Parish Council Precept
Published: 12 March 2019
On 4th February, Full Council
agreed to raise the level of precept for the coming year to allow the Parish
Council to continue its support for much valued community assets in the
Holme Valley. After a freeze last year,
the precept will be raised by £5 to
£27.50 per year on a Band D household.
This level of precept will allow
the Parish Council to continue its range of grants for community groups
and events throughout the year as well as provide significant grant support
for larger assets including Holmfirth Civic Hall and Honley
Library.
In recent years, the Parish
Council has taken on assets from Kirklees including Holmfirth public
toilets, Holmfirth Civic Hall and shortly,
Honley Library. Councillors agreed that ongoing support was
vital for the ongoing success of these
community buildings and alongside Kirklees’ cessation of the Council Tax
Support Grant, worth nearly £20,000 per year, the precept needed to
increase. Chair, Cllr Di Hall, said “We
recognised the growing role of the Parish
Council in protecting our valued Valley assets and after much discussion,
we decided that an increase of 10 pence per week was required to support
this. Precept money is raised locally
and spent locally so it really
benefits our community.”