MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TAX SETTING PANEL

HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON TUESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2022

MEMBERS

* Cllr C Mott - Chairman

* Cllr R Cheadle

* Cllr C Edmonds

* Cllr N Jory

Officers in attendance:

Section 151 Officer; and Democratic Services Senior Case Manager

CTSP.1/21 MINUTES

The minutes of the meeting of the Council Tax Setting Panel held on

23 February 2021 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the

Chairman.

CTSP.2/21 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members were invited to declare any interests in the items of business to be considered during the course of the meeting but none was made.

CTPS.3/21 COUNCIL TAX 2022/23

Consideration was given to a report that calculated and set out the Council Tax for 2022/23, having taken into account the precepts as notified from Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority, and the Town and Parish Councils.

It was then:

RESOLVED

1. That it be noted that, in December 2021, the Senior Leadership Team, under delegated authority from full Council, approved the Council Tax Base for the year 2022/23:

(a) for the whole Council area as 20,687.75 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base)(England) Regulations 2012; and

(b) for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish

Precept relates in accordance with regulation 6 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 (as set out in Appendix A of the published agenda report);

2. That the Council Tax requirement for West Devon Borough Council’s own purposes for 2022/23 (excluding Parish precepts) is calculated at £5,102,220 (as outlined at Appendix B of the presented agenda report);

3. That the following amounts are calculated by the Council for the year 2022/23 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 and the Localism Act 2011 (as outlined at Appendix B of the presented agenda report):

(a) £25,870,765 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/Town Councils (Gross expenditure including parish precepts);

(b) £18,923,165 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act (Total income including Business Rates and Council Tax Collection Fund surplus);

(c) £6,947,600 being the amount by which the aggregate at resolution 3(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 3(b) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31A (4) of the Act as its Council Tax requirement for the year (Item R in the formula in Section 31B of the Act (Council Tax requirement including parish precepts);

(d) £335.83 being the amount at resolution 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by the Council Tax base (1(a) above) in accordance with Section 31B of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (Average Band D Council Tax for West Devon Borough Council and parishes);

(e) £1,845,380 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the attached Appendix C – Parish Precepts of the published agenda report);

(f) £246.83 being the amount at resolution 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at resolution 3(e) by the Council Tax base (resolution 1(a) above), calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 34(2) of the Act, as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which no Parish precept relates (Band D Council Tax for West Devon Borough Council only);

4. That it be noted the County Council, the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Fire Authority have issued precepts to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each of the categories of dwellings as shown below:

Valuation Bands

Precepting authority

Devon County Council’s tax requirements

1,037.64

1,210.58

1,383.52

1,556.46

1,902.34

2,248.22

2,594.10

3,112.92

Police & Crime

Commissioner’s

tax requirements

164.37

191.77

219.16

246.56

301.35

356.14

410.93

493.12

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority’s tax requirements

61.19

71.39

81.59

91.79

112.19

132.59

152.98

183.58

5. That the Council, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2022/23 for each of the categories of dwellings shown at Appendix D (total of all valuation band council taxes for West Devon Borough Council including parishes, county, police and crime commissioner and fire authority);

6. That the Council concluded that the basic amount of Council Tax for West Devon Borough Council for 2022/23 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992 (see calculation at Appendix B of the presented agenda report).

(Meeting commenced at 11.30am and concluded at 11.47am).

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Chairman