Scarborough Borough Council's element of Council tax is to increase by 2.09 percent.
Councillors approved the increase at a meeting yesterday and despite some councillors voicing concerns about increasing the tax - council leader Steve Siddons says it is necessary to balance the budget.
The authority froze the rate last year during the COVID pandemic, but faces making savings of £1.5m in the next financial year and dipping in to it's reserves.
For 2022/23 a council tax rise of 2.09 per cent has been set by the Borough Council. This will mean an extra £5 per year for the average Band D property from April.
It is the final time the Borough Council will set a budget ahead of the introduction next year of a single unitary authority to provide all local services in North Yorkshire.
Council tax discounts will remain unchanged and will be:
- 0% Council Tax discount on Class B second homes;
- 10% Council Tax discount on Class A second homes;
- 0% Council Tax discount on properties undergoing major repair or structural alteration;
- 100% Council Tax discount for (Class C) properties which are empty and unfurnished for the first 28 days a property becomes empty, followed by a 0% discount thereafter;
The Government has more recently announced measures that give local authorities powers to incentivise home owners to bring empty properties back into use by charging additional Council Tax premiums where those properties have been empty for greater than 2 years.
The Council says it sees the provision of housing within the Borough as a key priority and has set the following, maximum allowed premiums:
- 100% Council Tax premium for properties that have been empty and unfurnished for more than 2 years;
- 200% Council Tax premium for properties which have been empty and unfurnished for more than 5 years;
- 300% Council Tax premium for properties which have been empty and unfurnished for more than 10
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