The Council was the billing authority for the Borough of Brentwood and was required to set a Council Tax that would not only cover its own requirements, but also those of Essex County Council, Police and Crime Commissioner, Fire Authority and the Parish Councils.

 

The Council Tax  requirements for 2016/17 were outlined as follows:

 

Council Tax Requirements

	2015/16 £	2016/17 £
Brentwood Borough Council	5,238,503	5,504,121
Essex County Council	33,858,348	35,926,833
Police and Crime Commissioner	4,584,546	4,835,259
Fire Authority	2,069,354	2,151,547
Parishes	361,474	388,409

 

A schedule of the Parish Precepts was attached as Appendix B to the report.

 

Cllr Mrs McKinlay MOVED and Cllr Kerslake SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a discussion a recorded vote was taken in accordance with Procedure Rule 9.6 of the Council’s Constitution.

 

Members voted as follows:

 

FOR:  Cllrs Cloke, Mrs Henwood, Hirst, Mrs Hones, Hossack, Kerslake, McCheyne, Mrs McKinlay, Mrs Murphy, Parker, Poppy, Mrs Pound, Reed,

Ms Rowlands, Russell, Ms Sanders, Mrs Slade, Sleep, Tee, Trump and Wiles (21)

 

AGAINST:  Cllrs Aspinell, Barrett, Clark, Mrs Davies, Mrs Hubbard, Keeble, Kendall, Morrissey, Mynott and Newberry (10)

 

ABSTAIN: (0)

 

The MOTION was CARRIED  and it was RESOLVED as follows:

 

1.    That the Council approves the formal Council Tax resolution for Brentwood Borough Council and Parishes as contained in Appendix A to the report, as follows:

 

Formal Council Tax (Brentwood Borough Council and Parishes) Resolution 2016-17

1.    That it be noted that at its meeting on 27 January 2016 Ordinary Council approved the calculation of the following amounts as the Council’s Tax Base for 2016/17 in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012:

 

a)    for the whole Council area as 31,790 (item “T” in the formula in section 31B of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as amended (“the Act”)), and

 

b)    for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a Parish precept relates as follows

 

Parish
Blackmore	1,424.5
Doddinghurst	1,163.2
Herongate and Ingrave	1,060.7
Ingatestone and Fryerning	2,294.8
Kelvedon Hatch	1,035.8
Mountnessing	472.7
Navestock	233.3
Stondon Massey	322.8
West Horndon	667.4

 

2.    That the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2016/17 (excluding Parish precepts) be calculated as £5,504,121.

 

3.    That the following amounts be calculated for the year 2016/17 in accordance with Sections 30 to 36 of the Act:

 

a)        £46,028,070  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 Councils.

 

b)        £40,135,540  being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council

estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3) of the Act.

 

c)         £5,892,530    being the amount by which the aggregate at 3a) above

exceeds the aggregate at 3b) 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).

 

d)        £185.36         being the amount at 3c) above divided by the amount at

1a) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B of the Act as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year (including Parish precepts).

 

e)        £388,409       being the aggregate of the following special items (Parish

precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act:

 

Parish	£
Blackmore	51,282
Doddinghurst	60,886
Herongate and Ingrave	36,064
Ingatestone and Fryerning	135,348
Kelvedon Hatch	34,167
Mountnessing	18,000
Navestock	6,299
Stondon Massey	13,863
West Horndon	32,500

 

f)   £173.14          being the amount at 3d) above less the result given by

dividing the amount at 3e) above by the amount at 1a) 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.

 

g)                                 the amounts stated in column (3) below given by adding to the amount at 3f) above the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area specified in 3e) above in each case by the amount at 1a) above, calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 34(3) of the Act, as the basic amounts of its Council Tax for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area set out in 3e) above to which one or more special items relate:

 

 

	(1)	(2)	(3)
	Council	Parish	Total
	Band D Council Tax	Band D Council Tax	Band D Council Tax
	£	£	£
Blackmore	173.14	36.00	209.14
Doddinghurst	173.14	52.34	225.48
Herongate and Ingrave	173.14	34.00	207.14
Ingatestone and Fryerning	173.14	58.98	232.12
Kelvedon Hatch	173.14	32.99	206.13
Mountnessing	173.14	38.08	211.22
Navestock	173.14	27.00	200.14
Stondon Massey	173.14	42.95	216.09
West Horndon	173.14	48.70	221.84

 

h)                                 the amounts set out below given by multiplying the amounts at 3g) 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 is applicable to dwellings listed in valuation band D, calculated by the 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.

