High Peak Borough Council Income and Spending

Your Council Tax explained

Council services are a vital part of the local community – never more so than during the current recession when many people find themselves in need of financial support and advice.

Because we know that your council tax bill is one of the largest bills you receive each year, we’ve kept our increase below inflation at just 2.5%.

(Please Note: your annual bill is split between High Peak Borough Council, Derbyshire County Council and the Police and Fire and Rescue Authorities.)

The chart below shows how much of an average council tax payment of £2.61 goes each week towards High Peak Borough Council services:

(Note: This chart is an example of average payments of Council Tax. Your household could be in a band that pays more or less depending on where you live in the High Peak. Some households also pay less because of discounts, exemptions or benefits.)

Budget Requirement

2008/09
£m		 2009/10
£m
Gross expenditure of High Peak Borough Council 42.4 42.5
Less capital charges -1.5 -1.8
Less other income -28.5 -28.1
Total net costs 12.4 12.6
less Government funding -7.1 -7.1
Total from Council Tax £5.3m £5.5m

What improvements are we making?

The budget for the next 12 months will enable an investment programme of over £11 million. Here is a snapshot of some of our plans to improve our services this year:

  1. Secure funding and strengthen planning policies to build more affordable homes.
  2. Develop a task force to deal with rising unemployment, particularly in the areas of Gamesley, Fairfield, Whitfield and Buxton Central.
  3. Drive the regeneration of our towns and town centres by:
    • Enabling construction of the Buxton Crescent and Thermal Spa Project
    • Conducting a study on our market towns – to include Whaley Bridge, Chapel-en-le-Frith, New Mills, Buxton and Glossop
    • Starting construction of the Arts Centre in the existing Paxton Suite, Pavilion Gardens
    • Facilitating appropriate development at Woods Mill, Glossop
    • Safeguarding the future of Glossop Town Hall as a community asset
    • Supporting the improvement of medical facilities at Easton House and George Street
  4. Improve resident satisfaction in standards of street cleanliness across the Borough.
  5. Continue to make the Council more efficient.