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The Committee resolved to recommend
that Council consider and approve the following:
 

1.   
To approve a 2.9% increase on the Spelthorne Borough Council
element of the Council Tax for 2025-26. Moreover:
 

a.   
The Revenue estimates as set out in Appendix 1 be approved.
 

b.   
£400,100 as et out in this report are to be appropriated from
Earmarked Reserves other than sinking fund reserves in support of
Spelthorne’s local Council Tax for 2025-26.
 

c.   
Net use of £5,037,300 of Earmarked Sinking Funds
reserves.
 

d.   
To agree that the Council Tax Base for the year 2025-26 is 40,620
Band D equivalent dwellings calculated in accordance with
Regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax
Base) Regulations 1992, as amended, made under Section 35(5) of the
Local Government Finance Act 1992.
 

2.   
Continuing the Council’s Local Council Tax Support Scheme
with the current rules and regulations.
 

3.   
Continuing the complete disregard of war pension/armed forces
pension from benefit calculations.
 

4.   
To note the Chief Finance Officer’s commentary in Section 4
of the report on the robustness of budget estimates and levels of
reserves under Section 25 and 26 of the Local Government Act
2003.
 

5.   
The Council Tax Base for the whole Council area for 2025-26. (Item
T in the formula in Section 31b(3) of the Local Government Finance
Act 1992, as amended (the ‘act’)) should be 40,620 band
D equivalent dwellings and calculate that the Council Tax
requirement for the Council’s own purpose for 2025-26 is
£228.86 Per Band D equivalent dwelling.
 
That the following sums be
now calculated by the Council for the year 2025-26 in accordance
with Section 31 to 36 of the Local Government Act 1992.
 

A

11,762,300

The Council’s estimated
gross expenditure - being the aggregate of the amount which the
Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (2) of the
Act considering all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

B

-112,446,000

The Council’s estimated
gross income -  being the aggregate of
the amount which the Council estimates for the items set out in
Section 31A (3) of the Act

C

9,296,300

The Council’s estimated
net expenditure or budget requirement - being the amount by which
the aggregate at (A) above exceeds the aggregate at (B) above,
calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A (4) of
the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year

D

228.86

The average band D Council
Tax - being the amount at (C) above divided by the
amount at 5c (above), calculated by the Council in accordance with
Section31B (1) of the act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax
for the year (including Parish precepts)

E

0

The sum of the parish
precepts - being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish
precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

F

228.86

Being the amount at (D) above
less the result given by dividing the amount at (E) above by the
amount at 5c (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 on those parts of its area to which no
Parish precept relates.

 
 
That the following amounts be calculated for
the year 2025-26 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local
Government Finance Act 1992 as amended by the Localism Act
2011.
 

A
£

B
£

C
£

D
£

E
£

F
£

G
£

H
£
 

152.57

178.00

203.43

228.86

279.72

330.58

381.43

457.72