The report has been circulated with the Cabinet Agenda for its meeting on 19^th January 2016. The relevant Minute and report will be referred direct to this Scrutiny Committee for consideration.

The Committee considered Minute 646 of Cabinet held on 19th January 2017, which had been referred direct to Scrutiny by Cabinet, together with a report of the Chief Executive concerning the calculation of the Council Tax Base for 2017/18 and the submission of the National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR1) form to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) by 31 January 2017.

In response to questions, the Director of Finance said that he would check 3% contingency allowance for non collection across the Council Tax bandings for consideration as part of the 2018/19 Council Tax base.

Resolved:

That the following decisions of Cabinet be noted:-

“1. Thatin accordancewiththeLocalAuthorities(Calculationof Council TaxBase) Regulations 1992(as amendedbytheLocalAuthorities (Calculationof CouncilTax Base)(Amendment)(England)Regulations 2003)andLocalGovernmentFinanceAct2012(Calculationof billing authority’s council taxbaseSection 15):

(i)   TheLocalCouncilTaxSupport Schemefor 2017/18 approvedby Councilon 15 December 2016,beincorporatedinto theCouncil Taxbasesetting as outlined inAppendicesA and B to the submitted report.

(ii)    Thatthe following changes to CouncilTax discounts and exemptions approvedby Cabinet on 5 January 2016 will remain unchanged from1 April2017 andthese areincorporatedinto theCouncilTaxBase:-

-      Propertiesrequiringor undergoing structural alteration or major repairs(ClassD) as allowed by Section 11Aof the LocalGovernmentFinanceAct2012  ...  view the full minutes text for item 708

Report of Chief Executive

The Cabinet considered a report of the Chief Executive concerning the calculation of the Council Tax Base for 2017/18 and the submission of the National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR1) form to the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) by 31^st January 2017.

Resolved:-

1.    Thatin accordancewiththeLocalAuthorities(Calculationof Council TaxBase) Regulations 1992(as amendedbytheLocalAuthorities (Calculationof CouncilTax Base)(Amendment)(England)Regulations 2003)andLocalGovernmentFinanceAct2012(Calculationof billing authority’s council taxbaseSection 15):

(i)            TheLocalCouncilTaxSupport Schemefor 2017/18 approvedby Councilon 15 December 2016,beincorporatedinto theCouncil Taxbasesetting as outlined inAppendicesA and B to the submitted report.

(ii)           Thatthe following changes to CouncilTax discounts and exemptions approvedby Cabinet on 5 January 2016 will remain unchanged from1 April2017 andthese areincorporatedinto theCouncilTaxBase:-

-       Propertiesrequiringor undergoing structural alteration or major repairs(ClassD) as allowed by Section 11Aof the LocalGovernmentFinanceAct2012is set at 0%.

-       Vacantand substantiallyunfurnishedproperties (ClassC) asallowed bySection 11Aof the LocalGovernment FinanceA  ...  view the full minutes text for item 646