Parish Council Precept for 2016-17

Audlem Parish Council had to set the precept for 2016-17 in its January meeting.

With significantly increased expenditure predicted due to the anticipated takeover of the Playing Field, Car Park, Play Area and Tennis Courts and supporting community initiatives such as the Annexe to the Public Hall, together with the halving of the council tax support grant to £872, councillors concluded that there was no other option but to raise the precept by 2%.

Happily, due to a rise in the tax base for Audlem, individual residents will see no increase in the amount they have to pay next year towards Audlem Parish Council, in fact for a band D property the amount payable for the year will fall by 2p from £42.85 to £42.83.

The tax base is a figure calculated each year based on the number of homes in the Parish, allowing for properties which attract discounts such as single person occupancy; it is the predicted number of standard household equivalents paying council tax in the parish and is determined by Cheshire East Council. The rise in the tax base will spread the load so that the actual amount each household ends up paying will be almost exactly the same as last year.

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