URL: https://moderngov.wrexham.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1802&LLL=0

Decision Maker: Council

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: To approve the Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2026/27

Content: To approve the Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2026/27 RESOLVED – That Council   (i)         Note the making of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations ("the Prescribed Requirements Regulations") by the Welsh Assembly on 27 November 2013;   (ii)        Adopt The Council Tax Reduction Scheme and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013, as the Council’s Scheme for the Financial Year 2026/27, subject to the local discretions that the Council is able to exercise as set out in paragraph 8.1 of the report; and   (iii)       Approve delegation to the Chief Officer Finance & ICT (in consultation with the Leader) to consider, approve and/or deal with as necessary any amendments which may be made to the “Amendment regulations” following consideration by the National Assembly for Wales when these regulations are laid & approved by Welsh Government.   Reason for decision   (i)           The Council is obliged to approve a Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2026/27 under the Prescribed Requirements Regulations by 31 January 2025.   (ii)              It is likely that the uprating regulations for Benefits, will not be debated by the Senedd until January 2026.  As a result it will mean that the amendment regulations will not be approved by the Assembly until late January 2026.

Date of Decision: December 17, 2025