How will your council tax bills stack up compared to those on the other side of the Island? A league table has been produced by the Isle of Wight Council showing the different amounts being charged as a precept by all 33 town, parish and community councils.
Bills will rise an average of 13% for these precepts in 2023/24 — and while some residents will be lucky to escape any increase, others will face an eyewatering hike.
8 areas on the Island will face either no change to their bills, or bills will go down — Gurnard; Havenstreet and Ashey; Newport and Carisbrooke; Niton and Whitwell; Shanklin; Totland; Whippingham; and Yarmouth. Residents in Whippingham will see their precept bill decrease by 10.5% — falling from £46.06 a year to £41.24.
The smallest precept on the Island will be in Newchurch – residents will pay an average of £18.48 a year.
Other low-paying areas include: Havenstreet and Ashey (£33.24); Wroxall (£36.04); Rookley (£36.26); Arreton (£39.38) and Northwood (£39.59).
The most expensive precept on the Island is now for Sandown residents — having overtaken Ryde and Ventnor in the rankings — after councillors agreed to raise bills by 49.9%.
It means an average Band D resident in Sandown will pay £218.43 for the town council’s services next year — the only one to charge an average over £200 for its precept.
Other high-paying areas include: Freshwater (£180.89); Ventnor (£170.57); Ryde (£167.77); East Cowes (£138.02) and Yarmouth (£128.27).
Meanwhile, the biggest increase has been in Lake, where taxpayers face a 90.1% increase in their bills.
Lake Parish Council is looking to increase its financial resilience, so a Band D resident’s rate will jump from £51.83 to £98.54. The precept for town, parish and community councils is paid on top of the Isle of Wight Council’s bill and alongside those for the police and fire authorities.
A 5% increase has been approved by the Isle of Wight Council; a 6.3% increase for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary; and 6.6% for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority.
All the increases will come into effect from 1st April.
I wonder, if by any chance, the areas that will have no change in the council tax, or the areas that it will go down, are the areas that where councilors happen to live by any chance? Just asking for those of us are being screwed for more with no better a service.
It looks pretty plain to me, that the areas that have increased the most, are the areas that suffer with the biggest problems with the low life and smack rats and their feral brats. Anyone else notice it?
So Newport (-.0.09) has some of the least problems with “low life and smack rats and their feral brats”?
Anyone else notice that?
Yes, that was irony.
Apparently you don’t have to pay it, I’m currently looking into it.
What next , a road precept , slap on another tax depending what road you live on.
Surely there must be some right of appeal to these excessive demands (other than, getting yourself elected as a councillor along with enough of your friends to actually affect the budget vote, then forming a political party, getting elected to government and actually providing fair funding for the island, of course…)
How are the charges worked out? Why do seaview, Yarmouth, and Bembridge have lower rates?
I think it should be shared across the Island so everyone pays the same, seems a fairer option to me
Would be fairer if everyone paid the same
What staff do Ryde Town Council employ to have a wage bill of almost half a million pounds?What with that and the ridiculous amount the IW councillors cost we’re being well fleeced.Get rid of 95% of them and we would be no worse off.
Why are we in Sandown paying 50% extra yet walking along the seafront looks like we are living in a war zone.