Agenda item

FOR

AGAINST

ABSTAINED

Mark Ashwell

Prue Bray

Ian Pittock

Alistair Auty

Gary Cowan

Bob Pitts

Parry Batth

Andy Croy

Rob Stanton

Laura Blumenthal

Lindsay Ferris

Chris Bowring

Clive Jones

David Chopping

Beth Rowland

UllaKarin Clark

Imogen Shepherd-DuBey

Richard Dolinski

Rachelle Shepherd-DuBey

Michael Firmager

Kate Haines

Mike Haines

Emma Hobbs

Tim Holton

John Jarvis

Norman Jorgensen

Pauline Jorgensen

John Kaiser

Dianne King

David Lee

Abdul Loyes

Charles Margetts

Julian McGhee-Sumner

Ken Miall

Philip Mirfin

Stuart Munro

Anthony Pollock

Malcolm Richards

Angus Ross

Chris Smith

Bill Soane

Alison Swaddle

Simon Weeks

Oliver Whittle

Shahid Younis

(a)

67,433.40 being the amount calculated by the Council, (Item T) in accordance with regulation 31B of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 1992 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011 and the Local Government Finance Act 2012), as its council tax base for the year

(b)

Part of the Council's area.

Arborfield and Newland

1,263.4

Barkham

1,526.9

Charvil

1,409.3

Earley

11,755.9

Finchampstead

5,725.0

Remenham

321.9

Ruscombe

501.5

St. Nicholas Hurst

1,053.1

Shinfield

5,144.0

Sonning

808.3

Swallowfield

1,006.0

Twyford

2,994.5

Wargrave

2,098.3

Winnersh

3,897.1

Wokingham

14,685.2

Wokingham Without

3,109.9

Woodley

10,133.1

67,433.4

being the amounts calculated by the Council, in accordance with regulation 6 of the Regulations, as the amounts of its council tax base for the year for dwellings in those parts of its area to which a parish precept relates.

2.

Calculate that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2017/18 (excluding Parish precepts) is £91,660,197. This includes £4,300,902 in respect of the Adult Social Care precept for 2017/18; this is based on a 3% increase on the 2016/17 council tax level and a 2% increase on the 2015/16 council tax level.

3.

That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for the year 2016/2017 in accordance with Sections 32 to 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, amended by the Localism Act 2011. However, the precepts shown below for the parishes of Arborfield, Earley and Winnersh are provisional and are subject to approval at the parishes annual precept meetings between February 14th and February 22nd 2017. The precept shown below for the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority is also provisional subject to approval at a meeting of the Fire Authority on  27 February 2017:-

(a)

£300,610,752

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(2)(a) to (f) of the Act taking into account all precepts issued to it by parish councils

(b)

(£205,018,692)

being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A(3)(a) to (d) of the Act

(c)

£95,592,061

being the amount by which the aggregate at 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)

(d)

£1,417.58

being the amount at 3(c) above (Item R), all divided by 1(a) above (Item T), 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)

£3,931,863

being the aggregate amount of all special items (parish precepts) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act (as per the table below).

2017/18

2016/17

Council

TAX

PARISH

PARISH

TAX

PARISH

PARISH

Tax

BASE

PRECEPT

BAND D

BASE

PRECEPT

BAND D

Increase

£

£

£

£

%

Arborfield and Newland

1,263.4

95,150

75.31

1,260.0

87,866

69.73

8.00

Barkham

1,526.9

46,342

30.35

1,440.6

42,342

29.39

3.26

Charvil

1,409.3

40,715

28.89

1,399.6

39,655

28.33

1.97

Earley

11,755.9

812,780

69.14

11,704.0

778,784

66.54

3.91

Finchampstead

5,725.0

126,944

22.17

5,665.3

123,848

21.86

1.41

Remenham

321.9

23,150

71.92

317.5

22,250

70.08

2.63

Ruscombe

501.5

10,266

20.47

497.9

10,266

20.62

(0.72)

St. Nicholas Hurst

1,053.1

30,000

28.49

1,044.2

25,035

23.98

18.83

Shinfield

5,144.0

341,047

66.30

4,780.7

316,950

66.30

0.00

Sonning

808.3

35,568

44.00

806.9

34,700

43.00

2.32

Swallowfield

1,006.0

19,308

19.19

995.1

19,108

19.20

(0.06)

Twyford

2,994.5

77,921

26.02

2,961.5

67,798

22.89

13.66

Wargrave

2,098.3

168,345

80.23

2,085.0

161,465

77.44

3.60

Winnersh

3,897.1

110,521

28.36

3,801.3

107,801

28.36

0.00

Wokingham

14,685.2

766,961

52.23

14,294.6

710,990

49.74

5.01

Wokingham Without

3,109.9

145,543

46.80

3,107.1

145,415

46.80

(0.00)

Woodley

10,133.1

1,081,303

106.71

9,840.1

1,039,607

105.65

1.00

Total / Average

67,433.4

3,931,863

58.31

66,001.4

3,733,880

56.57

3.07

(f)

£1,359.27

being the amount at 3(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 3(e) above by the amount at 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 special items relates.

4.

That it be noted that for the year 2017/2018 the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley has issued a precept to the Council in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for each category of dwellings in the Council's area as indicated in the table below. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Authority is due to approve its precept on 27th February 2017, and their provisional precept has been used based on the report going to their management committee on 14th February 2017.

