Agenda item

Council Tax Resolution 2021/22

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Finance & Assets and to approve the formal 2021/22 Council Tax Resolution

Minutes:

It was moved by Councillor Brian Donnelly and seconded by Councillor Richard Landeryou that the Council Tax resolution for 2021/22 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: Matt Allen, Andrew Baldwin, Tony Bevis, John Blackall, Toni Bradnum, Alan Britten, Karen Burgess, Peter Burgess, Jonathan Chowen, Philip Circus, Paul Clarke, Roy Cornell, Christine Costin, Mike Croker, Ray Dawe, Brian Donnelly, Ruth Fletcher, Billy Greening, Frances Haigh, Tony Hogben, Nigel Jupp, Liz Kitchen, Lynn Lambert, Richard Landeryou, Gordon Lindsay, Tim Lloyd, John Milne, Colin Minto, Christian Mitchell, Mike Morgan, Roger Noel, Bob Platt, Louise Potter, Josh Potts, Stuart Ritchie, Kate Rowbottom, Jack Saheid, Jim Sanson, David Skipp, Diana van der Klugt, Claire Vickers, Belinda Walters, James Wright, Tricia Youtan

 

AGAINST: None

 

ABSTAIN: None

 

ABSENT: Councillors: Chris Brown, Godfrey Newman, Ian Stannard (internet connection lost)

 

The motion was declared CARRIED and it was:

 

RESOLVED

 

1.    The Council Tax Base 2021/22 be noted

 

a)    for the whole Council area as 63,115.1 (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

2021/22 tax base

 

Amberley

                 328.3

Ashington

              1,148.3

Ashurst

                 146.0

Billingshurst

              4,280.5

Bramber

                 410.8

Broadbridge Heath

              2,315.4

Coldwaltham

                 469.3

Colgate

              1,662.9

Cowfold

                 840.5

Henfield

              2,688.3

Itchingfield

                 776.2

Lower Beeding

                 549.2

North Horsham

              8,654.2

Nuthurst

              1,056.2

Parham

                 127.4

Pulborough

              2,516.9

Rudgwick

              1,444.7

Rusper

                 926.1

Shermanbury

                 281.9

Shipley

                 637.5

Slinfold

                 919.0

Southwater

              4,686.5

Steyning

              2,568.4

Storrington & Sullington

              3,321.0

Thakeham

              1,060.6

Upper Beeding

              1,434.9

Warnham

                 988.5

Washington

              1,088.9

West Chiltington

              2,193.0

West Grinstead

              1,300.4

Wiston

                 104.2

Woodmancote

                 275.2

 

 

Horsham Town

           11,913.9

 

Total

63,115.1

 

2.    That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2021/22 (excluding Special Expenses and Parish precepts) is £157.52

 

3.    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2021/22 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

 

(a)

£86,270,864

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)

£71,769,838

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

 

 

(c)

£14,501,026

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)

£229.76

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)

£4,559,136

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

 

 

(f)

£157.52

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

28,528.00

86.90

 

157.52

 

244.42

Ashington

101,866.00

88.71

 

157.52

 

246.23

Ashurst

13,050.00

89.38

 

157.52

 

246.90

Billingshurst

408,779.00

95.50

 

157.52

 

253.02

Bramber

27,142.02

66.07

 

157.52

 

223.59

Broadbridge Heath

120,614.00

52.09

 

157.52

 

209.61

Coldwaltham

16,504.00

35.17

 

157.52

 

192.69

Colgate

26,939.00

16.20

 

157.52

 

173.72

Cowfold

64,132.00

76.30

 

157.52

 

233.82

Henfield

264,056.00

98.22

 

157.52

 

255.74

Itchingfield

65,000.00

83.74

 

157.52

 

241.26

Lower Beeding

37,240.00

67.81

 

157.52

 

225.33

North Horsham

338,600.00

39.13

 

157.52

 

196.65

Nuthurst

49,842.00

47.19

 

157.52

 

204.71

Parham

5,219.00

40.97

 

157.52

 

198.49

Pulborough

243,663.00

96.81

 

157.52

 

254.33

Rudgwick

102,913.00

71.23

 

157.52

 

228.75

Rusper

33,751.00

36.44

 

157.52

 

193.96

Shermanbury

22,570.00

80.06

 

157.52

 

237.58

Shipley

35,264.78

55.32

 

157.52

 

212.84

Slinfold

59,781.00

65.05

 

157.52

 

222.57

Southwater

687,312.00

146.66

 

157.52

 

304.18

Steyning

322,305.00

125.49

 

157.52

 

283.01

Storrington & Sullington

245,390.00

73.89

 

157.52

 

231.41

Thakeham

61,536.00

58.02

 

157.52

 

215.54

Upper Beeding

199,492.00

139.03

 

157.52

 

296.55

Warnham

85,883.62

86.88

 

157.52

 

244.40

Washington

41,618.00

38.22

 

157.52

 

195.74

West Chiltington

145,889.00

66.52

 

157.52

 

224.04

West Grinstead

71,500.00

54.98

 

157.52

 

212.50

Wiston

4,156.00

39.88

 

157.52

 

197.40

Woodmancote

8,761.00

31.84

 

157.52

 

189.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsham Town - Special charge

309,920.00

26.01

 

157.52

 

183.53

 

 

      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

1,007.04

1,174.88

1,342.72

1,510.56

1,846.24

2,181.92

2,517.60

3,021.12

County Council

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sussex Police

143.27

167.15

191.03

214.91

262.67

310.43

358.18

429.82 

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 12 February 2021.

