08 February 2012Local residents pay for a proportion of the cost of their local services through the Council Tax. It is made up of five precepts, or charges, for Kent County Council, Sevenoaks District Council, your local town or parish council, Kent Police and Kent Fire & Rescue Service. Each authority sets its own charge.
The band D Council Tax bill for the current financial year of 2011/12 (from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012) is £1,502.86.
All the Council Tax is collected by Sevenoaks District Council and passed on to the relevant authority.
Band D charge 2011/2012 by authority
Kent County Council - £1,047.78
Sevenoaks District Council - £181.89
Kent Police - £138.68
Kent Fire & Rescue Service - £67.95
Town or parish council average - £66.56
Total - £1,502.86
In this financial year, Council Tax will raise £9.1 million for the Council. The rest will come from Government support (£5.1 million) and interest from Council savings (£0.2 million). This gives a total of £14.4 million available to the Council.
in the current financial year, the Council will spend £13.8 million on services for local people. This can be broken down as:
Community Development - £1.8 million
Including leisure, the STAG, community safety and grants to voluntary organisations
Development Services - £3.4 million
Including development control, local development framework, planning enforcement, planning appeals and conservation
Environmental & Operational - £5.4 million
Including refuse collection, recycling, street cleansing, car parking, CCTV, environmental health, licensing and parks
Housing & Communications - £1.6 million
Including housing, homelessness and external communications
Housing Benefits & Local Tax - £0.8 million
Including benefit grants and administration and local tax collection
Democracy - £0.8 million
Including elections, register of electors and Members
View the Council's budget book for 2011/12 (
PDF File 1690KB file details)
View the Council's budget book for 2010/11 ( PDF File 681KB file details)
View the Council's budget book for 2009/10 ( PDF File 409KB file details)
View the Council's budget book for 2008/09 ( PDF File 697KB file details)
More information about Council Tax in your local area is available in the Council Tax section of this site.
For further information, please write to Dr Pav Ramewal, Corporate Resources Director, Chief Financial Officer, Council Offices, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HG or e-mail finance@sevenoaks.gov.uk.
