Agenda item

Council Tax Resolution 2020/21

To approve the formal2020/21 Council Tax Resolution.

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Ray Dawe and seconded by Councillor Gordon Lindsay that the Council Tax resolution for 2020/21 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 Blackall, Toni Bradnum, Chris Brown, Karen Burgess, Jonathan Chowen, Philip Circus, Paul Clarke, Roy Cornell, Michael Croker, Ray Dawe, Billy Greening, Tony Hogben, Liz Kitchen, Lynn Lambert, Gordon Lindsay, Mike Morgan, Roger Noel, Bob Platt, Josh Potts, Stuart Ritchie, Kate Rowbottom, Jim Sanson, Diana van der Klugt, Claire Vickers and Tricia Youtan.

 

AGAINST: Councillors: Matthew Allen, Anthony Bevis, Christine Costin, Ruth Fletcher, Frances Haigh, John Milne, Godfrey Newman, Louise Potter, David Skipp and Belinda Walters

 

ABSENT: Councillors: Andrew Baldwin, Alan Britten, Peter Burgess, Leonard Crosbie, Brian Donnelly, Nigel Jupp, Tim Lloyd, Richard Landeryou, Colin Minto, Christian Mitchell, Ian Stannard and James Wright.

 

The motion was declared CARRIED and it was:

 

RESOLVED

 

1.         The Council Tax Base 2020/21 be noted

 

a.         for the whole Council area as63,029.0 (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

2020/21 tax base

Amberley

325.0

Ashington

1,146.8

Ashurst

148.3

Billingshurst

4,182.2

Bramber

414.7

Broadbridge Heath

2,263.4

Coldwaltham

471.8

Colgate

1,606.7

Cowfold

854.5

Henfield

2,729.5

Itchingfield

770.0

Lower Beeding

547.9

North Horsham

8,733.3

Nuthurst

1,067.8

Parham

124.8

Pulborough

2,524.4

Rudgwick

1,408.5

Rusper

907.1

Shermanbury

285.5

Shipley

638.6

Slinfold

921.4

                                                      

 

 

Parish

2020/21 tax base

Southwater

4,613.9

Steyning

2,586.7

Storrington & Sullington

3,314.8

Thakeham

1,031.7

Upper Beeding

1,452.0

Warnham

1,002.2

Washington

1,093.6

West Chiltington

2,194.2

West Grinstead

1,311.2

Wiston

107.8

Woodmancote

274.8

 

 

Horsham Town

11,973.8

 

Total

63,029

 

2.       That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2020/21 (excluding Special Expenses and Parish precepts) should be £152.52

 

3.       That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2020/21 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)     £92,757,151      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)     £78,969,315      being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the                    items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

(c)     £13,787,876      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)      £218.75             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)     £4,174,709        being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish precepts) referred      to in Section 34(1) of the Act

(f)      £152.52             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

28,287.00

87.04

 

152.52

 

239.56

Ashington

101,733.00

88.71

 

152.52

 

241.23

Ashurst

12,300.00

82.94

 

152.52

 

235.46

Billingshurst

373,325.00

89.27

 

152.52

 

241.79

Bramber

24,304.00

58.61

 

152.52

 

211.13

Broadbridge Heath

117,880.00

52.08

 

152.52

 

204.60

Coldwaltham

16,180.00

34.29

 

152.52

 

186.81

Colgate

25,772.00

16.04

 

152.52

 

168.56

Cowfold

63,218.00

73.98

 

152.52

 

226.50

Henfield

257,548.00

94.36

 

152.52

 

246.88

Itchingfield

65,000.00

84.42

 

152.52

 

236.94

Lower Beeding

37,010.00

67.55

 

152.52

 

220.07

North Horsham

335,194.00

38.38

 

152.52

 

190.90

Nuthurst

49,842.00

46.68

 

152.52

 

199.20

Parham

5,014.00

40.18

 

152.52

 

192.70

Pulborough

234,655.00

92.95

 

152.52

 

245.47

Rudgwick

100,331.00

71.23

 

152.52

 

223.75

Rusper

32,276.00

35.58

 

152.52

 

188.10

Shermanbury

22,570.00

79.05

 

152.52

 

231.57

Shipley

34,361.62

53.81

 

152.52

 

206.33

Slinfold

59,935.00

65.05

 

152.52

 

217.57

Southwater

693,102.00

150.22

 

152.52

 

302.74

Steyning

322,305.00

124.60

 

152.52

 

277.12

Storrington & Sullington

240,577.00

72.58

 

152.52

 

225.10

Thakeham

59,854.00

58.01

 

152.52

 

210.53

Upper Beeding

199,125.00

137.14

 

152.52

 

289.66

Warnham

84,199.61

84.01

 

152.52

 

236.53

Washington

41,808.00

38.23

 

152.52

 

190.75

West Chiltington

143,172.00

65.25

 

152.52

 

217.77

West Grinstead

71,500.00

54.53

 

152.52

 

207.05

Wiston

4,156.00

38.55

 

152.52

 

191.07

Woodmancote

8,675.00

31.57

 

152.52

 

184.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsham Town - Special charge

309,500.00

25.85

 

152.52

 

178.37

 

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.       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

959.16

1,119.02

1,278.88

1,438.74

1,758.46

2,078.18

2,397.90

2,877.48

County Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sussex Police

133.27

155.49

177.70

199.91

244.33

288.76

333.18

399.82 

and Crime Commissioner 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.    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 14 February 2020.

