Decision details

The Director of Resources submitted a report seeking approval on proposals to increase this Committee’s fees and charges with effect from 1 April 2023.

Members were reminded that the Council’s fees and charges are reviewed on an annual basis as part of the budget setting process.

The report noted that:

In order to meet inflation pressures on the Council’s budget, Policy and Finance Committee had given guidance for service Committees to consider a 10.1% inflationary increase in the level of income raised from fees and charges.

·         The majority of the 2023/24 fees and charges proposed for this Committee have therefore been increased by the 10.1% inflationary increase and then   rounded up to the next 10p, 50p or £1 dependent on the size of the fee to minimise any problems with small change. However, a small number of fees, when rounding up would have meant the actual fee increase being significantly more than 10.1%, have been rounded down to the nearest 10p.

·         A small number of the proposed fees and charges for 2023/24 have been set on a different basis to the Policy and Finance Committee’s suggested inflationary increase and these were highlighted in the report.

RESOLVED THAT COMMITTEE:

Approved the 2023/24 fees and charges proposed for this Committee as contained in the Annex to the report, for implementation from 1 April 2023.