Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Central Services introduced the annual Council Tax Base setting report for the 2016/17 financial year.

It was noted that the number of Band D equivalent properties had increased by 3,119.93 compared to 2015/16, which would generate an additional £3.234m income.  Members discussed the importance of factoring in Council Tax revenue considerations as part of development plans for vacant sites, as well as the inappropriate use of the original valuation bandings from April 1991 for the purposes of Council Tax classification.  The Cabinet Member also clarified that the base for 2016/17 was 45,744.57 as stated in the body of the report and Appendix 1, and not the figure of 45,981.86 referred to in error in the published report’s recommendation.

Cabinet resolved to agree that, in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council as its Tax Base for the year 2016/17 shall be 45,744.57 Band ‘D’ properties.