Agenda item

Council Tax Base 2016/17

To consider the attached report of the Director of Finance, Housing and Community.

 

In accordance with Council Procedure Rule 16.6 a recorded vote will be held in respect of this item.

Minutes:

The Council considered the report of the Director of Finance, Housing and Community.

 

Members were advised that in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 18.6 this item was considered to be a budget decision within the meaning given to it in the Local Authorities (Standing Orders) (England) Regulations 2001 and therefore a recorded vote would be held.

 

It was moved by Councillor M D Conolly, duly seconded and

 

RESOLVED:   (a)   That for the financial year 2016/17, the empty homes discount be reduced to 0% for Class C empty properties, and remove the 2nd homes discount so that Council Tax would be payable in full on those properties.

 

                        (b)   That Council Tax Reduction Scheme be approved and not be revised or replaced by another scheme.

 

                        (c)   That the District’s Council Tax Base for 2016/17 be approved as 36,251.91 and that the tax base for the towns and parishes in the Council’s administrative area be approved as set out in the table at Appendix 2 as follows:

 

 

Parish

2015/16TaxBase usingcollectionrate

2016/17TaxBase usingcollectionrate

 

Alkham

 

295.37

 

298.68

Ash

1,088.34

1,095.02

Aylesham

862.66

1,024.03

Capel-Le-Ferne

616.81

617.71

Deal

6,344.48

6,477.35

Denton-with-Wootton

168.76

167.40

Dover

7,514.01

7,679.07

Eastry

752.72

754.48

Eythorne

765.70

771.20

Goodnestone

172.38

166.59

GreatMongeham

263.00

264.10

Guston

383.17

379.08

Hougham-Without

182.26

179.88

Langdon

224.80

226.57

Lydden

244.11

247.63

Nonington

295.31

293.91

Northbourne

265.29

264.67

Preston

258.52

257.35

Ringwould-with-Kingsdown

1,011.53

1,018.35

Ripple

145.75

149.51

River

1,478.45

1,481.45

StMargarets-at-Cliffe

1,241.27

1,256.81

Sandwich

1,884.80

1,875.75

Shepherdswell-with-

Coldred

 

732.71

 

731.93

Sholden

452.45

547.05

Staple

227.81

227.89

Stourmouth

109.72

110.80

Sutton-by-Dover

298.00

296.68

TempleEwell

628.25

640.31

Tilmanstone

149.99

151.87

Walmer

3,224.73

3,261.05

Whitfield

1,744.48

1,821.38

Wingham

659.48

664.23

Woodnesborough

383.49

415.20

Worth

433.13

436.93

Total

35,503.73

36,251.91

 

The manner of voting was as followed:

 

For

Against

Abstain

J S Back

B J Glayzer

 

T J Bartlett

 

 

P M Beresford

 

 

T A Bond

 

 

P M Brivio

 

 

B W Butcher

 

 

P I Carter

 

 

S S Chandler

 

 

N J Collor

 

 

M D Conolly

 

 

M I Cosin

 

 

D G Cronk

 

 

N Dixon

 

 

M R Eddy

 

 

A Friend

 

 

R J Frost

 

 

B Gardner

 

 

D Hannent

 

 

P J Hawkins

 

 

P G Heath

 

 

J M Heron

 

 

S Hill

 

 

M J Holloway

 

 

T P Johnstone

 

 

S J Jones

 

 

L A Keen

 

 

N S Kenton

 

 

P S Le Chevalier

 

 

S M Le Chevalier

 

 

S C Manion

 

 

K Mills

 

 

K E Morris

 

 

D P Murphy

 

 

M J Ovenden

 

 

A S Pollitt

 

 

G Rapley

 

 

A F Richardson

 

 

M Rose

 

 

D A Sargent

 

 

F J W Scales

 

 

P Walker

 

 

P A Watkins

 

 

 

(Councillor S F Bannister declared a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in Minute No.69 (Council Tax Base 2016/17) by reason of his ownership of an empty property and withdrew from the meeting for the consideration of the item of business.)

 

 

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