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LCTS Scheme proposals - 2019/20

Meeting: 04/12/2018 - Council (Item 13)

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To consider the report on the LCTS Scheme Proposals 2019/20.

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Minutes:

Councillor Howell presented a report on the Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) scheme, which the Council was required to review each year.  The report set out proposals for the following financial year, on which, even if no change was proposed, consultation had to take place.  The recommendations were to set the scheme for 2019/20 on the same basis as the 2018/19 scheme, but to increase the premium applied to empty properties from 50% to 100%.

 

Councillor Howell thanked those who had responded to the consultation.  He said the report had been considered by the Scrutiny Committee, and by Cabinet.  He drew attention to the key elements of the scheme operated by the Council during the previous five years, and proposed the recommendations, noting that the first recommendation should refer to the sixth consecutive year. 


Councillor Chambers said the proposals protected the vulnerable, and seconded the recommendations. 

 

Councillor Hargreaves spoke in support of the recommendations, and was in favour of the proposed increase in the premium for empty houses. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the Council approve the Local Council Tax Support scheme for 2019/20 and the empty homes premium as recommended at Cabinet on 29 November 2018 and set out in this report.

 

I.              The 2019/20 LCTS scheme is set on the same basis as the 2018/19 scheme and therefore the contribution rate is frozen for the sixth consecutive year.

II.            The Council continues to protect Vulnerable and Disabled Residents and Carer’s on a low income.

III.           The premium applied to properties empty for a period of more than 2 years is increased from 50% to 100%.