Decision details

Council Tax 2023/24

Decision Maker: Cabinet Executive

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Council is required to set out the total amount that needs to be raised from the collection of Council Tax in the forthcoming year. This is known as the Council Tax Requirement for Blaby District Council and forms part of the funding towards the services provided by the Council. The report sets the amount of Council Tax charged to each household in the District.

Decision:

RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL

 

1.    The Council Tax Requirement for 2023/24 be set at £6,311,930.

 

2.    The District Council Band D Council Tax be set at £183.65, reflecting an increase of 2.99% (£5.33), all other bands being determined in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended.

 

3.    The precepts and Band D Council Tax for Leicestershire County Council*, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), the Combined Fire Authority, and the various Parish Councils within the District, be determined as set out in the following report, with all other bands being determined in accordance with the relevant Sections of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended.

 

* Subject to the meeting of Leicestershire County Council to be held on 22nd February 2023.

 

 

Reason:

 

The Council is statutorily required to determine its own Council Tax Requirement and to determine the Council Tax for the 2023/24 financial year, after considering precepts set by the other preceptors.

 

 

Report author: Nick Brown

Publication date: 20/02/2023

Date of decision: 20/02/2023

Decided at meeting: 20/02/2023 - Cabinet Executive

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