 

	Band A £	Band B £	Band C £	Band D £	Band E £	Band F £	Band G £	Band H £
Blackmore	139.43	162.66	185.90	209.14	255.62	302.09	348.57	418.28
Doddinghurst	150.32	175.37	200.42	225.48	275.59	325.69	375.80	450.96
Herongate	138.10	161.10	184.12	207.14	253.18	299.20	345.24	414.28
Ingatestone and Fryerning	154.75	180.53	206.33	232.12	283.71	335.28	386.87	464.24
Kelvedon	137.42	160.32	183.22	206.13	251.94	297.74	343.55	412.26
Mountnessing	140.82	164.28	187.75	211.22	258.16	305.09	352.04	422.44
Navestock	133.43	155.66	177.90	200.14	244.62	289.09	333.57	400.28
Stondon Massey	144.06	168.07	192.08	216.09	264.11	312.13	360.15	432.18
West Horndon	147.90	172.54	197.19	221.84	271.14	320.43	369.74	443.68
Unparished	115.43	134.66	153.90	173.14	211.62	250.09	288.57	346.28

 

 

2.    That it be noted that for the year 2016/17 Essex County Council, Essex Police and Crime Commissioner and Essex Fire Authority have issued the following precept requirements to the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the Act”) for each of the categories of dwellings (valuation band) shown in Table 2 below.

 

Table 2 - Precept Schedule

Valuation Band	Essex County Council £	Essex Police and Crime Commissioner £	Essex Fire Authority £
A	753.42	101.40	45.12
B	878.99	118.30	52.64
C	1,004.56	135.20	60.16
D	1,130.13	152.10	67.68
E	1,381.27	185.90	82.72
F	1,632.41	219.70	97.76
G	1,883.55	253.50	112.80
H	2,260.26	304.20	135.36

 

3.    That having calculated the aggregate in each case of the amounts calculated by the 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 and the amounts in 2.2 above, the Council, in accordance with Section 40 of the Act, hereby sets the amounts in Table 3 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2016/17 for each of the categories of dwellings shown:

 

Table 3 - 2016/17 Council Tax for Each Categories of Dwellings

	Band A £	Band B £	Band C £	Band D £	Band E £	Band F £	Band G £	Band H £
Blackmore	1,039.37	1,212.59	1,385.82	1,559.05	1,905.51	2,251.96	2,598.42	3,118.10
Doddinghurst	1,050.26	1,225.30	1,400.34	1,575.39	1,925.48	2,275.56	2,625.65	3.150.78
Herongate	1,038.04	1,211.03	1,384.04	1,557.05	1,903.07	2,249.07	2,595.09	3,114.10
Ingatestone and Fryerning	1,054.69	1,230.46	1,406.25	1,582.03	1,933.60	2,285.15	2,636.72	3,164.06
Kelvedon	1,037.36	1,210.25	1,383.14	1,556.04	1,901.83	2,247.61	2,593.40	3,112.08
Mountnessing	1,040.76	1,214.21	1,387.67	1,561.13	1,908.05	2,254.96	2,601.89	3,122.26
Navestock	1,033.37	1,205.59	1,377.82	1,550.05	1,894.51	2,238.96	2,583.42	3,100.10
Stondon Massey	1,044.00	1,218.00	1,392.00	1,566.00	1,914.00	2,262.00	2,610.00	3,132.00
West Horndon	1,047.84	1,222.47	1,397.11	1,571.75	1,921.03	2,270.30	2,619.59	3,143.50
Unparished	1,015.37	1,184.59	1,353.82	1,523.05	1,861.51	2,199.96	2,538.42	3,046.10

 

Reason for Recommendation

 

The Council has a legal requirement to set the Council Tax for its area by 11 March 2016.