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 1.5%.

(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 £2.65 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

2009/10
£m		 2010/11
£m
Gross expenditure of High Peak Borough Council 42.5 46.5
Less capital charges -1.8 -1.2
Less other income -28.1 -32.7
Total net costs 12.6 12.6
less Government funding -7.1 -7.1
Total from Council Tax £5.5m £5.5m

What improvements are we making?

The budget for the next 12 months will enable an investment programme of over £10 million. Here is a snapshot of some of our plans to improve our services this year:

  1. Continue to make affordable housing a Council priority with a planned spend of £402,000 over the next 12 months.
  2. Improve our leisure centres at New Mills and Glossop with an investment of £600,000.
  3. In response to public consultation we will be investing £250,000 in public conveniences across the High Peak over the next 3 years of which £75,000 will be spent in 2010/11.
  4. Complete work on the Pavilion Arts Centre at Pavilion Gardens, Buxton – a £2.5 million project jointly funded by High Peak Borough Council, High Peak Theatre Trust and Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership.
  5. We will start the repair programme for Glossop Town Hall and Market Place - our first priority being the repair of the Town Hall roof.