Agenda item

Council Tax 2019/20

To approve the formal Council Tax Resolution for 2019/20

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Brian Donnelly and seconded by Councillor Stuart Ritchie that the Council Tax resolution for 2019/20 be approved.

 

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the voting in respect of the motion was recorded and was as follows:

 

FOR THE MOTION: Councillors: John Bailey, Andrew Baldwin, John Blackall, Toni Bradnum, Karen Burgess, Peter Burgess, John Chidlow, Jonathan Chowen, Philip Circus, Paul Clarke, David Coldwell, Roy Cornell, Leonard Crosbie, Ray Dawe, Brian Donnelly, Matthew French, Billy Greening, David Jenkins, Nigel Jupp, Liz Kitchen, Lynn Lambert, Adrian Lee, Gordon Lindsay, Tim Lloyd, Christian Mitchell, Mike Morgan, Brian O’Connell, Stuart Ritchie, Kate Rowbottom, Jim Sanson, Ben Staines, Simon Torn, Claire Vickers, Michael Willett, Tricia Youtan

 

AGAINST: None

 

ABSTAIN: Councillors: Christine Costin, David Skipp

 

ABSENT: Councillors: Alan Britten, Jonathan Dancer, Tony Hogben, Paul Marshall, Josh Murphy, Godfrey Newman, Connor Relleen

 

The motion was declared CARRIED and it was:

 

            RESOLVED

 

            1.         The Council Tax Base 2019/20 be noted

 

a.    for the whole Council area as 62,187.0 (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 as Parish Precept or Special Expenses relates as shown below:

 

 

 

Parish

2019/20 tax base

Amberley

329.1

Ashington

1,136.7

Ashurst

148.5

Billingshurst

4,156.8

Bramber

409.4

Broadbridge Heath

2,271.3

Coldwaltham

470.0

Colgate

1,353.3

Cowfold

843.1

Henfield

2,699.1

Itchingfield

757.5

Lower Beeding

541.7

North Horsham

8,705.2

Nuthurst

1,056.2

Parham

124.7

Pulborough

2,527.5

Rudgwick

1,394.6

Rusper

907.5

Shermanbury

288.3

Shipley

634.2

Slinfold

900.5

Southwater

4,526.2

Steyning

2,565.5

Storrington & Sullington

3,283.7

Thakeham

1,007.1

Upper Beeding

1,447.3

Warnham

989.5

Washington

1,083.9

West Chiltington

2,189.1

West Grinstead

1,308.3

Wiston

108.0

Woodmancote

272.6

Horsham Town

11,750.6

Total

62,187.0

 

2.         That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2019/20 (excluding Special Expenses and Parish precepts) is £149.53

 

 

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

 

(a)

£83,563,123

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

 

(b)

£70,366,846

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

 

(c)

£13,196,277

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)

£212.20

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all 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)

£3,897,764

being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act

 

(f)

£149.53

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.

 

 

 

 (g) 

 

Council Tax at Band D

 

 

Parish

Precept Amount

 

Parish Precept/

Special charge for Unparished Area

 

 

 

Basic Amount of District Council Tax

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

£

£

 

£

 

£

Amberley

22,116.00

67.20

 

149.53

 

216.73

Ashington

100,837.00

88.71

 

149.53

 

238.24

Ashurst

11,490.00

77.37

 

149.53

 

226.90

Billingshurst

352,463.00

84.79

 

149.53

 

234.32

Bramber

21,930.00

53.57

 

149.53

 

203.10

Broadbridge Heath

115,980.00

51.06

 

149.53

 

200.59

Coldwaltham

15,863.00

33.75

 

149.53

 

183.28

Colgate

21,490.00

15.88

 

149.53

 

165.41

Cowfold

62,520.00

74.15

 

149.53

 

223.68

Henfield

236,145.00

87.49

 

149.53

 

237.02

Itchingfield

64,000.00

84.49

 

149.53

 

234.02

Lower Beeding

36,110.00

66.66

 

149.53

 

216.19

North Horsham

327,769.00

37.65

 

149.53

 

187.18

Nuthurst

46,000.00

43.55

 

149.53

 

193.08

Parham

4,842.00

38.83

 

149.53

 

188.36

Pulborough

214,079.00

84.70

 

149.53

 

234.23

Rudgwick

96,940.00

69.51

 

149.53

 

219.04

Rusper

32,276.00

35.57

 

149.53

 

185.10

Shermanbury

22,020.00

76.38

 

149.53

 

225.91

Shipley

32,124.30

50.65

 

149.53

 

200.18

Slinfold

56,892.00

63.18

 

149.53

 

212.71

Southwater

651,993.00

144.05

 

149.53

 

293.58

Steyning

254,680.00

99.27

 

149.53

 

248.80

Storrington & Sullington

230,577.00

70.22

 

149.53

 

219.75

Thakeham

58,428.00

58.02

 

149.53

 

207.55

Upper Beeding

174,075.00

120.28

 

149.53

 

269.81

Warnham

73,217.05

73.99

 

149.53

 

223.52

Washington

40,429.00

37.30

 

149.53

 

186.83

West Chiltington

139,007.00

63.50

 

149.53

 

213.03

West Grinstead

69,500.00

53.12

 

149.53

 

202.65

Wiston

4,156.00

38.48

 

149.53

 

188.01

Woodmancote

8,675.00

31.82

 

149.53

 

181.35

Horsham Town - Special charge

299,140.00

25.46

 

149.53

 

174.99

 

being the amounts given by adding to the amount at (f) above the amounts of the special items relating to the dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned 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 those parts of its area to which one or more special items relate.