 

The Horsham District Figures are shown below:-

 

Band

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Authority

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horsham District

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Council

105.01

122.52

140.02

157.52

192.52

227.53

262.53

315.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 2021/22 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings:

 

BAND

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

 

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amberley

1,313.25

1,532.14

1,751.01

1,969.89

2,407.64

2,845.40

3,283.14

3,939.77

Ashington

1,314.46

1,533.55

1,752.62

1,971.70

2,409.85

2,848.02

3,286.16

3,943.40

Ashurst

1,314.91

1,534.07

1,753.22

1,972.37

2,410.68

2,848.99

3,287.28

3,944.75

Billingshurst

1,318.99

1,538.83

1,758.66

1,978.49

2,418.15

2,857.82

3,297.47

3,956.98

Bramber

1,299.37

1,515.94

1,732.50

1,949.06

2,382.18

2,815.32

3,248.43

3,898.12

Broadbridge Heath

1,290.05

1,505.07

1,720.07

1,935.08

2,365.10

2,795.12

3,225.13

3,870.16

Coldwaltham

1,278.76

1,491.90

1,705.03

1,918.16

2,344.41

2,770.68

3,196.92

3,836.31

Colgate

1,266.12

1,477.15

1,688.17

1,899.19

2,321.23

2,743.28

3,165.31

3,798.38

Cowfold

1,306.19

1,523.90

1,741.59

1,959.29

2,394.69

2,830.09

3,265.48

3,918.58

Henfield

1,320.80

1,540.95

1,761.08

1,981.21

2,421.48

2,861.76

3,302.02

3,962.43

Itchingfield

1,311.15

1,529.68

1,748.21

1,966.73

2,403.78

2,840.84

3,277.88

3,933.46

Lower Beeding

1,300.53

1,517.29

1,734.04

1,950.80

2,384.31

2,817.82

3,251.32

3,901.60

North Horsham

1,281.40

1,494.98

1,708.55

1,922.12

2,349.25

2,776.39

3,203.52

3,844.23

Nuthurst

1,286.78

1,501.25

1,715.72

1,930.18

2,359.11

2,788.04

3,216.96

3,860.36

Parham

1,282.63

1,496.41

1,710.18

1,923.96

2,351.50

2,779.05

3,206.59

3,847.91

Pulborough

1,319.86

1,539.85

1,759.82

1,979.80

2,419.75

2,859.72

3,299.66

3,959.60

Rudgwick

1,302.81

1,519.95

1,737.09

1,954.22

2,388.49

2,822.77

3,257.03

3,908.45

Rusper

1,279.62

1,492.90

1,706.16

1,919.43

2,345.97

2,772.52

3,199.05

3,838.87

Shermanbury

1,308.70

1,526.82

1,744.94

1,963.05

2,399.29

2,835.53

3,271.75

3,926.11

Shipley

1,292.20

1,507.57

1,722.94

1,938.31

2,369.04

2,799.78

3,230.51

3,876.61

Slinfold

1,298.69

1,515.14

1,731.59

1,948.04

2,380.94

2,813.84

3,246.73

3,896.08

Southwater

1,353.09

1,578.62

1,804.13

2,029.65

2,480.68

2,931.72

3,382.74

4,059.30

Steyning

1,338.98

1,562.15

1,785.32

2,008.48

2,454.80

2,901.14

3,347.46

4,016.96

Storrington & Sullington

1,304.58

1,522.02

1,739.45

1,956.88

2,391.74

2,826.61

3,261.46

3,913.76

Thakeham

1,294.00

1,509.68

1,725.34

1,941.01

2,372.34

2,803.69

3,235.01

3,882.02

Upper Beeding

1,348.01

1,572.68

1,797.35

2,022.02

2,471.35

2,920.70

3,370.02

4,044.04

Warnham

1,313.24

1,532.13

1,751.00

1,969.87

2,407.62

2,845.38

3,283.11

3,939.75

Washington

1,280.80

1,494.28

1,707.74

1,921.21

2,348.14

2,775.09

3,202.01

3,842.42

West Chiltington

1,299.67

1,516.29

1,732.90

1,949.51

2,382.74

2,815.97

3,249.18

3,899.03

West Grinstead

1,291.98

1,507.31

1,722.64

1,937.97

2,368.63

2,799.30

3,229.95

3,875.95

Wiston

1,281.91

1,495.57

1,709.22

1,922.87

2,350.18

2,777.49

3,204.78

3,845.75

Woodmancote

1,276.54

1,489.31

1,702.07

1,914.83

2,340.34

2,765.86

3,191.37

3,829.65

Horsham Town - Special charge

1,272.66

1,484.78

1,696.89

1,909.00

2,333.22

2,757.45

3,181.67

3,818.01

 

6.       To note that  the Council‘s basic amount of Council Tax for 2021/22 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

£157.43

£162.43

£5 (or 3.18%)

 

          As the billing Authority the Council has not been notified by a major precepting authority that its relevant basic amount of Council Tax for 2021/22 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 from 2021/22 Council Tax payable in respect of long-term empty properties over 10 years will be 100% of Council Tax due, plus an additional premium of 200% of Council Tax due.

REASON

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

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