The Council has drawn up a draft budget for 2025/26.
A report about the draft budget contains more information and will be considered by Cabinet on 12 December 2024.
A consultation is open and comments about the budget are welcome.
Further information is below.
Our services are used by most residents in Charnwood
As a reminder, here’s an overview of the services we provide:
- Recycling and refuse service
- Supporting homeless people
- Planning service including building control, economic regeneration, carbon reduction, strategic planning (Local Plan)
- Managing open spaces, Queen’s Park, Outwoods, Southfields Park, emptying dog bins, litter bins, street cleaning
- Environmental health, food safety inspections, fly-tipping, dog fouling, licensing of pubs/clubs, licensing of taxis
- Managing two cemeteries in Loughborough
- Operate Loughborough Markets and town centre events,
- Operate Loughborough Town Hall
- Operate Charnwood Museum (in conjunction with Leicestershire County Council)
- Operate three leisure centres in Loughborough, Syston and Mountsorrel
- Operate a number of car parks
- Collect Council tax, operate council tax benefits, housing benefits
- Community safety
- Support community groups with Neighbourhood Development Officers
- Operate community grants scheme
- Organise sporting activity sessions for all ages
- Operate 24-hour CCTV system with around 300 cameras across the borough and team of operators
- Operate two business centres – Ark and Oak in Loughborough and Sileby
- Organise council meetings and support 52 councillors
- Corporate support in terms of HR, finance, legal, communications, training and property services
Council housing
The general budget does not include our council housing. These are funded by tenants who pay rent.
We look after 5,400 properties and sheltered complexes and operate the 24/7 Charnwood Lifeline service.
Most of your council tax goes to other organisations
Charnwood Borough Council receives around seven per cent of the average council tax bill. The rest goes to Leicestershire County Council, police, fire service and the Parish precept or Loughborough special rate.
In 2024/25, the Charnwood element of the average Band D council tax bill is around £145 for the whole year, about seven per cent of the total bill.
People on low incomes can apply for Local Council Tax Support. This gives up to an 85% reduction on council tax bills.
Consultation
A consultation is open for people to have a say about the Council's draft budget.
Information about the budget is contained in this Cabinet report.
Last updated: Fri 29th November, 2024 @ 13:46