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