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COUNCIL TAX RESOLUTION 2026/27

 

 

Meeting: 26/02/2026 - Council (Item 92)

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR – RESOURCES

 

The purpose of this report is to obtain approval for the Council Tax requirement and the overall Council Tax rates for the district of North Hertfordshire for 2026/27.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

(1)         That it was noted that at its meeting on 29 January 2026 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 51,529.0 as its Council Tax base for the year 2026/2027 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)     51,529.0 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Ashwell

909.00

Knebworth

2,074.50

Barkway

439.90

Lilley

183.80

Barley

341.80

Offley

621.20

Bygrave

133.90

Pirton

709.60

Caldecote and Newnham

60.60

Preston

262.10

Clothall

88.70

Radwell

56.70

Codicote

1,835.00

Reed

164.30

Graveley

180.50

Royston

7,035.80

Great Ashby

2,018.00

Rushden and Wallington

209.60

Hinxworth

163.00

St Ippolyts

961.90

Holwell

157.30

St Pauls Walden

577.80

Ickleford

953.80

Sandon

258.60

Kelshall

80.60

Therfield

278.30

Kimpton

1,089.30

Weston

447.70

Kings Walden

427.50

Wymondley

428.50

 

 

 

 

 

b)      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 one or more special items relate.

 

c)     That it was noted that its meeting on the 26 February 2026 the Council has calculated the Council Tax requirement for the Council’s own purposes for 2026/27 (excluding Parish precepts) as £14,211,183. As detailed in 2.2 (e) below the sum of special items is £1,779,755 and hence the total Council Tax requirement (including Parish precepts) is £15,990,938.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)         That the following amounts be now calculated by the Council for 2026/2027 in accordance with Sections 31A, 31B and 34 to 36 of the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (the Act):-

 

a)

£85,997,958

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.

 

b)

£70,007,020

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)

£15,990,938

being the amount by which the aggregate at (a) above exceeds the aggregate at (b) above, calculated by the Council, in accordance with Section 31A(4) of the Act, as its Council Tax requirement for the year.

 

d)

£310.33

being the amount at (c) above divided by the amount at 2.1(a) above calculated by the Council in accordance with Section 31B(1) as the basic amount of its Council Tax for the year.

 

e)

£1,779,755

being the aggregate amount of all special items referred to in Section 34(1) of the Act.

 

f)

£275.79

being the amount at (d) above less the result given by dividing the amount at (e) above by the amount at 2.1(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 item relates.

g)        

Parish/Town

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Minutes:

Audio recording – 2 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds

 

The Director – Resources presented the report entitled ‘Council Tax Resolution 2026/27’ and advised that:

 

·             The Council Tax rate set by the Council was combined with those of the Police and Crime Commissioner and Hertfordshire County Council to formally set Council Tax for the district in 2026/27.

·             The format for Council Tax was set out in the Local Authorities Regulations 2012, which were outlined in the report.

·             Appendix A to the report explained the reason for each element in the recommendations.

 

Councillor Ian Albert proposed and Councillor Sean Nolan seconded and, the outcome of the recorded vote was:

 

VOTE TOTALS:

 

YES                 :           39

ABSTAIN         :           5

NO                   :           0

TOTAL            :           44

 

THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

 

Cllr Ian Albert                                      YES

Cllr Amy Allen                                     YES

Cllr Daniel Allen                                  YES

Cllr David Barnard                              ABSTAIN

Cllr Matt Barnes                                  YES

Cllr Tina Bhartwas                              YES

Cllr Clare Billing                                  YES

Cllr Sadie Billing                                 YES

Cllr Ruth Brown                                  YES

Cllr Cathy Brownjohn                          YES

Cllr Val Bryant                                     YES

Cllr Rhona Cameron                           YES

Cllr David Chalmers                            YES

Cllr Jon Clayden                                 YES

Cllr Mick Debenham                           YES

Cllr Elizabeth Dennis                          YES

Cllr Emma Fernandes                        YES

Cllr Joe Graziano                                ABSTAIN

Cllr Keith Hoskins                               YES

Cllr Tim Johnson                                 YES

Cllr Chris Lucas                                  YES

Cllr Sarah Lucas                                 YES

Cllr Ian Mantle                                    YES

Cllr Nigel Mason                                 YES

Cllr Bryony May                                  YES

Cllr Caroline McDonnell                      YES

Cllr Ralph Muncer                               ABSTAIN

Cllr Michael Muir                                 ABSTAIN

Cllr Sean Nolan                                   YES

Cllr Louise Peace                               YES

Cllr Vijaiya Poopalasingham              YES

Cllr Sean Prendergast                        YES

Cllr Martin Prescott                             ABSTAIN

Cllr Emma Rowe                                YES

Cllr Tamsin Thomas                           YES

Cllr Tom Tyson                                   YES

Cllr Paul Ward                                    YES

Cllr Laura Williams                             YES

Cllr Alistair Willoughby                        YES

Cllr Stewart Willoughby                      YES

Cllr Claire Winchester                         YES

Cllr Dave Winstanley                          YES

Cllr Donna Wright                               YES

Cllr Daniel Wright-Mason                   YES

 

RESOLVED:

 

(1)         That it was noted that at its meeting on 29 January 2026 the Council Tax Setting Committee confirmed the amount 51,529.0 as its Council Tax base for the year 2026/2027 in accordance with regulation 3 of the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012 (the Regulations).

 

a)     51,529.0 being the amount calculated by the Council, in accordance with Regulation 3 of the Regulations, as its Council Tax base for the year.

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Parish/Town

Council Tax Base

Ashwell

909.00

Knebworth

2,074.50

Barkway

439.90

Lilley

183.80

Barley

341.80

Offley

621.20

Bygrave

133.90

Pirton

709.60

Caldecote and Newnham

60.60

Preston

262.10

Clothall

88.70

Radwell

56.70

Codicote

1,835.00

Reed

164.30

Graveley

180.50

Royston

7,035.80

Great Ashby

2,018.00

Rushden and Wallington

209.60

Hinxworth

163.00

St Ippolyts

961.90

Holwell

157.30

St Pauls Walden

577.80

Ickleford

953.80

Sandon

258.60

Kelshall

80.60

Therfield

278.30

Kimpton

1,089.30

Weston

447.70

Kings Walden

427.50

Wymondley

428.50

 

 

 

 

 

b)      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 one or more special items relate.

 

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