URL: https://doncaster.moderngov.co.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=3284

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: Cabinet approved:    1. The City of Doncaster Council’s Tax Base for the 2025/2026 year as 88,084 band D equivalent dwellings as detailed at Appendix 1 of this report.   2. The City of Doncaster Council’s Tax Base for the 2025/2026 year for each part of its area at parish level as detailed in Appendix 2 of this report. Ros Jones, Mayor of Doncaster, Budget and Policy Framework  introduced a report, which sought Cabinet’s approval of the calculation of the proposed Council Tax Base for Doncaster for the 2025/26 financial year, as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.   The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 make arrangements for the setting of the Council Tax. These arrangements include the determination of the Council Tax Base and the regulations prescribe how this calculation should be carried out   The City of Doncaster Council was statutorily required under the Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 to determine the level of Council Tax base for individual properties for 2025/26. It represented the number of properties that will be subject to Council Tax, and which are expressed in terms of their Band D equivalents using a prescribed formula after allowing for the effect of exemptions, discounts, premiums and reliefs.   The agreed Tax Base for the City of Doncaster Council for 2025/2026 will be used in the 2025/2026 Budget and Council Tax setting calculation. The Tax Base is also used by the major precepting bodies (South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and South Yorkshire Police) and the local parish councils to determine their precept requirements and must be set before the end of January in order to meet their requirements.   The report proposed Council Tax Base for the City of Doncaster for 2025/2026 is 88,084 band D equivalent dwellings. This represents an increase of 1,354 band D equivalent dwellings compared to the current year’s Tax Base of 86,730.   A schedule of the proposed Council Tax base for each Parish/Town Council was set out in Appendix 2 of the report.   The Deputy Mayor, Councillor Glyn Jones commented that it was very pleasing to see an increase in the number of new dwellings in the City as this would further impact on job creation and business activity in the area which would also look to improve the circulation of the ‘Donny Pound’. The Local Authorities (Calculation of Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012 prescribe how the calculation of the Council Tax Base must be carried out. There are no other options. None

Date of Decision: January 15, 2025