Issue - meetings

To give consideration to the recommendations of the Corporate Policy Committee.

Consideration was given to the recommendations of Corporate Policy Committee on 30 November 2023 in relation to the domestic tax base 2024/25.

RESOLVED:  That

1          in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012, the amount to be calculated by Cheshire East Council as its Council tax base for the year 2024/25 is 160,151.52 for the whole area; and

2          the Council Tax Landlord discount previously applied to empty rental properties be removed.

To consider a report on the Council tax base calculation 2024/25 for recommendation to Council in December 2023.

The Committee considered a report on the Council tax base calculation 2024/25 for recommendation to Council in December 2023.

In response to members’ questions and comments, the Director of Finance and Customer Services advised that:

§  The remaining unspent Covid support grant received from the Government was not subject to claw-back.

§  A property which was uninhabitable until renovation words had been undertaken was exempt from Council tax for a specific period, further details of which were set out on the Council’s website.

§  A family home would not be treated as a second home for Council tax purposes during the period that the individual concerned was in a care home.

RESOLVED (unanimously)

That the Committee

1.   recommends to Council that

(a)  in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) Regulations 2012, the amount to be calculated by Cheshire East Council as its Council tax base for the year 2024/25 is 160,151.52 for the whole area; and

(b)  the Council Tax Landlord discount previously applied to empty rental properties be removed.

2.   notes that the Council Tax Support scheme is agreed for 2024/25 as unchanged other than the increases in line with CPI as agreed in the last consultation.