The Parish Council voted to keep the parish precept at the same level this year. However, because the village ‘taxbase’ (the number of homes that pay council tax) has decreased, the precept has to be split across fewer households. This means that the precept has risen slightly per household.

The figures explaining the increase are below:

Charge Year	Parish Precept	Taxbase	Parish Council tax Charge (Precept / Taxbase)
2021/22	£15,000	415.43	36.10
2022/23	£15,000	410.55	36.54

(36.10 / 36.54 -1) = 0.012, as a percentage this is 1.2% which is the percentage increase in parish council tax charge as published on the bills.