Category: Financial

It’s that time of year when the new Council Tax bills are about to be sent out by Harrogate Borough Council (HBC). Your council tax pays for about 750 local services in our community.

It’s HBCs job to collect the entire council tax bill. They retain just over 12p in every £1 to cover the cost of the services they provide. 70p from each £1 of your council tax goes to North Yorkshire County Council, 14p pays for North Yorkshire Police and roughly 4p is for the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service.

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Grant 1

The Parish Council received a grant of £9,176 from the Allerton Park Landscape and Cultural Heritage Fund (APLCHF) in October 2019 to carry out improvement works to the Jubilee Recreation Field, the village green west, the Pinfold and the phone box on Main Street housing the community defibrillator. The works to the Jubilee Recreation Field and village green west have now been completed. The new gate to the Pinfold is in production and expected to be installed by the end of December 2019. The phone box refurbishment has been postponed until the spring as wet weather at the scheduled time of the works prevented the contractor from starting.

Following all this work the areas are looking so much more cared for and especially the Jubilee Recreation Field which, if it weren’t for the weather would offer a wonderful place for children to play safely. In the spring a little further work will be needed there to remove the ivy and brambles from the hedge along the roadside plus planting a few new hedge plants to in-fill. Volunteers for this small project will be required. Please contact the Parish Council if you are willing to spare a Saturday morning in February to lend a hand.

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