Council tax increase limit

The government limits the amount that councils can increase council tax by without holding a local referendum.

The limit is currently 3%. That is why many councils, including Peterborough City Council, have increased general council tax by 2.99% to be under the referendum limit
The government also allows councils to raise a 2% adult social care precept to help relieve funding pressures

The council tax rate per valuation band

	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	H
General council tax - 2.99%	£950.73	£1,109.18	£1,267.64	£1,426.09	£1,743.00	£2,059.91	£2,376.82	£2,852.18
Adult social care precept - 2%	£160.12	£186.81	£213.49	£240.18	£293.55	£346.93	£400.30	£480.36
Total council tax charge	£1,110.85	£1,295.99	£1,481.13	£1,666.27	£2,036.55	£2,406.84	£2,777.12	£3,332.54

The table above shows only the council portion of your bill. The appropriate parish, Fire Authority, Police and Crime Commissioner and Combined Authority council tax elements will need to be added to give the total council tax charge.

Adult social care responsibilities

The Secretary of State made an offer to adult social care authorities to be able to charge an additional precept on council tax, without holding a referendum, to assist the authority in meeting its expenditure on adult social care from the financial year 2016-17.

Adult social care authorities are local authorities which have functions under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, namely county councils in England, district councils for an area in England for which there is no county council, London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

The offer was originally made in respect of the financial years up to and including 2019-20. If the Secretary of State chooses to renew this offer in respect of a particular financial year, this is subject to the approval of the House of Commons.

As part of the Local Government Financial Settlement 2024-25, the government announced that councils could charge up to an additional precept of 2% for 2024-25.

The council has increased the adult social care precept by the maximum allowed from 2016-17 to 2023-24 and has increased it in 2024-25 by the maximum amount of 2%.

Police and Crime Commissioner, Fire Authority and Combined Authority

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, at its meeting on 15 February 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precepts for 2024-25.

The Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel, at its meeting on 31 January 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precepts for 2024-25.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, at its meeting on 31 January 2024, in accordance with Section 40 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, set its precept for 2024-25.

Police and Crime Commissioner, Fire Authority and Combined Authority amounts by valuation band

Organisation	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire	£190.32	£222.04	£253.76	£285.48	£348.92	£412.36	£475.80	£570.96
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority	£54.84	£63.98	£73.12	£82.26	£100.54	£118.82	£137.10	£164.52
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority	£24.00	£28.00	£32.00	£36.00	£44.00	£52.00	£60.00	£72.00
Total	£269.16	£314.02	£358.88	£403.74	£493.46	£583.18	£672.90	£807.48

Budgets

Parish precepts

Your individual parish council will set a precept based on local decisions, therefore this element of your council tax bill will be different depending on your area.

Parish precepts by valuation band

Parish	Band A	Band B	Band C	Band D	Band E	Band F	Band G	Band H
Ailsworth	£23.45	£27.35	£31.26	£35.17	£42.99	£50.80	£58.62	£70.34
Bainton and Ashton	£54.72	£63.84	£72.96	£82.08	£100.32	£118.56	£136.80	£164.16
Barnack	£24.00	£28.00	£32.00	£36.00	£44.00	£52.00	£60.00	£72.00
Bretton	£38.67	£45.11	£51.56	£58.00	£70.89	£83.78	£96.67	£116.00
Castor	£54.00	£63.00	£72.00	£81.00	£99.00	£117.00	£135.00	£162.00
Deeping Gate	£19.00	£22.17	£25.33	£28.50	£34.83	£41.17	£47.50	£57.00
Etton	£30.35	£35.41	£40.47	£45.53	£55.65	£65.77	£75.88	£91.06
Eye	£23.87	£27.84	£31.82	£35.80	£43.76	£51.71	£59.67	£71.60
Glinton	£29.00	£33.83	£38.67	£43.50	£53.17	£62.83	£72.50	£87.00
Hampton	£16.07	£18.75	£21.43	£24.11	£29.47	£34.83	£40.18	£48.22
Helpston	£17.67	£20.62	£23.56	£26.51	£32.40	£38.29	£44.18	£53.02
Marholm	£11.77	£13.73	£15.69	£17.65	£21.57	£25.49	£29.42	£35.30
Maxey	£23.49	£27.40	£31.32	£35.23	£43.06	£50.89	£58.72	£70.46
Newborough and Borough Fen	£41.24	£48.11	£54.99	£61.86	£75.61	£89.35	£103.10	£123.72
Northborough	£28.37	£33.09	£37.82	£42.55	£52.01	£61.46	£70.92	£85.10
Orton Longueville	£7.28	£8.49	£9.71	£10.92	£13.35	£15.77	£18.20	£21.84
Orton Waterville	£13.41	£15.65	£17.88	£20.12	£24.59	£29.06	£33.53	£40.24
Peakirk	£33.39	£38.96	£44.52	£50.09	£61.22	£72.35	£83.48	£100.18
Southorpe	£26.70	£31.15	£35.60	£40.05	£48.95	£57.85	£66.75	£80.10
Sutton	£66.18	£77.21	£88.24	£99.27	£121.33	£143.39	£165.45	£198.54
St Martin's Without	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Thorney	£24.94	£29.10	£33.25	£37.41	£45.72	£54.04	£62.35	£74.82
Thornhaugh	£41.75	£48.71	£55.67	£62.63	£76.55	£90.47	£104.38	£125.26
Ufford	£44.27	£51.65	£59.03	£66.41	£81.17	£95.93	£110.68	£132.82
Upton	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Wansford	£34.44	£40.18	£45.92	£51.66	£63.14	£74.62	£86.10	£103.32
Wittering	£44.88	£52.36	£59.84	£67.32	£82.28	£97.24	£112.20	£134.64
Wothorpe	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Total non-parished areas	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00

Parishes all set the precept that they charge, which forms part of the total council tax for that area. If a parish council requires a precept in excess of £140,000 to fund its spending plans, it has a statutory duty to publish details of its expenditure.

Bretton Parish Council has exceeded this threshold and the detailed spending plan is published below.