5.

That the Council in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, hereby sets the aggregate amounts shown in the tables below as the amounts of Council Tax for 2017/2018 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

SUMMARY OF COUNCIL TAX 2017/2018

Valuation Bands

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

Wokingham Borough Council

906.18

1,057.21

1,208.24

1,359.27

1,661.33

1,963.39

2,265.45

2,718.54

Thames Valley Police Authority

113.52

132.44

151.36

170.28

208.12

245.96

283.80

340.56

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority

41.66

48.60

55.55

62.49

76.38

90.26

104.15

124.98

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirement for each parish and the borough for each part of the Council's area:-

Arborfield and Newland

956.39

1,115.78

1,275.18

1,434.58

1,753.38

2,072.17

2,390.97

2,869.16

Barkham

926.41

1,080.82

1,235.22

1,389.62

1,698.42

2,007.23

2,316.03

2,779.24

Charvil

925.44

1,079.68

1,233.92

1,388.16

1,696.64

2,005.12

2,313.60

2,776.32

Earley

952.27

1,110.99

1,269.70

1,428.41

1,745.83

2,063.26

2,380.68

2,856.82

Finchampstead

920.96

1,074.45

1,227.95

1,381.44

1,688.43

1,995.41

2,302.40

2,762.88

Remenham

954.13

1,113.15

1,272.17

1,431.19

1,749.23

2,067.27

2,385.32

2,862.38

Ruscombe

919.83

1,073.13

1,226.44

1,379.74

1,686.35

1,992.96

2,299.57

2,759.48

St. Nicholas Hurst

925.17

1,079.37

1,233.56

1,387.76

1,696.15

2,004.54

2,312.93

2,775.52

Shinfield

950.38

1,108.78

1,267.17

1,425.57

1,742.36

2,059.16

2,375.95

2,851.14

Sonning

935.51

1,091.43

1,247.35

1,403.27

1,715.11

2,026.95

2,338.78

2,806.54

Swallowfield

918.97

1,072.14

1,225.30

1,378.46

1,684.78

1,991.11

2,297.43

2,756.92

Twyford

923.53

1,077.45

1,231.37

1,385.29

1,693.13

2,000.97

2,308.82

2,770.58

Wargrave

959.67

1,119.61

1,279.56

1,439.50

1,759.39

2,079.28

2,399.17

2,879.00

Winnersh

925.09

1,079.27

1,233.45

1,387.63

1,695.99

2,004.35

2,312.72

2,775.26

Wokingham

941.00

1,097.83

1,254.67

1,411.50

1,725.17

2,038.83

2,352.50

2,823.00

Wokingham Without

937.38

1,093.61

1,249.84

1,406.07

1,718.53

2,030.99

2,343.45

2,812.14

Woodley

977.32

1,140.21

1,303.09

1,465.98

1,791.75

2,117.53

2,443.30

2,931.96

Aggregate of Council Tax Requirements for each part of the Council's area:-

Arborfield and Newland

1,111.57

1,296.82

1,482.09

1,667.35

2,037.88

2,408.39

2,778.92

3,334.70

Barkham

1,081.59

1,261.86

1,442.13

1,622.39

1,982.92

2,343.45

2,703.98

3,244.78

Charvil

1,080.62

1,260.72

1,440.83

1,620.93

1,981.14

2,341.34

2,701.55

3,241.86

Earley

1,107.45

1,292.03

1,476.61

1,661.18

2,030.33

2,399.48

2,768.63

3,322.36

Finchampstead

1,076.14

1,255.49

1,434.86

1,614.21

1,972.93

2,331.63

2,690.35

3,228.42

Remenham

1,109.31

1,294.19

1,479.08

1,663.96

2,033.73

2,403.49

2,773.27

3,327.92

Ruscombe

1,075.01

1,254.17

1,433.35

1,612.51

1,970.85

2,329.18

2,687.52

3,225.02

St. Nicholas Hurst

1,080.35

1,260.41

1,440.47

1,620.53

1,980.65

2,340.76

2,700.88

3,241.06

Shinfield

1,105.56

1,289.82

1,474.08

1,658.34

2,026.86

2,395.38

2,763.90

3,316.68

Sonning

1,090.69

1,272.47

1,454.26

1,636.04

1,999.61

2,363.17

2,726.73

3,272.08

Swallowfield

1,074.15

1,253.18

1,432.21

1,611.23

1,969.28

2,327.33

2,685.38

3,222.46

Twyford

1,078.71

1,258.49

1,438.28

1,618.06

1,977.63

2,337.19

2,696.77

3,236.12

Wargrave

1,114.85

1,300.65

1,486.47

1,672.27

2,043.89

2,415.50

2,787.12

3,344.54

Winnersh

1,080.27

1,260.31

1,440.36

1,620.40

1,980.49

2,340.57

2,700.67

3,240.80

Wokingham

1,096.18

1,278.87

1,461.58

1,644.27

2,009.67

2,375.05

2,740.45

3,288.54

Wokingham Without

1,092.56

1,274.65

1,456.75

1,638.84

2,003.03

2,367.21

2,731.40

3,277.68

Woodley

1,132.50

1,321.25

1,510.00

1,698.75

2,076.25

2,453.75

2,831.25

3,397.50