Issue - meetings

Council was required by law to resolve the Council Tax Base at a meeting normally between 1 December and 31 January in the financial year preceding that to which the Council Tax applies.

The Council Tax Base is the number of properties within the District adjusted to account for different valuation bands, various discounts and an assumed collection rate. The assumed collection rate is 97.25%.

Cabinet was also to agree for no changes to the existing Council Tax discounts and reductions.

Councillor Townend proposed, Councillor Brimm seconded and Cabinet agreed the following:

1.  The District's Council Tax Base for 2016/17 as 40,690.57 and the tax base for the towns and parishes in the Council’s administrative area, as set out in the table at Annex 2 to the Cabinet report;

2.  Not to revise the Council Tax Reduction Scheme or replace it with another scheme for 2016/17;

3.  Not to revise the Council Tax Discounts for 2016/17.