Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to recommend to Council the basis of the formal calculation for the Council Tax Base for West Suffolk Council for the financial year 2021/2022.

Recommended to Council (15 December 2020):

That:

1.           The tax base for 2021 to 2022, for the whole of West Suffolk be 55,339.97 equivalent Band D dwellings, and for each of the predecessor areas be: Forest Heath 18,572.56 and St Edmundsbury 36,767.41, as detailed in paragraph 2.6 of Report Number CAB/WS/20/069.

2.           The tax base for 2021 to 2022 for the different parts of its area, as defined by parish or special expense area boundaries, be as shown in Appendix 3 of Report Number CAB/WS/20/069.

3.           The Assistant Director (Resources and Performance) be given delegated responsibility to make changes to the tax base figures as a result of any Government announcements pertaining to local council tax support as detailed in paragraph 2.5 of Report Number CAB/WS/20/069.