Purpose

To request approval of the council tax base for the financial year 2025/26.

Decision

THAT:
In accordance with The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the Leader of the Council approves the Council’s council tax base for 2025/26 as follows:
1)For the whole of its area 39,664.26
2)In respect of parish precepts, for those parts of its area mentioned in appendix 2 to the attached report, the amounts specified in appendix 2 to the attached report.

Reasons for the decision

The Council has a statutory obligation to set its council tax base for 2025/26 before 31st January 2025.

Alternative options considered

The alternative to the proposal would be to not approve the Council’s council tax base which would result in the Council defaulting on a statutory obligation and trigger default calculations being made by the precepting and major precepting authorities.