Last night, Councillors Tim Ball and Sarah Moore attend the full Council meeting, where the budget was set for the coming financial year April 2025 - March 2026.
Below are some of the key items from the approved budget papers:
- The General Fund net revenue budget for 2025/26 of £151.71m and the individual service cash limits for 2025/26 as outlined in Annex 1.
- An increase in Council Tax of 2.99% in 2025/26 (an increase of £51.92 per Band D property or £1 per week).
- An increase of 2% to Council Tax for the Adult Social Care Precept in recognition of the current demands and financial pressures on this service. This is equivalent to an increase of £34.72 on a Band D property (67p per week).
- The Capital Programme for 2025/26 of £76.41m including new and emerging capital bids outlined in Annex 5(i), planned sources of funding in 5.8.3, and notes the programme for 2026/27 to 2029/30 and that any wholly funded projects coming forward during the year will be added to the Capital Programme in line with the Budget Management Scheme.
The following funding was agreed within the Capital Programme specifically for the area of Twerton and Whiteway -
Shophouse Road - £80,000 for traffic calming
Haycombe Cemetery - replacement of Haycombe Cremator, £1.5m split £340K 25/26 and £1.16m 26/27
Haycombe Crematorium - £95,000 - replace Cremator 1, patch repair
Carrswood Centre - £300,000 - heating upgrade
Southside Youth Hub - £55,000 - roof leak and general maintenance
Whiteway Road - £70,000 for new zebra crossing by the entrance to Haycombe Cemetery
Replacement street lighting - £45m to cover Cleeve Green, Dominion Road, Freeview Road, St Michael's Road, North View Close and Springfield Close in Twerton and Claude Terrace, Dartmouth Avenue, Priddy Close and Victoria Close (outside of Twerton ward)
