Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/15/060

Portfolio Holder: Stephen Edwards

Lead Officer: Joanne Howlett

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL (9 December 2015):

That:-

1.           The tax base for 2016/2017, for the whole of Forest Heath be 17,207.93 equivalent Band ‘D’ dwellings, as detailed in paragraph 1.4 of Report No CAB/FH/15/060.

2.           The tax base for 2016/2017 for the different parts of its area, as defined by Parish or special expense area boundaries, be as shown in Appendix 2 to Report No CAB/FH/15/060.

(Report No CAB/FH/15/060)

Councillor Stephen Edwards, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance, presented this report which set out the basis of the formal calculation for the Council Tax Base for the financial year 2016/2017.

The Council Tax Base calculations were used to determine the New Homes Bonus received by the Council and the level of Council Tax set.  Once approved, the Tax Base for Council Tax collection purposes of 17,207.93 would be included in the Council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS).

The Head of the Anglia Revenues Partnership also commended the positive work being taken with regard to visits to empty properties to bring them back into use.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL: (9 December 2015)

That:-

1.           The tax base for 2016/2017, for the whole of Forest Heath be 17,207.93 equivalent Band ‘D’ dwellings, as detailed in paragraph 1.4 of Report No CAB/FH/15/060.

2.           The tax base for 2016/2017 for the different parts of its area, as defined by Parish or special expense area boundaries, be as shown in Appendix 2 to Report No CAB/FH/15/060.