 

4.         (a) To note that the County Council have proposed precepts and the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner has notified 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:

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Sussex

922.38

1,076.11

1,229.84

1,383.57

1,691.03

1,998.49

2,305.95

2,767.14 

County Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sussex Police

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Crime Commissioner 

126.61

147.71

168.81

189.91

232.11

274.31

316.52

379.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) to delegate authority to the Director of Corporate Resources and S151 officer to amend the County precept in section 4 of the report and the aggregate amounts in section 5 of the report, if so notified by West Sussex County Council following the County’s budget setting meeting at Council on 15 February 2019.

 

 

The Horsham District Figures are shown below:-

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsham District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council

99.69

116.30

132.92

149.53

182.76

215.99

249.22

299.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.         That, having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at 3 and 4 above 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:

 

 

 

BAND

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amberley

1,193.48

1,392.39

1,591.30

1,790.21

2,188.04

2,585.86

2,983.69

3,580.42

Ashington

1,207.82

1,409.12

1,610.42

1,811.72

2,214.32

2,616.93

3,019.54

3,623.44

Ashurst

1,200.26

1,400.30

1,600.35

1,800.38

2,200.47

2,600.55

3,000.65

3,600.77

Billingshurst

1,205.21

1,406.07

1,606.94

1,807.80

2,209.53

2,611.27

3,013.01

3,615.60

Bramber

1,184.39

1,381.78

1,579.18

1,776.58

2,171.37

2,566.16

2,960.97

3,553.15

Broadbridge Heath

1,182.72

1,379.84

1,576.96

1,774.07

2,168.31

2,562.55

2,956.80

3,548.15

Coldwaltham

1,171.18

1,366.37

1,561.57

1,756.76

2,147.15

2,537.54

2,927.94

3,513.52

Colgate

1,159.27

1,352.47

1,545.69

1,738.89

2,125.31

2,511.73

2,898.16

3,477.78

Cowfold

1,198.12

1,397.80

1,597.49

1,797.16

2,196.53

2,595.90

2,995.28

3,594.33

Henfield

1,207.01

1,408.17

1,609.34

1,810.50

2,212.83

2,615.16

3,017.51

3,621.00

Itchingfield

1,205.01

1,405.83

1,606.67

1,807.50

2,209.16

2,610.83

3,012.50

3,615.00

Lower Beeding

1,193.12

1,391.97

1,590.82

1,789.67

2,187.37

2,585.08

2,982.79

3,579.34

North Horsham

1,173.78

1,369.40

1,565.04

1,760.66

2,151.92

2,543.18

2,934.44

3,521.32

Nuthurst

1,177.71

1,373.99

1,570.28

1,766.56

2,159.13

2,551.70

2,944.28

3,533.12

Parham

1,174.57

1,370.32

1,566.08

1,761.84

2,153.36

2,544.88

2,936.41

3,523.68

Pulborough

1,205.15

1,406.00

1,606.86

1,807.71

2,209.42

2,611.13

3,012.86

3,615.42

Rudgwick

1,195.02

1,394.18

1,593.36

1,792.52

2,190.86

2,589.19

2,987.54

3,585.04

Rusper

1,172.39

1,367.78

1,563.18

1,758.58

2,149.37

2,540.16

2,930.97

3,517.15

Shermanbury

1,199.60

1,399.53

1,599.46

1,799.39

2,199.25

2,599.11

2,998.99

3,598.78

Shipley

1,182.45

1,379.52

1,576.60

1,773.66

2,167.81

2,561.96

2,956.11

3,547.33

Slinfold

1,190.80

1,389.26

1,587.73

1,786.19

2,183.12

2,580.05

2,976.99

3,572.38

Southwater

1,244.71

1,452.16

1,659.61

1,867.06

2,281.96

2,696.86

3,111.77

3,734.11

Steyning

1,214.86

1,417.33

1,619.81

1,822.28

2,227.23

2,632.18

3,037.14

3,644.56

Storrington & Sullington

1,195.49

1,394.73

1,593.99

1,793.23

2,191.72

2,590.22

2,988.72

3,586.46

Thakeham

1,187.36

1,385.24

1,583.14

1,781.03

2,176.81

2,572.59

2,968.38

3,562.05

Upper Beeding

1,228.86

1,433.67

1,638.48

1,843.29

2,252.90

2,662.52

3,072.15

3,686.57

Warnham

1,198.01

1,397.67

1,597.34

1,797.00

2,196.34

2,595.67

2,995.01

3,594.01

Washington

1,173.55

1,369.13

1,564.73

1,760.31

2,151.49

2,542.67

2,933.86

3,520.62

West Chiltington

1,191.01

1,389.51

1,588.01

1,786.51

2,183.51

2,580.51

2,977.52

3,573.02

West Grinstead

1,184.09

1,381.44

1,578.79

1,776.13

2,170.83

2,565.52

2,960.23

3,552.26

Wiston

1,174.33

1,370.05

1,565.78

1,761.49

2,152.93

2,544.37

2,935.83

3,522.98

Woodmancote

1,169.90

1,364.87

1,559.86

1,754.83

2,144.80

2,534.76

2,924.73

3,509.67

Horsham Town - Special charge

1,165.65

1,359.92

1,554.20

1,748.47

2,137.02

2,525.57

2,914.12

3,496.94

 

 

 

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

 

Horsham District Council Tax Band D                      

                                                           

      2018/19

2019/20

Council Tax increase

      £150.28

£154.34

£4.06 (or 2.7%)

 

                        As the billing Authority the Council has not been notified by a major precepting authority that its relevant basic amount of Council Tax for 2019/20 is excessive and that the billing authority is not required to hold a referendum in accordance with Section 522K Local Government Act 1992.

 

7.         There are no changes to the Council Tax discount policies.

 

 

REASON

 

To meet the Council’s statutory requirement to set a Council Tax.

 

 

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