Surrey Heath Borough Council - Council Tax Guide 2023/24

HOW YOUR COUNCIL TAX IS SHARED OUT

Only 11% of your Council Tax goes to Surrey Heath Borough Council

Surrey Heath Borough Council collects Council Tax from 39,612 households within Surrey Heath on behalf of all local authorities in our area. £9.53 million (11%) stays with us, helping to fund a huge range of services to support our local communities.

Example costs for key services

A household living in a band D property pays just 66p per day to help deliver more than 100 services provided by Surrey Heath Borough Council, equivalent to less than £241 a year.

FUNDING

Most of the funding received by Surrey Heath that is used to provide services to residents across the whole Borough comes from your Council Tax (70%). The remainder is funded by central government, fees and charges such as planning applications, car parking and income from land/property and also 20% of business rates.

The Council is helping to provide essential services to our residents this year by funding local organisations including Citizen’s Advice Surrey Heath (£80k), Surrey Heath Age Concern (£10k) and The Hope Hub (£40k).

Collecting food waste, recycling, refuse and garden waste

Maintaining and investing in parks, playgrounds and leisure facilities

Street cleaning and emptying bins in our public open spaces

Like many others in the UK, our costs have increased this year due to rising inflation, reductions in funding from partners and an increase in demand for our services.

We are doing all we can to reduce our costs by being more efficient in the way we work and making savings on our budget - we have already reduced our costs by more than £2 million over the past year.

Just some of the services we provide

Resident Support

Benefits, community safety, environmental health, elections, housing and homelessness support, family support, refugee re-settlement, transport, meals at home, safety alarms

Business Support

Independent business network, The Workshop, business rate advice and collection, retail initiatives for small businesses

Waste and Recycling

Recycling, food waste and refuse collections, bulky waste, street cleaning, garden waste

Planning and Licensing

Building control, policy, applications, consultation, enforcement, land charges, development management

Environment

Reducing carbon emissions, flytip clearance/enforcement, parks and countryside maintenance, air quality monitoring

Sport and Leisure

Museum, theatre, funding and grants, youth sports and activity programme, walks for health, community development, car parking

Surrey Heath Highlights 2022

3,500 TREES planted across the Borough

436

HELPED

SUPPORTED inspections ensuring food hygiene standards

£13.7 million paid to residents in housing benefit and council tax support

18,314 MILES

over 100 families in crisis or with complex needs in Surrey Heath

CONSULTED

221 HRS

Skate Park at Mytchett recreation ground

on the draft Local Plan and received 1,178 comments

50,441 PEOPLE

876,892 VISITS

to our new leisure centre in Camberley

spent street cleaning by our crews each week attended events at Camberley Theatre

3.9 MILLION BINS COLLECTED of grass mowed in open spaces and at the roadside

59 YOUNG PEOPLE

accessed coached sports sessions as part of the Surrey Youth Games

SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES by launching the Surrey Heath Independent Business Network

108 YOUNG PEOPLE

OPENED found work or training with support from The Workshop

HERE FOR YOU....

The Council is doing all we can to help support our residents through these difficult times.

More info: surreyheath.gov.uk/ additional-support

including food waste, recycling, refuse and garden waste

41,022 MEALS

served to older or vulnerable residents in Surrey Heath

OVER £280K secured to support those at risk of homelessness