 

The Horsham District Figures are shown below:-

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsham District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council

101.68

118.63

135.57

152.52

186.41

220.31

254.20

305.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2020/21 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings:


 

BAND

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amberley

1,252.13

1,460.84

1,669.52

1,878.21

2,295.58

2,712.97

3,130.34

3,756.41

Ashington

1,253.25

1,462.14

1,671.00

1,879.88

2,297.62

2,715.39

3,133.13

3,759.76

Ashurst

1,249.40

1,457.65

1,665.87

1,874.11

2,290.57

2,707.05

3,123.51

3,748.22

Billingshurst

1,253.62

1,462.57

1,671.50

1,880.44

2,298.30

2,716.19

3,134.06

3,760.87

Bramber

1,233.18

1,438.72

1,644.24

1,849.78

2,260.83

2,671.90

3,082.96

3,699.55

Broadbridge Heath

1,228.83

1,433.65

1,638.44

1,843.25

2,252.85

2,662.48

3,072.08

3,686.50

Coldwaltham

1,216.97

1,419.81

1,622.63

1,825.46

2,231.12

2,636.79

3,042.44

3,650.93

Colgate

1,204.80

1,405.62

1,606.41

1,807.21

2,208.80

2,610.42

3,012.01

3,614.42

Cowfold

1,243.43

1,450.68

1,657.91

1,865.15

2,279.62

2,694.11

3,108.58

3,730.30

Henfield

1,257.01

1,466.53

1,676.02

1,885.53

2,304.53

2,723.54

3,142.54

3,771.05

Itchingfield

1,250.39

1,458.80

1,667.19

1,875.59

2,292.37

2,709.18

3,125.97

3,751.17

Lower Beeding

1,239.14

1,445.68

1,652.19

1,858.72

2,271.76

2,684.82

3,097.86

3,717.44

North Horsham

1,219.70

1,422.99

1,626.27

1,829.55

2,236.11

2,642.69

3,049.25

3,659.10

Nuthurst

1,225.23

1,429.44

1,633.64

1,837.85

2,246.25

2,654.67

3,063.08

3,675.69

Parham

1,220.89

1,424.39

1,627.86

1,831.35

2,238.30

2,645.28

3,052.24

3,662.69

Pulborough

1,256.08

1,465.44

1,674.78

1,884.12

2,302.81

2,721.52

3,140.20

3,768.25

Rudgwick

1,241.60

1,448.54

1,655.47

1,862.40

2,276.26

2,690.14

3,104.00

3,724.81

Rusper

1,217.83

1,420.81

1,623.78

1,826.75

2,232.69

2,638.65

3,044.58

3,653.50

Shermanbury

1,246.81

1,454.63

1,662.42

1,870.22

2,285.82

2,701.44

3,117.04

3,740.45

Shipley

1,229.98

1,434.99

1,639.98

1,844.98

2,254.97

2,664.97

3,074.96

3,689.96

Slinfold

1,237.48

1,443.73

1,649.97

1,856.22

2,268.70

2,681.21

3,093.69

3,712.44

Southwater

1,294.26

1,509.98

1,725.68

1,941.39

2,372.80

2,804.24

3,235.65

3,882.78

Steyning

1,277.18

1,490.05

1,702.91

1,915.77

2,341.49

2,767.23

3,192.95

3,831.54

Storrington & Sullington

1,242.49

1,449.59

1,656.66

1,863.75

2,277.90

2,692.08

3,106.24

3,727.49

Thakeham

1,232.79

1,438.26

1,643.72

1,849.18

2,260.11

2,671.05

3,081.97

3,698.37

Upper Beeding

1,285.54

1,499.80

1,714.05

1,928.31

2,356.81

2,785.34

3,213.84

3,856.62

Warnham

1,250.12

1,458.48

1,666.83

1,875.18

2,291.88

2,708.60

3,125.30

3,750.37

Washington

1,219.60

1,422.87

1,626.13

1,829.40

2,235.93

2,642.47

3,049.00

3,658.80

West Chiltington

1,237.61

1,443.89

1,650.15

1,856.42

2,268.95

2,681.50

3,094.03

3,712.84

West Grinstead

1,230.46

1,435.55

1,640.62

1,845.70

2,255.85

2,666.02

3,076.16

3,691.40

Wiston

1,219.81

1,423.13

1,626.42

1,829.72

2,236.32

2,642.94

3,049.53

3,659.45

Woodmancote

1,215.16

1,417.69

1,620.21

1,822.74

2,227.78

2,632.85

3,037.89

3,645.48

Horsham Town - Special charge

1,211.34

1,413.25

1,615.13

1,817.02

2,220.79

2,624.59

3,028.36

3,634.04

 

6.       To note that  the Council‘s basic amount of Council Tax for 2020/21 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

 

Horsham District Council Tax Band D, inclusive of the special charge, as reported to Government.

2019/20

2020/21

Council Tax increase

£154.34

£157.43

£3.09 (or 2%)

 

          As the billing Authority the Council has not been notified by a major precepting authority that its relevant basic amount of Council Tax for 2020/21 is excessive and that the billing authority is not required to hold a referendum in accordance with Section 522K Local Government Act 1992.

 

7.       To approve a change in the Council Tax discount policies which have been updated to include:

 

·         Horsham District Council has determined that Council Tax payable in respect of long-term empty properties over 5 years will be 100% of Council Tax due, plus an additional premium of 100% of Council Tax due.

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