Agenda item

Council Tax 2026/27

Purpose:

To set the Council Tax and precepts for 2026/27.

Recommendation:

That, subject to confirmation of Gloucestershire County Council’s precept, Council resolves to:

1) Agree for the purposes of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 Section 35(2), that there are no special expenses for the District Council in 2026/27;

2) Note that, using their delegated authority, the Deputy Chief Executive calculated the Council Tax Base for 2026/27:

(a) for the whole Council area as 45,261.49 [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 in the attached Schedule 1.

3) Agree that the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2026/27 (excluding Parish Precepts) is £7,419,716.

4) Agree that the following amounts be calculated for the year 2026/27 in accordance with Sections 31 to 36 of the Act:

(a) 52,952,023 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 and any additional special expenses.

(b) £39,934,694 being the aggregate of the amounts which the Council estimates for the items set out in Section 31A (3) of the Act.

(c) £13,017,510 being the amount by which the aggregate at 4(a) above exceeds the aggregate at 4(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).

(d) £287.60 being the amount at 4(c) above (Item R), all divided by Item T (1(a) 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 and Special Expenses);

(e) £5,597,794 being the aggregate amount of all special items (Parish Precepts and Special Expenses) referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act as per the attached Schedule 2.

(f) £163.93 being the amount at 4(d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at 4(e) above by Item T(2(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 or special item relates;

(g) the amounts shown in Schedule 2 being the amounts given by adding to the amount at 4(f) above, the amounts of the special item or items relating to dwellings in those parts of the Council’s area shown in Schedule 2 divided in each case by the amount at 2(b) 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 to which one or more special items relate;

(h) the amounts shown in Schedule 3 being the amounts given by multiplying the amounts at 4(f) and 4(g) 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;

5) Note that for the year 2026/27 the Gloucestershire County Council and the Police & Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire have issued precepts 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 below:

Valuation

Band

Gloucestershire County Council

Police and

Crime Commissioner

1,175.64

227.05

1,371.58

1,567.52

264.90

302.74

1,763.46

2,155.34

2,547.22

2,939.10

3,526.92

340.58

416.26

491.95

567.63

681.16

6) Agree, in accordance with Sections 30 and 36 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, to set the aggregate amounts shown in Schedule 4 as the amounts of Council Tax for the year 2026/27 for each part of its area and for each of the categories of dwellings.

7) Agree the Council’s basic amount of Council Tax for 2026/27 is not excessive in accordance with principles approved under Section 52ZB Local Government Finance Act 1992.

8) Authorise the following Council/Publica Officers: Deputy Chief Executive, Interim Director – Resident Services, Director of Governance and Development, Legal Executive, Business Manager – Environmental, Welfare and Revenues, Revenues Manager, Revenues Lead and Senior Recovery Officer to:

(a) collect and recover any National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax; and

(b) prosecute or defend on the Council’s behalf or to appear on its behalf in proceedings before a magistrate’s court in respect of unpaid National Non-Domestic Rates and Council Tax.

Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to set the Council Tax for 2026-27.

The Cabinet Member for Finance introduced the report and made the following points:

The formal setting of Council Tax would be completed, following legal requirements.
The report and resolution were outlined, covering pages 209-213 of the meeting documents.
Council Tax levels for residents were detailed, including parish precepts and banding calculations.

Councillor Coleman formally moved the resolution and urged all Councillors to support the setting of the precept.

The Chair invited any questions for clarity. There were no questions for clarity.

Councillor Mike Evemy seconded the report and chose to speak to supplement Councillor Coleman’s remarks, particularly for members voting on the council tax for the first time. Councillor Evemy noted that the council tax amounts for each parish or town council were displayed from Band A to Band H, with the prescribed multiples from six-ninths to eighteen-ninths, in accordance with legislative requirements. Members were reminded that calculations were referenced to Band D, which had been set at £5 for Cotswold District Council. This resulted in a Band D Council Tax of £163.93, with Band A at £109.29 and Band H at £327.86.

There were no contributions in debate.

The Chair invited Councillor Coleman to sum up; Councillor Coleman indicated that he had no further points to add.

The Chair then moved to the vote on the report recommendations proposed by Councillor Coleman and seconded by Councillor Evemy.

Voting record:

28 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions.

Supporting documents:

Agenda item

Council Tax 2026/27

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