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Council Tax Resolution 2026/27

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Meeting: 24/02/2026 - Council (Item 94)

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Under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 the council as the billing authority must calculate a council tax requirement and basic amount of council tax for the following year.

If the formal council tax resolution at Appendix A is approved the BCP Council Band D council tax will be £1,980.46 from 1 April 2026.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Finance presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Council was advised that under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 the council as the billing authority must calculate a council tax requirement and basic amount of council tax for the following year.

Further to this Council was informed that if the formal council tax resolution at Appendix A was approved the BCP Council Band D council tax would be £1,980.46 from 1 April 2026.

Following debate Council moved to a recorded vote where the motion as set out below was carried with voting 40:9 (15 abstentions): -

For:40

Cllr Marcus Andrews	Cllr Jeff Hanna	Cllr Marion LePoidevin
Cllr Stephen Bartlett	Cllr Emily Harman	Cllr Felicity Rice
Cllr David Brown	Cllr Richard Herrett	Cllr Judy Richardson
Cllr Olivia Brown	Cllr Paul Hilliard	Cllr Vanessa Ricketts
Cllr Richard Burton	Cllr Dawn Logan	Cllr Peter Sidaway
Cllr Adrian Chapmanlaw	Cllr Sandra Mackrow	Cllr Paul Slade
Cllr Jo Clements	Cllr Andy Martin	Cllr Vikki Slade
Cllr Mike Cox	Cllr David Martin	Cllr Michael Tarling
Cllr Lesley Dedman	Cllr Chris Matthews	Cllr Tony Trent
Cllr Millie Earl	Cllr Simon McCormack	Cllr Oliver Walters
Cllr David Flagg	Cllr Sandra Moore	Cllr Clare Weight
Cllr Matthew Gillett	Cllr Bernadette Nanovo	Cllr Kieron Wilson
Cllr Crispin Goodall	Cllr Lisa Northover
Cllr Andy Hadley	Cllr Rachel Pattinson-West

Against:9

Cllr Sue Aitkenhead	Cllr Sharon Carr-Brown	Cllr Gillian Martin
Cllr Judes Butt	Cllr Eleanor Connolly	Cllr Jamie Martin
Cllr Partrick Canavan	Cllr George Farquhar	Cllr Pete Miles

Abstentions:15

Cllr Cameron Adams	Cllr David d’Orton-Gibson	Cllr Karen Rampton
Cllr Hazel Allen	Cllr Bobbie Dove	Cllr Chris Rigby
Cllr John Beesley	Cllr Duane Farr	Cllr Joe Salmon
Cllr Simon Bull	Cllr Mark Howell	Cllr Kate Salmon
Cllr John Challinor	Cllr Alasdair Keddie	Cllr Gavin Wright

RESOLVED that Council approved the council tax resolution as set out in Appendix A.

Voting: For:40, Against:9, Abstentions:15