Decision details

Consideration was given to the report of the Head of Finance, Procurement and Commercial Services, as contained on pages 589 to 681, which proposed the Council Tax rate for each property band for the whole of the Borough Council’s area, and included the Council Tax rate set by the County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority, and the local Parish Council in parished areas and confirmed the statutory resolutions that are required in order to set the Council Tax for 2024/25.

A Motion to move the recommendations in the revised report, were moved and seconded.

In accordance with the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2014, voting on the Motion was recorded as follows:

FOR:          Councillors: Aldridge, Anderson, Bailey, Blundell, Burnside, Coughlan, Cummins, Daniels, de Freitas, Dowling, Fennell, Fillis, Finch, Fowler, Furey, Gagen, Gordon, N Hennessy, P Hennessy, Hogan, Howard, Juckes, Lawson, Lloyd, Mrs Marshall, Molloy, Nixon, G Owen, Parlour, Patel, Pryce-Roberts, West, D Westley, Mrs Westley, Whittington, Witter and Yates (THIRTY SEVEN)

AGAINST:  (NONE)          

ABSTENTIONS:      Councillors: Hesketh, Rigby and Webster (THREE)

The Motion was CARRIED.

RESOLVED:

A.     That it be noted that on the 31 January 2024, the Borough Treasurer declared the Council Tax Base amounts set out in Appendix A for the financial year 2024/25 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012.

B.     That the Budget for the Council’s own purposes for 2024/25 (excluding parish precepts) be set at £17,135,991 in accordance with the earlier Budget Requirement report.

C.     That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the financial year 2024/2025 in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (the Act):

a)     £60,231,600 being the aggregate of the amounts, which the Council estimates for the items, set out in Section 31A(2) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by Parish Councils.

b)     £50,580,886 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act

c)     £9,650,714 being the amount by which the aggregate at C(a) above exceeds the aggregate at C(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

d)     £251.61 being the amount at C(c) above divided by 38,356.55 (the Tax Base) calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31(B) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for 2024/2025.

e)     £765,419 being the aggregate amount of all special items (i.e. Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

f)      £231.65 being the amount at C(d) above, less the result given by dividing the amount at C(e) above by 38,356.55 (the Tax Base), calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for 2024/2025 for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no special item relates.

g)     Part of the Council's area:

                   being the amounts given by adding to the amount at C(f) above the amounts of the special item relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council's area mentioned above divided in each case by the relevant Tax Base for those areas, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of the Council Tax for 2024/2025 for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a special item (i.e. Parish Precepts) relate.

h)     Part of the Council's area for each valuation band, being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at C(f) and C(g) above by the number which, in the proportion set out in Section 5(1) of the Act, is applicable to dwellings listed in a particular valuation band divided by the number which in that proportion is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 36(1) of the Act, as the amounts to be taken into account for the year in respect of categories of dwellings listed in different valuation bands (See revised Schedule 1).

D.     That it be noted that for the year 2024/2025 Lancashire County Council has stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:

E.     That it be noted that for the year 2024/2025 the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire has stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Act for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:

F.     That it be noted that for the year 2024/2025 the Lancashire Combined Fire Authority has stated the following amounts in precept issued to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Act for each of the categories of dwelling shown below:

G.    That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts at C(h), D, E and F, the Council, in accordance with Section 30(2) of the Act, hereby sets the amounts shown in revised Schedule 2 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2024/2025 for each of the categories of dwellings shown.