepts

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

1,378.44

1,608.18

1,837.92

2,067.66

2,527.14

2,986.61

3,446.10

4,135.32

Chobham

1,363.61

1,590.87

1,818.14

2,045.40

2,499.94

2,954.47

3,409.01

4,090.81

Frimley

& Camberley

1,342.21

1,565.91

1,789.61

2,013.31

2,460.71

2,908.10

3,355.52

4,026.62

West End

1,368.19

1,596.22

1,824.26

2,052.28

2,508.35

2,964.40

3,420.48

4,104.57

Windlesham

1,362.30

1,589.35

1,816.40

2,043.45

2,497.55

2,951.64

3,405.75

4,086.89

 

(vi)        to notethat the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2020/21 is NOT excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

Relevant amount of Council Tax 2019/20 for the basis of the referendum - £223.52

 

Relevant amount of Council Tax 2020/21 for the basis of the referendum - £228.46

 

Increase of £4.94

 

As this increase of £4.94 is less than the greater of £5 or less than 2% of the 2019/20 level it is NOT deemed to be excessive.

 

NB: Parishes are not subject to the “Excessiveness Principles” and so are free to levy any increase they wish.

 

Note: In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, a recorded vote was taken. The following Members voted in favour of the decision:

 

Councillors Dan Adams, Graham Alleway, Peter Barnett, Rodney Bates, Cliff Betton, Richard Brooks, Sarah Jane Croke, Vivienne Chapman, Paul Deach, Colin Dougan, Tim FitzGerald, Sharon Galliford, Shaun Garrett, Edward Hawkins, Josephine Hawkins, Rebecca Jennings-Evans, Ben Leach, David Lewis, David Mansfield, Alan McClafferty, Emma McGrath, Charlotte Morley, Sashi Mylvaganam, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Darryl Ratiram, Morgan Rise, John Skipper, Graham Tapper, Pat Tedder, Victoria Wheeler, Valerie White, Kristian Wrenn.

 

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