Agenda item

Report of the Chief Finance Officer (to follow).

The Mayor referred to the report of the Chief Finance Officer which had been circulated after the main agenda. The report was seeking Council’s approval of the 2021/22 Council tax rates for the district.

 

Approval of the 2021/22 Council tax rates, as set out in the report, was moved by Councillor Whitehead, seconded by Councillor Hartley.

 

There was no debate and a recorded vote was taken in accordance with Council Procedure Rules.

 

The votes were recorded as follows:

 

For the proposition: Councillors Anderson, Anderton, Austen-Baker, Bannon, Barber, Biddulph, Black, Boyd-Power, Brookes, Bryning, Budden, Cleet, Clifford, Dant, Dennison, Dowding, Duggan, Evans, Frea, Goodwin, Greenall, Greenwell, Guilding, Hamilton-Cox, Hanson, Hartley, Heath, Jackson (Caroline),  Jenkins, King, Knight (Geoff), Knight (Sarah), Lewis, Matthews, Mills, O’Dwyer-Henry, Parr, Penny, Pritchard, Redfern, Reynolds, Robinson, Scothern, Sinclair, Stubbins, Thomas, Thornberry, Whearty, Whitaker, Whitehead, Whitworth, Wood, Yates and Young (54).

Against the proposition: (0)

Abstentions: Councillors Gardiner and Jackson (Joan) (2).

 

Resolved:

 

 

(1)        That itbe notedthat, underdelegated powersin accordancewith section84 ofthe

Local Government Act 2003, the following amounts have been calculated for the year 2021/22, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended) made under section 33(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (the “Act”):

(a)  41,500.00being theamount ofits counciltax basefor thewhole district[item Tin the formula in section 31B of the Act];

 

(b)  17,061.88being theamount ofits counciltax basefor thenon-parishedpart ofthe district; and

 

(c)

Parish	Tax Base	Parish	Tax Base
Aldcliffe with Stodday	145.66	Nether Kellet	275.58
Arkholme-with-Cawood	170.56	Over Kellet	358.99
Bolton-le-Sands	1,679.65	Over Wyresdale	126.44
Borwick	87.73	Overton	352.82
Burrow-with-Burrow	103.68	Priest Hutton	95.10
Cantsfield	56.49	Quernmore	241.92
Carnforth	1,648.76	Roeburndale	21.27
Caton-with-Littledale	1,104.17	Scotforth	144.59
Claughton	55.29	Silverdale	822.49
Cockerham	276.21	Slyne-with-Hest	1,308.82
Ellel	1,047.58	Tatham	212.98
Gressingham	86.17	Thurnham	235.32
Halton-with-Aughton	1,060.06	Tunstall	63.73
Heaton-with-Oxcliffe	664.73	Warton	901.04
Hornby-with-Farleton	341.75	Wennington	62.11
Ireby and Leck	111.17	Whittington	159.59
Melling-with-Wrayton	150.21	Wray-with-Botton	213.01
Middleton	207.93	Yealand Conyers	107.317
Morecambe Town Council	9,585.55	Yealand Redmayne	151.66

 

being the amounts of its council tax base for each parish within the district.

 

(2)         Thatin accordancewith section35 ofthe LocalGovernment FinanceAct 1992,it be notedthat thereare noexpenses tobe treatedas theCity Council’sspecial expenses.

 

(3)         That thefollowing amountsbe nowcalculated bythe CityCouncil forthe year2021/22 in accordancewith Sections31 to36 ofthe Act,as amendedby theLocalism Act2011:

 

(a)  £120,026,645.04 being the aggregate of the amounts which the City 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)£109,378,368.00 being the aggregate of  the  amounts  which  the  City  Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act;

 

(c)  £10,648,277.04 being the amount by which the aggregate at 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the City Council, in accordance with Section31A(4) of theAct, asits counciltax requirementfor theyear. [ItemR inthe formula in Section 31B of the Act];

 

(d)£814,852.04being theaggregate amountof allspecial items(parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act;

 

(e)£9,833,425.00 being the council tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2021/22 (excluding parish precepts);

 

(f)   £256.58 being theamount at3(c) above[Item R],all dividedby theamount at1(a) above [Item T], calculated by the City Council, in accordance with section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its council tax for the year (including parish precepts);

 

(g)  £236.95 being theamount at3(f) aboveless theresult givenby dividingthe amount at 3(d) above by the amount at 1(a) above, calculated by the City Council, in accordancewith Section34(2) ofthe Act,as thebasic amountof itscouncil taxfor the yearfor dwellingsin thoseparts ofits districtto whichno parishprecept relates.

 

Parish	TaxRate £	Parish	TaxRate £
Aldcliffe-with-Stodday	275.40	Nether Kellet	275.83
Arkholme-with-Cawood	257.21	Over Kellet	260.07
Bolton-le-Sands	257.56	Over Wyresdale	248.81
Borwick	248.35	Overton	266.51
Burrow-with-Burrow	251.42	Priest Hutton	268.50
Cantsfield	236.95	Quernmore	250.18
Carnforth	288.87	Roeburndale	236.95
Caton-with-Littledale	268.60	Scotforth	250.78
Claughton	236.95	Silverdale	303.28
Cockerham	269.53	Slyne-with-Hest	286.61
Ellel	265.39	Tatham	265.47
Gressingham	264.80	Thurnham	264.15
Halton-with-Aughton	275.82	Tunstall	323.25
Heaton-with-Oxcliffe	252.87	Warton	259.48
Hornby-with-Farleton	283.70	Wennington	301.35
Ireby and Leck	296.31	Whittington	263.23
Melling-with-Wrayton	319.03	Wray-with-Botton	280.38
Middleton	307.80	Yealand Conyers	263.97
Morecambe Town Council	266.39	Yealand Redmayne	276.18

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being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 3(g) above the amounts of the parish precepts relating to dwellings in those parts of the district mentioned above,divided ineach caseby therelevant amountat 1(c)above, calculatedby

 

 

 

the CityCouncil, inaccordance withSection 34(3)of theAct, asthe basicamounts of its council tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of the district to which parish precepts relate.

