Council tax precept

For each of the last two years the Parish Council has levied a precept. This is a small additional payment on top of your Council Tax (approx. 50 pence per week for a Band D household), which this year raised £17,000 for the village. And note that, unlike the basic Council Tax, every penny of that £17,000 comes back into the village.

It has been decided to keep the total raised at the same level for 2008/9, so as there are more houses occupied than last year the cost per household will go down slightly. The reason for it remains the same: the village needs to build up a fund to cover any major repairs that may arise for The Centre (remember, the Parish Council owns The Centre, although the MVA runs it). Unlike your house, as The Centre is a commercial building it does not have the benefit of a 10 year NHBC guarantee. So, if any major problems were to arise, funds would have to be found to fix them. As in this year, £15,000 of the £17,000 will be ring-fenced to add to this fund, which is retained by the Parish Council.

The remaining £2,000 will be added to the small surplus we currently have and used to get more facilities for the village.

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