Parish Precept 2018/19

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Parish Precept 2018/19

Published 13 January 2018

From what has been in the press lately parishioners will know that local services are coming under even more financial pressure. Grants from central Government to the first and second tier local councils are being cut or halted completely. The County Council is struggling to meets its obligations in the care sector and this means even less funding for services such as highways. The District Council is also under similar pressures and have from this year stopped paying grants to Parishes.
Many of the services that were provided by these top tier authorities are now being ‘offered’ to Parish Council’s, for example highway grass cutting or footpath maintenance.
In order for the parish to meet these additional challenges and to make up for last year’s underclaim, your parish Councillors, at a recent parish meeting, made a decision to increase the parish precept element of the council tax by 25% on a Band D property. This in effect means that anyone who’s property is classed as Band D will pay an additional £5.72 in 2018/19. Higher banded properties will pay more.
This bid will, if approved by the District Council, generate a parish precept of £15,663.
If any residents wish to know how their parish precept is spent then the information can be found on this web site under Parish Council – Transparency or contact Ian Colclough the Parish Clerk.
Allan Howard – Parish Council Chairman.