 

 

 

(i)  VALUATION BANDS

 

 

 

Area	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band  F	Band G	Band H
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Non Parished Area	157.97	184.29	210.62	236.95	289.61	342.26	394.92	473.90
Aldcliffe-with-Stodday	183.60	214.20	244.80	275.40	336.60	397.80	459.00	550.80
Arkholme-with-Cawood	171.47	200.05	228.63	257.21	314.37	371.53	428.68	514.42
Bolton-le-Sands	171.71	200.32	228.94	257.56	314.80	372.03	429.27	515.12
Borwick	165.57	193.16	220.76	248.35	303.54	358.73	413.92	496.70
Burrow-with-Burrow	167.61	195.55	223.48	251.42	307.29	363.16	419.03	502.84
Cantsfield	157.97	184.29	210.62	236.95	289.61	342.26	394.92	473.90
Carnforth	192.58	224.68	256.77	288.87	353.06	417.26	481.45	577.74
Caton-with-Littledale	179.07	208.91	238.76	268.60	328.29	387.98	447.67	537.20
Claughton	157.97	184.29	210.62	236.95	289.61	342.26	394.92	473.90
Cockerham	179.69	209.63	239.58	269.53	329.43	389.32	449.22	539.06
Ellel	176.93	206.41	235.90	265.39	324.37	383.34	442.32	530.78
Gressingham	176.53	205.96	235.38	264.80	323.64	382.49	441.33	529.60
Halton-with-Aughton	183.88	214.53	245.17	275.82	337.11	398.41	459.70	551.64
Heaton-with-Oxcliffe	168.58	196.68	224.77	252.87	309.06	365.26	421.45	505.74
Hornby-with-Farleton	189.13	220.66	252.18	283.70	346.74	409.79	472.83	567.40
Ireby and Leck	197.54	230.46	263.39	296.31	362.16	428.00	493.85	592.62
Melling-with-Wrayton	212.69	248.13	283.58	319.03	389.93	460.82	531.72	638.06
Middleton	205.20	239.40	273.60	307.80	376.20	444.60	513.00	615.60
Morecambe T Council	177.59	207.19	236.79	266.39	325.59	384.79	443.98	532.78
Nether Kellet	183.89	214.53	245.18	275.83	337.13	398.42	459.72	551.66
Over Kellet	173.38	202.28	231.17	260.07	317.86	375.66	433.45	520.14
Over Wyresdale	165.87	193.52	221.16	248.81	304.10	359.39	414.68	497.62
Overton	177.67	207.29	236.90	266.51	325.73	384.96	444.18	533.02
Priest Hutton	179.00	208.83	238.67	268.50	328.17	387.83	447.50	537.00
Quernmore	166.79	194.58	222.38	250.18	305.78	361.37	416.97	500.36
Roeburndale	157.97	184.29	210.62	236.95	289.61	342.26	394.92	473.90
Scotforth	167.19	195.05	222.92	250.78	306.51	362.24	417.97	501.56
Silverdale	202.19	235.88	269.58	303.28	370.68	438.07	505.47	606.56
Slyne-with-Hest	191.07	222.92	254.76	286.61	350.30	413.99	477.68	573.22
Tatham	176.98	206.48	235.97	265.47	324.46	383.46	442.45	530.94
Thurnham	176.10	205.45	234.80	264.15	322.85	381.55	440.25	528.30
Tunstall	215.50	251.42	287.33	323.25	395.08	466.92	538.75	646.50
Warton	172.99	201.82	230.65	259.48	317.14	374.80	432.47	518.96
Wennington	200.90	234.38	267.87	301.35	368.32	435.28	502.25	602.70
Whittington	175.49	204.73	233.98	263.23	321.73	380.22	438.72	526.46
Wray-with-Botton	186.92	218.07	249.23	280.38	342.69	404.99	467.30	560.76
Yealand Conyers	175.98	205.31	234.64	263.97	322.63	381.29	439.95	527.94
Yealand Redmayne	184.12	214.81	245.49	276.18	337.55	398.93	460.30	552.36

 

 

 

being the amounts given by multiplying the relevant amounts at 3(g) or 3(h) 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 isapplicable todwellings listedin valuationBand D,calculated bythe City

 

 

 

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.

 

 

(4)         Thatit benoted thatfor theyear 2021/22the LancashireCounty Council,the Police andCrime Commissionerfor Lancashireand theLancashire FireAuthority haveissued precepts tothe CityCouncil inaccordance withSection 40of theAct, foreach category of the dwellings in the Council’s area as indicated in the following table.

 

 

 

Valuation Band	Lancashire County Council   £	Police & Crime Commissioner for Lancashire £	Lancashire Fire Authority   £
A	970.79	150.97	48.18
B	1,132.59	176.13	56.21
C	1,294.39	201.29	64.24
D	1,456.19	226.45	72.27
E	1,779.79	276.77	88.33
F	2,103.39	327.09	104.39
G	2,426.98	377.42	120.45
H	2,912.38	452.90	144.54

 

 

 

(5)         Thathaving calculatedthe aggregatein eachcase ofthe amountsat 3(i)and 4above, the City Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Act, hereby sets the aggregateamounts shownin thetables belowas theamounts ofcouncil taxfor 2021/22 for each part of its area for each of the categories of dwellings.