Agenda item

Setting of Council Tax 2019/20

Minutes:

Having determined its Council Tax Requirement for 2019/20, 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 2019/20, the Council noted that the Executive, on 11 December 2018, had approved the draft Council Tax base for 2019/20 but had delegated the final setting of the base to the Executive Head of Finance. The tax base had been set at 38,054.42 Band D equivalent properties.

 

It was moved by Councillor Charlotte Morley, seconded by Councillor Richard Brooks and

 

RESOLVED

 

1.          To note that the Council Tax Base for 2019/20 calculated in accordance with regulations made under Section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992:

 

a)          for the whole Council area as 38,054.42 (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                                 1,640.07

Chobham                            2,005.58

Frimley and Camberley     24,103.84

West End                            2,189.73

Windlesham                        8,115.20

 

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.

 

  1. that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2019/20 (excluding parish precepts and special expenses) is £8,320,979

 

  1. that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2019/20 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

a)

          57,892,630

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)

48,798,817

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

 

 

 

c)

9,093,813

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)

£238.97

being the amount at 7(c) above (Item R), as divided by Item T (5(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)

185,000

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

 

 

 

f)

£218.66

being the amount at 7(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 7(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.

 

 

  1. 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

900.74

1,050.86

1,200.99

1,351.11

1,651.36

1,951.60

2,251.85

2,702.22

Adult Social Care

68.26

79.64

91.01

102.39

125.14

147.90

170.65

204.78

Total

969.00

1,130.50

1,292.00

1,453.50

1,776.50

2,099.50

2,422.50

2,907.00

 

The Adult Social Care precept levied by Surrey County Council can only be used to fund that service. The amount shown is the aggregated amount of the ASC precept

 

Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner

 

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

173.71

202.67

231.62

260.57

318.47

376.38

434.28

521.14

 

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 2019/20 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

40.91

47.72

54.54

61.36

75.00

88.63

102.27

122.72

Chobham

26.26

30.64

35.01

39.39

48.14

56.90

65.65

78.78

Frimley and Camberley

5.12

5.97

6.82

7.68

9.38

11.09

12.79

15.35

West End

30.58

35.68

40.78

45.88

56.07

66.26

76.46

91.75

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

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

145.77

170.07

194.36

218.66

267.25

315.84

364.43

437.32

 

Aggregate of Parish and Surrey Heath Borough Council

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

186.68

217.79

248.90

280.02

342.25

404.47

466.70

560.04

Chobham

172.03

200.71

229.37

258.05

315.39

372.74

430.08

516.10

Frimley and Camberley

150.89

176.04

201.18

226.34

276.63

326.93

377.22

452.67

West End

176.35

205.75

235.14

264.54

323.32

382.10

440.89

529.07

Windlesham

170.94

199.44

227.92

256.42

313.40

370.38

427.36

512.83

 

Total of all Precepts

 

Valuation Band

 

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Part of Area

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

Bisley

1,329.39

1,550.96

1,772.52

1,994.09

2,437.22

2,880.35

3,323.48

3,988.18

Chobham

1,314.74

1,533.88

1,752.99

1,972.12

2,410.36

2,848.62

3,286.86

3,944.24

Frimley

& Camberley

1,293.60

1,509.21

1,724.80

1,940.41

2,371.60

2,802.81

3,234.00

3,880.81

West End

1,319.06

1,538.92

1,758.76

1,978.61

2,418.29

2,857.98

3,297.67

3,957.21

Windlesham

1,313.65

1,532.61

1,751.54

1,970.49

2,408.37

2,846.26

3,284.14

3,940.97

 

6.               to note that the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2019/20 is NOT excessive in accordance with the principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

Relevant amount of Council Tax 2018/19 for the basis of the referendum       £217.21

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

 

Increase of £6.31

 

As this increase of £6.31 is less than 3% of the 2018/19 level (£6.52) but more than £5 of the basic amount of Council Tax for 2019/20 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: Councillor Dan Adams, Rodney Bates, Richard Brooks, Bill Chapman, Vivienne Chapman, Paul Deach, Craig Fennell, Moira Gibson, Paul Ilnicki, Rebecca Jennings-Evans, David Lewis, Jonathan Lytle, Katia Malcaus Cooper, David Mansfield, Alan McClafferty, Charlotte Morley, Adrian Page, Robin Perry, Chris Pitt, Joanne Potter, Nic Price, Wynne Price, Darryl Ratiram, Ian Sams, Pat Tedder, Victoria Wheeler, Valerie White, John Winterton.

 

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