Council Tax – Finance -Precept 2024-2025.

Council Tax – Finance -Precept 2024-2025.

Residents should now have received their Council Tax notification and included is the Parish Council element which is the result of the setting of budget, ear marked reserves and precept for 2024-2025 this was resolved at the January meeting and published in the February Parish Newsletter / Woodbury News.
It was resolved that these be accepted with our precept request being £139,155, this equates to a Band D increase of 51 pence per week, (38.8%). The increase is mainly due to the maintenance required and asset enhancements needed across the parish. Parish and Town Councils are currently not capped to allow them to provide services and facilities for their residents.

Woodbury Parish Council is an active Parish, and we are involved in several partnerships and provide an array of facilities and services for our residents. This includes, but not exhaustive to managing and maintaining, three play parks, two allotment sites, a network of footpaths, a car park, public toilets, open spaces, defibrillators, various items of street scene including bus shelters, benches, notice boards, etc. Gulliford Burial Ground, grass / hedge cutting across the parish, also we provide grants to local groups and organisations for the benefit of residents.

We not only maintain our current assets but will be enhancing them and looking at other initiatives to make improvements. Unfortunately, due to increasing costs, we have this year had to put up the precept to reflect the maintenance and running costs of our assets for the coming and future years so residents can continue to enjoy them.