Ruddington has been fortunate to benefit from new housing on Pasture Lane, Old Station Road and Woodhouse Gardens which has helped the Parish Council to maintain its Parish Rate without increase for the past four years. Additional income resulting from an increase in lettings of St. Peter’s Rooms and the Village Hall as a result of the Parish Council’s website has also helped.
However, 2012/13 will have no sizeable increases related to new properties and so the Parish Council has been obliged to make a modest increase to cover the inevitable increases in costs. The Parish Rate will rise slightly from £97.53 to £99.76 per year on a Band D property, which equates to only 4p per week – or less than 2.5%. The coming year will see careful scrutiny of the Parish’s costs and investigate additional ways of increasing income to ensure that residents continue to receive value for money.
(By Peter McGowan, Vice Chairman of the Parish Council Finance & Policy Committee)